The Twins Are Here!

Well, a little sooner than expected, the boys arrived yesterday at 12:22pm. Elijah Thomas was born first weighing 3lbs. 6oz. and measuring 16in. long (pictured left). Emren Bradly (pictured right) came out 35 seconds later (still at 12:22) weighing 3lbs. 3oz. and measuring 15.5in. Daddy got to cut Elijah's cord and then followed them both up to the NICU while they were weighed and settled into their "beds." Mommy had to stay behind and get sewn back together but was later able to be wheeled up to see them a little better.

They were both on ventilators pretty much immediately as they needed a lot of help breathing. Elijah wanted to do things by himself and really wouldn't use the help of the ventilator. He was struggling so hard, determined to breath on his own. This caused him to use all his energy and strength up and wasn't too good for the rest of his body. The doctor ended up changing him to a different ventilator that ended up working much better for him. He decided to take the help and calmed down quite a bit.

Emren ended up having a decent sized bubble of air in one of his lungs so he was in distress and pain later on in the evening. The doctor was able to poke a tiny hole with a needle and release the trapped air which made all the difference in the world for little Emren. He was then put on the other ventilator also and has really been doing much better since.