A perfect week! Absolutely wonderful.

Yep, this was the best week I think -- I can't think of a single thing that went wrong, and a whole bunch of things went right. Both boys have been recovering very well from their meningitis, sepsis, and NEC, and in Ethan's MRI this week the neurologist couldn't find any additional damage from the e. coli! And, our little Andrew, for the first time in his life, came off his ventilator, and a few days later, Ethan decided to follow suit, and also decided to skip CPAP and high flow, and went straight to a normal canula. Today he is sitting pretty at .5 L/min at 21 - 25%, so he's doing great. Andrew is feeding, and Ethan will probably start getting beginning feeds tomorrow or the next day.

The other good news is that both Emily and I have been able to hold both Andrew and Ethan a couple times this week, which was absolutely amazing. I'm just so grateful that they are healthy enough for us to hold them. We really hope that they can stay healthy for a long time so they can start feeding well again, gaining weight, and getting stronger. It will be great to be able to start working on the hurdles they need to overcome in order to come home instead of just focusing on their survival. Today, the nurse practitioner told us that pretty soon that's what we'll start working on. Come on Andrew and Ethan!

This is Emily holding Andrew and me holding Ethan this week. They did just wonderfully. What a great week!