One Month Later....

So much has happened in the last month.  It has been a crazy, fun, exciting adventure being the mother of four, but it leaves me with little time to update the blog!  So, here is a quick run down on the last month for the Kneggs family….

May 4^th:

The triplets made their debut.  They all had to go to the NICU.  There, they were hooked to monitors, IVs, and nasal cannulas. They were born at noon, and I was not able to go see them until 9:00 that night, which made for a very long day of lying in bed.  I saw them for just a few minutes that night, I was not feeling well and was ordered back to bed.  While I was there, though, I was told that William was doing much better than expected (generally premature, white males take the longest to get on track), Ruby was doing fairly well also, but Savannah was having trouble breathing.  She was not producing serfactant, which keeps the lungs from sticking together. 

May 6^th:

Everyone was doing great until Ruby decided to have a collapsed lung.  It sounded so scary to this mommy, until our amazing neonatologist explained with great detail.  Basically, she had oxygen trapped on the outside of her lung preventing it from fully inflating.  Normally, they would make an incision and let the air escape.  However, they decided to try something a little less invasive – they put her on 100% oxygen which flowed thru the membrane of the lung and absorbed the air pocket.  They thought this would take 24-48 hours, but within 12 hours, the air didn’t show up on the chest x-ray!!  We have such fighters!! 

May 7^th:

We finally got to hold and snuggle William!!!  I was visiting in my hospital room with family, Trey had just gotten back from taking Bryan to swim lessons, and the nurse came down.  It scared me to death to see one of their nurses in my room, they never left the NICU, but she asked if I want to hold my son.  I have NEVER moved so fast in my life!!  Such an amazing moment!!  Later that night, we got to hold Ruby as well- so awesome!!  Savannah was still having a little trouble breathing, so she would have to wait.

May 8^th:

I was discharged – this meant twice a day drives to visit the babies.

May 9^th:

I finally got to hold Savannah and give her the very first bottle!!

May 14^th:

Trey got a phone call from the NICU asking if we wanted to room-in for the night – in other words, the babies would most likely be coming home the next day!!  This was our test to make sure we were prepared to have all three home, with no nurses!!  Mom and I went down to the NICU and each baby did their car seat test and passed with flying colors.  By 1:00, I had all 3 babies in a tiny hospital room by myself – mom left me there and Trey wouldn’t be there until after work.  It was a long night, but we survived and by 11:00 the next morning…

May 15^th:

Everyone was released from the hospital!!  Bryan finally got to meet his brother and sisters that afternoon – and my WHOLE family was finally under one roof!!  FANTASTIC DAY!!

Those are the major highlights….  Since coming home, there have been hundreds of diapers changed and bottles fed!!  The babies continue to grow like weeds and we see their little personalities forming with each day.  Bryan is an amazing Big Brother.  He loves his babies and has to constantly check on them to make sure everyone is OK.  He continues to take swim lessons, and is a great floater!!  He only has about 3 lessons left for the summer. 

Bryan Swimming

One Month Old - Savannah, William, and Ruby

I will try to get back to blogging more often – but NO PROMISES!!