6/28 Today is a new day!

Today is a new day! A lot to update already this morning.  Doctor said Drake's acidosis has come down and there is no growth in the culture they did checking for infection.  Drake got his PIC line in at 10:00am and everything went great.  He finally got to eat 1 cc of mommy's milk and will get some more at 2:00.  So now both are getting fed again! Kennedy had some issues with her heart rate dropping but doctors thought it was due to the tubes for feeding and to check gasses. They made some adjustments and she seems to be doing better.  Both have had their tubes through their umbilical chord for the maximum amount of time so they have to put in a PAL (peripheral artery line) in their wrists so they can draw blood. This is better than the alternative of having to do heel sticks every time to get blood. Drake did have to get his heel stuck yesterday so they could compare the blood from there with the sample from the umbilical chord...this was one of the saddest sights I've seen yet. You could just tell that he wanted to cry but couldn't!!! More updates to come...