3 months old!

Can't get much more identical than this! We have been working with OT on some exercises for Riley and Payton since they tend to always look and pull to the right. Wouldn't you know now that Evan is awake more in the hospital he is also naturally positioning his head to the right! We have to be aware and try to put all the "fun stuff" on their left side to help even things out and help their heads shape up nice and even.

Riley (hanging out on Evan's blankie)

Brody likes to be cooperative for pictures....sometimes ;)

Such a good big brother!

Brody snuggling with Payton

Riley getting pretty good at tummy time

Dad with the 2 littles at home, juggling 2 babes is just too easy- we need Evan to get better and come home SOON!!!

Riley loungin

Payton and Riley outgrowing the rock-n-play sleeper. If Riley had it his way he would still snuggle in with Payton and sleep for hours, but Payton is sleeping better with a little more room for himself. So, now we have invested in 2 more of these since they love them so much!

3 month weights:
Evan: 10lb 6ozish (keeps changing)
Payton: 9lb 3oz
Riley: 9lb 6.5oz

Ben's report out from the hospital today: The final result of the UGI/Small Bowel study did not have any definitive diagnosis. The good news is that the bowel leading up to his stoma all looks good. It is traveling at a good pace, no signs of strictures or recurring NEC. They could tell this by the small amount of contrast that eventually made its way out of the stomach and into the bowel. The bad news is hat they don't know why there is delayed release (or none at all) of content from the stomach. The pyloric spinchter measured normal under ultrasound as well. They noted some unexplained inflammation of the gastric wall as well. The contrast that didn't exit the stomach into the bowel made its way back out his NG tube. The brown stomach residual eventually turned yellow/green so it looks like the bleeding stopped. (possibly the gastric wall was irritated from the feeds that were not moving out of the stomach? I don't know, just a theory) Evan did throw up again this morning, bilious fluid since he has not been eating. Now they are going to take out his NG tube and replace it with a firmer tube that can be used as a vacuum to take the contents out of his stomach in order for it to heal and so they can monitor the volume as well. The hope is for the content to eventually turn from yellow to clear and then stop. This will tell them that his stomach is healed and they will begin feeding through the tube only and verrrry sllllooowly. This is the best plan there is for now, and we can only hope it works since we don't really have an answer for what is going on. We have requested that when feeds start they use Neocate formula ($$$) but it is broken down so far they call it "elemental" and is often used for littles who have gut issues.

Dad is taking care of Evan at the hospital today and I just returned from a nice walk in the SUNSHINE with Payton and Riley. I will head back up to the hospital tonight and will meet my sister there tomorrow afternoon after she gets in from Charleston to help us out for a week. :)