CJ had a very good day. I visited with him in the morning and then Chuck and Ashley visited with him in the afternoon. He weighed in tonight at 4 lbs. 15.2 ounces, just shy of his 5 lb. milestone. I am confident that he will hit that mark tomorrow night.

Savannah gave me a little scare in the morning. The nurse decided to give her a quick break from her C.P.A.P and she seemed to be doing well with breathing on her own since she was awake. I held her for a little bit and she was so happy not to have her C.P.A.P. and then she started to drift off as I watch her change from her nice little pale skin to blue with in seconds. Thankfully the nurses are only a few steps away. Once they put the C.P.A.P back on she did fine and had a fairly decent day.

She weighed in tonight at 5 lbs 4 ounces. Pretty soon she will be in regular newborn clothes.

CJ is doing very well. He is still trying to master his feedings. Currently he takes 3/4 bottles a day which really wipes him out. They are slowly trying to increase his bottle feedings to bring him closer to his 8 bottles a day. No word on his surgery date.

Savannah had a very rough time last night and had 3 major episodes on the nasal canula. After I held her for an hour or so this morning she had another major episode and needed to be put back on C.P.A.P. The doctors have decided not to do the MRI because she is still very unstable. They actually said that they are not going to push for it anytime soon since Savannah will be in the hospital for a lot longer.

She is doing great with her weight gain and she is now at 5 lbs 3.6 ounces.

I was shocked to see Savannah on the Nasal Canula when I arrived at the hospital today. The doctor informed me that they are getting her prepared for an MRI on Monday. They want to look at her brain a little closer to see what is going on. However, in order for her to have the MRI she must be off the C.P.A.P. They are going to see how she does on the Nasal Canula today and hope that she will be able to keep it long enough for the MRI tommorow.

Savannah weighed in tonight at 5 lbs.

CJ is doing very well and tolerating his feedings. He is still getting 3/4 bottles a day and is slowly working his way up to 8 bottles a day. The other 4 feedings are currently given through his feeding tube which goes through his nose into his little belly.

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.