Johnson Jungle

Here are their cute pictures from Halloween. Isabella was a banana and Peyton was Shrek. Yesterday was a great day for Peyton and Isabella. They are calming back down and able to keep their oxygen levels up. The pediatrician called me yesterday and said that Peyton will be coming out of his isolette and into an open crib on Sunday. They will start him on some Alimentum fortifier VERY slowly next week. Isabella is growing steadily enough that she may be able to avoid the fortifier all together. Peyton was weighing 4 pounds 13 ounces and Isabella is up to 5 pounds 3 ounces! It was nice to sit with them yesterday and not have the alarms going off every 5 minutes (not an exaggeration). They have kept the nurses right by their bedside since they have been here...The nurses have been too afraid to leave because Isabella desaturates down to 24 (should be above 90). They started her on Prevacid and Reglan a few days ago for reflux which they believe is the cause of her desaturations, but it takes some time to kick in. It looks like it has started to work and we're all a little more at ease. Overall, the doctors believe they are healthy and doing well. They would just like to see them continue to grow and see how everything goes with the fortifier and the breathing stuff.