Mission Accomplished!!!

• Mar. 23 (2 weeks +): This was easter week and he tripones are still at the hospital in their private room. Dad was on holidays from Friday to Monday and so we spent all the afternoons in their room learning to bath, change and feed them to get as quick as we can in order to be ready when they'll be home. They must be fed every 3 hours so right now the task is pretty hard since we are taking an hour and half to change and feed them and then we only have another hour before we have to start again. We are only doing 3 out of the 8 turns that they have and in the evening Mom and Dad are super tired. Still we think that to have such a beautiful babies everything we are doing is worth it. Let's see what we'll write in few months...

  2008-03-23 Tripones First Easter

• Mar. 19 (2 weeks): Teresa went to visit the tripones for their second week birthday celebration! They are all doing good but they are still eating only 2 bottles and they won't be released until they will start eating at least six bottles a day.

• Mar. 17 (1 week 5 days): After more than 2 months finally Claudia left the hospital and she spent the first day home!The tripones have been moved to the new place which is really nice. It's a room where Mom and Dad will learn how to change, bath and do many other things to them.

• Mar. 16 (1 week 4 days): Tomorrow Mom will get out of the hospital since she recovered. They will also move the tripones to the pediatric unit since they are doing good and they don't need to stay any longer in this NICU.

• Mar. 15 (1 week 3 days): Today grandma Renata came to visit the tripones and they put them all together in the same cradle. They are so funny all together!
  Renata and the tripones videos

• Mar. 14 (1 week 2 days): Mom is still sick so she will probably come out on Monday. They found an infection in her blood and they gave her antibiotics to lower the temperature and kill the infection. today was also the day that they met grandma Renata. She came from Milan and we were able to snick her for few minutes in the room where they are. The tripones are doing so well that the one of the doctors told me that as soon as some places will be free at the pediatric pavilion ( and it won't be easy because we need three beds) they will move them there since they just need to learn how to eat but they don't need any special treatment.

  2008-03-14 Tripones at the NICU

• Mar. 13 (1 week 1 day): They moved the tripones in another room with other little babies today and Mom gave the them their first bath. Dad unfortunately arrived too late to do it too, next time. They also started to feed them with baby's bottles, and when they'll be able to drink 6 or 8 bottles a day they are ready to go home. We would have liked to have Mom home tomorrow but she got fever so right now the doctors are doing all the blood tests to understand why she is sick. Looks like that all the tests came out good so we still don't understand what happened.

• Mar. 12 (1 week): Today the tripones are 1 week old and as a present the nurse put them together in the same bed to have a party! They also had a blood test and now we know their blood type: Veronica and Viviana are 0+ like Mom while Leonardo is A+ like Dad. After one week the teams are already well defined! Mom is doing much better and she will probably get out on Friday finally!

• Mar. 11 (6 days): Today Mom was able to feed all of them but the one that is eating more is always Veronica.

• Mar. 10 (5 days): The tripones are doing so well that today they were taken out from the incubators and put in a thermal bed. Mom and Dad are counting the days when they'll have them home and they are getting more scared for the tremendous amount of work that those angels will need!

• Mar. 9 (4 days): Mom is feeling much better and is producing more and more milk. She spent the morning with Viviana and then in the afternoon she breastfed Veronica. Leo instead spent the afternoon sleeping in daddy's arms. There can be a war outside and he is always sleeping...This evening they also removed the intravenous feeding food.

  2008-03-09 We love to sleep

  
  

• Mar. 8 (3 days): As expected Claudia is feeling better today so she could walk to the tripones upstairs. she found them at the beach. Today she tried to breastfeed Leo and Vero but only Veronica started eating from mom's breast. Leo is too lazy and he just wants to sleep. La Vivi instead spent the afternoon in daddy's arms sleeping pacifically.

  2008-03-08 Tripones already at the beach

  
  

• Mar. 7 (2 days): Claudia today is feeling a little bit worst than yesterday but the doctors already told us that this would have been the worst day. From now on things should go better every day. Today they let us hug our babies. It is hard to hug two at the same time but the feeling is great. The tripones also had 2 visitors to pamper them!

  2008-03-09 We love to sleep

• Mar. 6 (1 day): Claudia today is feeling better and she was able to go upstairs where the babies are kept in the incubators. They are all doing great and they don't need anymore the breathing mask.

• Mar. 5 (Week 31 and 6/7 days): Today is the day! The surgery started at 12.00am as scheduled and 13 minutes later Veronica saw the light for the first time in her life. 2 minutes later Viviana was with us too and 2 minutes after the lazy Leonardo joined the already big family. Veronica was 1670 grams(3lb and 10.6ounces), Viviana 1660 grams (3lb and 10.3ounces) and Leonardo 1750 grams(3lb and 13.7ounces). It's amazing how they were sharing the food as good brothers!
  Tripones home page videos
  

  2008-03-05 The Day

• Mar. 4 (Week 31): Today Mom had sonogram #. Leonardo moved in a position that can be dangerous for the amniotic sac so the doctors decided that it is time to take them out since the incubators are available and the babies are already at the end of their scheduled delivery. TOMORROW there will be the surgery and we'll finally see our tripones!