Well the babies both recovered from having the rotavirus. However, we ended up having to bring Savannah to the ER for something completely unrelated. While getting Savannah ready for her bath last night I noticed about a 1 inch laceration underneath her armpit. The plastic lead from her Apnea monitor was pretty much embedded in her skin, which cause a major infection. Luckily she didn't have to spend much time in the hospital and was released later that night with oral antibiotics as well as antibiotic cream. I never thought we would be in the hospital for something like this. Savannah never showed any signs of discomfort, but I have to admit it looks really bad. Hopefully this will heal quickly without any further problems. Since she is basically wrapped in guaze we now have a problem with putting new leads on her to monitor her breathing. Right now we are improvising with a pulse ox machine that alarms when her oxygen level drops.

Charlton is back on the new formula. However, I am not impressed so far. He is still seems to be very uncomfortable after every feeding. Not to mention hungry about two hours later.

The other day at the doctors but babies received a serum to help prevent rotovirus. This is the second time they are getting the serum, however, this time they have had some very unpleasant side effects. We didn't know at the time, but just recently found out that this is a live virus. Both babies have been showing signs of the rotovirus. Poor Chuck has been changing diaper after diaper and the babies have been extremely cranky. Their little butts are so red and have been bleeding. We are hoping this will clear up tomorrow or they may start to get dehydrated.

Savannah and Charlton had their monthly follow up doctors appt. yesterday. Charlton now weighs
10 lbs. and is 20 3/4 long and Savannah is not far behind at 9 lbs. 4 ounces and 20 1/4 inches long. They have finally made it on the growth chart, registering at about 5%. We thought they were due for shots, but they are not due until next month.

They also switched their formula to Enfamil Nutramigen to help with their GI track. Savannah was doing well on the Similac Neosure, but Charlton was always in pain and not very regular. (If you know of anyone that has Enfamil coupons that they are not using, please have them send them our way.)

Savannah's head is definitely looking better and the doctor is not concerned at all and thinks it will reshape itself in the near future.

Both babies are doing very well overall and the doctor seems happy with their progress thus far.

CJ is getting very strong and can almost hold his head up on his own. Savannah is getting strong every day, but is not at the same point as CJ yet.

Savannah had her first Occupation Therapy session today. The therapist seemed a little concerned because Savannah's color was very pale and she seemed very lethargic. She recommended that we get a pulse oximeter for her so that we can make sure she is getting enough oxygen. Savannah's alarm also went off three times in the short time that the OT was at the house. We had to do a download a few weeks ago and found that her alarm had gone off 280 times with in a 3 week period. The Dr. said they were false alarms, but Chuck and I have had to stimulate her on many occasions because she still breathes extremely shallow at times. We are glad to have the monitor, but it definitely wakes up everyone in the house, quite often.

Little Charlton is doing very well and definitely has his own little personality. He always wants to be held and cuddled. Savannah likes to be held as well, but he is much more vocal about it.

Both babies have been doing tummy time and we have definitely noticed the increase strength in their necks.

We consider ourselves very blessed because they really are good babies.