Tough Week

Hi everyone, very sorry about the lack of updates the last couple of days but the last 7 days have been some of the toughest so far. As you loyal readers know, Evie finally came home from the hospital last Wednesday, but she also had a blood infection that we're treating. Unfortunately, the antibiotics make her nauseous and leave her with no appetite, so all feeding needs to be done through though the NG feeding tube (which takes quite a bit of time for every 3 ounce feeding). Even more unfortunate, she often spits up a large portion of the formula (all over my arm before leaving for work yesterday!). There are a lot of meds to keep in order, and it's been very stressful.

On top of that, Sharon wrenched her back last Saturday when picking Gavin up, and has been greatly incapacitated at quite possibly one of the worst times ever in our whole lives, so I've covering most of the nightly feedings so that Sharon can rest and take several meds that make her sleepy and a little dizzy. Sharon's strength amazes me though, and I constantly have to remind her to take it easy because she fights throught he pain, walking around half-hunched over, and still tries to care for the twins so much.

Then Gavin got some immunizations on Monday that gave him a fever and the poor little guy was so fussy that he couldn't sleep in his crib and would only sleep when being held (he needed cuddles). So, I spent most of Monday night sleeping in the nursery rocker with him (lucky that Uncle David got us a good one that reclines!), and last night I held him the entire night while we both dozed on and off on the couch.

Luckily, we are blessed to have such wonderful family members who have been visiting almost daily to help us out. Everyone is pitching in, and I don't know how we'd have made it through these past few days without their help.

Some good news is that despite Evie's nausea, she seems to be doing quite well nearly 3 weeks after the surgery. Her personality is different (for the better). She's not as fussy all the time when she is awake and seems to be calmer over all, now that her body is getting more oxygen.

About blogging through: I've been going to bed very early because I've been covering the night feedings and caring for Gavin, and just haven't had a chance to post until this short missive during lunch. Evie's last day of antibiotics are Saturday, so hopefully she'll get her appetite back and we can ditch the feeding tube and spit-ups. We'll probably be taking a short respite from blogging the rest of the week, but we have been taking lots of pictures so be sure to stop by next week!