Chuck, Ashley and I celebrated the 4th of July with the babies. I will be posting new pictures Sunday night. CJ's nurse was kind enough to bring CJ to see his sister so that we could take a picture of them together. CJ really enjoyed his visit, but Savannah seemed a little annoyed. Then again, CJ was grabbing at her and kept hitting her so I really can't blame her for not enjoying the visit.

CJ is doing very well and is being scheduled for surgery soon to correct his previous intestine surgery. If all goes well he may be coming home at the end of July. The surgeon is on vacation this coming week so we do not know the exact date of the surgery, but we anticipate it to be the week of July 14th. After surgery it will take another 10 days or so for the recovery period.

CJ weighs 4lbs 8.8 ounces

Savannah is still having her desaturation episodes which really has everyone concerned. They stopped her caffeine on Wednesday to see what kind of effect this would have on her. They also performed an EEG (Elctroencephalogram; Brain wave test)to see if she could possibly be having seizures which is causing these episodes. We did get some preliminary results on Friday which indicated that her brain is premature, but no indication of seizures. Since this test does not show everything they need to know they will probably be doing an MMR on her in the next few weeks. It is very difficult to do an MMR on someone who is on C.P.A.P which is why they have not done it thus far. We are still praying that everything is fine and that it is just taking her longer to learn how to breathe on her own. They did see something on her last head ultrasound that they will need to keep on eye on, but is typical with premature babies who had a bleed in their brain. Hopefully this too will not turn out to be anything major.

They are also try to decide whether or not to do Savannah's intestine repair surgery at this point. The originally thought was to do it before she is ready to go home. However, they also think that she would benefit sooner since it will help her grow faster. We will probably know more when the surgeon returns from vacation.

Savannah weighs 4 lbs 13.8 ounces

Thank you for your continued prayers for both of our little miracles.