Emilia is sleeping in a bed!

What an amazing day we have had filled with lovely surprises.

Our talk with the Dr went well and he went through everything that has happened to them.  It really is a miracle that both of their brains are unaffected by the premature birth and that there was only a small amount of blood on Emilia's brain that disappeared by itself.  Emilia's intestine operation was a success and both girls are doing much better in that department.  Emilia and Eva both have some problems with their lungs and Eva seems to be suffering the most.  The Dr thought it may be because her ductus valve was open for as long as it was and that she was on the respirator for quite a long time.  Whatever the reason she is only going to improve in the future and she may surprise everyone and make a full recovery (fingers crossed for that).

So we got to see our girls' incubators positioned in the new part of the ward and it felt much more private.  I couldn't take out Emilia straight away as she got a blood transfusion (they had taken blood to test so they replenish it) but Jens held Eva for the first part of the afternoon.  First the plan was to lie them both together on Jens' chest.  Unfortunately Eva was too unstable to do it so we will have to wait a few more days.  Then, just as I was about to take Emilia out we got told that she was moving into a heated waterbed (very sophisticated!).

So after I had held her for 3 hours I put her into her waterbed.  As I was completely unaware that this was to be happening, all the lovely little clothes (bought lovingly by the Grandmas) were at home, so I got to choose a little dress from the hospital.  It was like a kimono style wizards dress, very very cute!  A bit random and bizarre but very cute.  When we saw Emilia wearing it I couldn't stop giggling and looking at her, we were both in a trance. It was the cutest most amazing thing I have seen in my life to date.

I have dressed my daughter for the first time :)

I had to describe the little dress first before I write about the funny, typical me thing that happened just before.  I had to change her nappy and her bag was full.  So as the Nurse went to get the things I needed I thought I would let her wriggle around nappy free for a while.  Jens was on the other side and Emilia was having a great time on her new bed, when the bag unraveled and the contents gushed out onto the side of the bed.  This literally happened minutes after she landed!  Luckily the waterbed has towels rolled up on the sides to support Emilia when she sleeps and the poo ran onto that.  A very lucky escape!

After 10 hours at the hospital we are now at home and have just shared a pizza.  It feels amazing how far we have come in one day.  Eva is still doing well and will be staying in her lovely, soundproof incubator for a little while longer.  Before we know it I will be writing about her joining Emilia in a bed made for twins!

Could this be the calm before the storm for baby Eva?