Still alive...barely

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We have just finished week 2 at home and we're still at it. The girls are doing well, getting cuter and bigger. We're just still waiting for their hair to grow in from their NICU haircuts. Elle now weighs 6lbs and Melia is 6lbs 13oz. As you can see Elle is still sporting her feeding tube and is refusing to give it up. She teases us somedays by eating really well but that doesn't seem to last long. The doc and nurses tell us that this is really normal and quite common but it isn't making anyone feel better about it. It would be nice to feel normal, with no tubes or meds but it is our reality for the moment. We are getting a routine which consists of my mom helping out when Tige is at work. Her help and company has been unbelievable amazing and I can't imagine that I would have made it without her.

Two more of the Two

Home Sweet Home - Chez Melton

Melia & Elle being discharged

It's been 24 hrs. and we haven't seen the back of our eyelids for more than 3 of those hours... wouldn't want it any other way.

In our last journey home, we found we had some adjustments - mainly an issue of space, cupboard space for bottles, convenient spaces for face cloths and diapers, closet space for clothing, coffee table space for everything in between - you get the idea.

Melia was up most of the night packed full of charming and uncomfortable gas; Elle slept through the entire drama. The girls are already adapting to home well as mom and dad were an hour late with the 6:00 AM feeding!

The morning went well enough with a nurse stopping by to see Elle - protocol when a baby goes home with a nasal feeding tube. We will see her one or two more times over the next two weeks. The afternoon went much better with Yaya (gramma) Soula stopping by to allow us an hour's sleep. Chinese for dinner is the order of the day.