Praises and Prayer Requests

God has been doing a lot this week.  First I'll list the praises.

1)  Both boys are off of their IVs, jaundice lights and oxygen.  We can actually see their sweet little faces and they are wearing cute little outfits now instead of just diapers :)

2)  The boys are also both taking bottles, which has been fun to help with when we are there.

3)  Luke's second echo cardiogram came back normal!

4)  Luke did NOT been require his feeding tube at all today.

Prayer requests:

1)  That Luke would continue to improve.  He has made great strides but the doctor said it's not uncommon to take a few steps forward and then a step back.  Pray that he takes no steps back.

2)  Caleb is still having episodes of bradychardia(sp?), which is a drop in his heart rate.  He is also still having some apnea.  He has to have no episodes of either for at least a week before he can come home.

3)  Caleb also has not been finishing his bottles, which means he needs to have some of his feeds through the feeding tube.  He needs to consistently get nourishment only from the bottle.

4)  Please pray that both boys would start to gain weight.  They have both lost quite a bit, which is to be expected, but now they need to be consistently gaining.

So, as you can see, God has been good to us and the boys have made a LOT of progress and they will only be a week old tomorrow!  Thank you for your prayers and support :)