They'll find a way!

The twins are doing great, but unfortunately as of Saturday afternoon they are both at Children's hospital. That's right Joseph missed his brother so much he decided he wanted to be close to him. They are both on the same floor and about 4 doors down from each other.

After Joseph's 2 day check-up (2 days out of the hospital) his Bilirubin level (Jaundice) was 13.8 and his 4 day check up it was 16. This alone was not huge deal, but in addition he was very lethargic for an entire day and did not want to wake up to eat and would even sleep through diaper changes. We along with the Doc were very worried so he wanted us to go to the ER at Children's to get him checked out and also try to get his numbers back down. Full term babies are considered high anywhere between 12-18, but since he was born at 36 weeks it is even more of a concern.

They ran a lot of tests for infections and so far they have all came back negative. They started an IV with some antibiotics to be safe and flushed his system with fluids. His number is now 12 and so far we have not had to put him under the lights. We will have the remaining test results back on Monday (22 Jun) and if everything looks good, Joseph (and Sam who has stayed with him) will get to leave the hospital.

Daniel is almost completely off of oxygen. They removed his breathing machine on Friday and gave him a feeding tube so he can start getting breast milk. He has most of his tubes and wires off and they expect him to transfer out of the ICU on Monday. His Jaundice levels are also high and they have put him in the lighted blanket to bring them down. If he continues to improve, we are told he might be released within the next 7 days.