typing with one hand (bambino in the other)
returned to a very different room. Our wonderful dulla had come by and done some healing work with Barbara. she got very relaxed and fell asleep for a few hours.
our evening nurse teaches healing for the hospital (it is now recognized as a treatment by Kaiser) and so the two of them were in hog heaven for a few hours. she is also very good at helping me get the babies to eat. This has become very important if we want to go home this week. They are five weeks premature so must gain weight and not be at risk for jaundice - which is also tied to their weight gain.
jaundice can be treated with blue light, so we now have little pads that go against their backs that emit blue light. They look like ET in the cribs!
The best news is that our nurse knew of a machine that will read the level of jaundice by using a photo sensor on the skin. this is excellent news, because we can monitor progress without needing to stick the babies and squeeze blood out of their foot. she said they have located one in the hospital and in the morning they will dig it out.
doctors dont like it so much because it is not as precise as blood test, but then the standard procedure here is to give vitamin k by injection!
we have made it very clear that we want minimal invasive procedures at least for the first few weeks, but especialyl in the first few hours and days. They are slowly accomodating us.
babara tonight is a different person. she is no longer out of it, but very very tired. she is enjoying the babies and learing how to breast feed. I am using a technique of a small tube taped to my finger to deliver formula until her breast milk kicks in.
the babies are very well behaved only crying to let us know when they are hungry or need to change daipers.
I have a few more pictures that i hope to add to the set soon.
its now 2.30 am and next feeding is in 1 hour. feeding babies takes a lot of time!
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