Here we are at the Present

Here we are at present, our little guys have been home for a month and a few days. It has been quite an adjustment. We have been good about keeping Aiden and Andrew on the same feeding schedule. Trish has been really strong feeding the boys through the night so i am able to work in the morning. Most mornings I get Jade to school come back feed and get the boys back to sleep, so Trish is able to get a few more hours of uninterrupted sleep. The only drama we have had so far is Aiden (he is a bit high maintenance). He had to go into the hospital again for surgery to correct his ROP on his eyes. While they said it would only be a 3 day stay it ended up being 6 days. Which i suspected it would. Aiden had a little trouble shaking off the anesthesia. But he is back home again. He is still on the heart monitors which helps us rest easier. Now that we are up to date i will be making only one weekly entry. And will tell more about our other 2 kids Jade and Ian. Who i might add are a big help with the twins, and love them alot.

Aiden's Moves to Level 2

After Andrew came home, Aiden was moved to a hospital closer to home. While at first we thought this would be best(to have him closer to home). We soon realized we should have left him in the care of the people that knew him best. I will not go into detail what happened at his new hospital, i will say that not every doctor is a good doctor. Aiden seemed to backslide tremendously shortly after arrive at the new hospital. My feelings are they were trying to fix something that wasn't broken and the meds they gave him made him worse than better. For days we watched are normally active and alert little guy slowly drift into almost a state of lethargy. With brady's and apena to numerous to count we were at our wits end. That's when we called the people at his old hospital and ask to have him transported back. Luckily that same day the docotors at his new hospital changed shifts and the doctor that had actually help with the delivery came on. He stopped all the meds and it was a difference of night and day. Adien started to become his old self again. Six days after they stopped the meds Aiden came home. Here are some pictures of Aiden and Andrew's reunion after about 3 weeks apart. We roomed in with the boys that night. After 3 months and 9 days we finally made home with both our little miracles.

Time to Go Home

As you can see the boys look like normal newborns now and its almost time to take Andrew home. Mom has been enjoying her time at the hospital but is ready to have her boys home. It was a bitter sweet day for us having to leave Aiden behind. But we found comfort in the nurses that do genuinely care for him so much. Our daughter Jade broke into tears when it was time leave she has such a big heart and felt so bad for leaving him behind. We love the staff there and are going to miss them all but not the hospital itself.




Aiden on the day Andrew went home. He will be moved two days later to a level 2 nursery in a hospital closer to home!




Andrew take his first car ride home.

Week 5

It week 5 and we are getting lots of play time with our little guys. Andrew has graduated to the camellia Aiden is still on the ci pap but is real close to getting a camellia too. Both boys are getting breast milk now which Trish has been very diligent in providing. I have read alot of stories about preemies and i have to say our stay has been pretty uneventful. I thanks all the nurses and the good Lord above for this. Aidens hemorrhage keeps getting smaller and little Andrew is not far from going over to the level 2 nursery. In my next post i will be fast forwarding to the last weeks of their stay. Because there is not to much to tell. From week 5 to week 8 they both just keep plugging along improving and getting bigger everyday.


Aiden and Mom - Andrew and Dad

Weeks 3 and 4

Im going to fast forward somewhat and I'm doing it with pictures. Aiden and Andrew contiued to improve at a good rate. The good news we got about a month after Aiden first cranial sonogram is that his Intraventricular Hemorrhage is resolving drastically. We both thanked god for this little miracle. Week 4 was a somewhat of a milestone Mom gets to hold Andrew for the first time

Week 2

The Bad News came today, our little Aiden was given a cranial sonogram and he was found to have severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage, so bad the doctor told us to probably expect CP. Trish took the news rather hard and we cried . It was hard news to take but we both took it in stride. As long as he survived we would try to give him a normal as possible life. We prayed hard and ask for my Father to come give Aiden a blessing. I have never been a real religious kind of person but when you have nothing else to turn to you must turn to faith. He was given a blessing that night by My father and and another Elder from the church. Andrew contiuned to improve at a fast pace.

The Morning After

This was our first time in the NICU we had not seen the boys since last night. It was somewhat of a shock to see these tiny guys with all their tubes and leads and the beeping that would drive a normal person insane. This first picture is Aiden, he was strong at first not requiring the high speed jet only the ci-pap. This was the first contact I had with him. Just like in womb Aiden was the most active here in the next picture he grasps onto the tube and was pulling himself up. It amazed me that this little guy was able to be so active. Next Pictures are of Andrew, now he is a little more laid back than Aiden. Here he is on the first day of life in the NICU . Andrew seemed to take off and never looked back. While there was the normal brady's and apena Andrew seemed to have no problems at all except a little infection that was easily wipe out with antibiotics.

Chinese Anyone

Lets go out for dinner , thats what we did on the evening of November 10th. Just us, our daughter decided she wanted to stay at the her neighbor friends house. Trish had been having some pains earlier but wrote them off as braxton hicks. It has been a rough 6 months for her, constant nausea and vomiting. We had kind of joke around on the way to dinner what if she went into labor at the buffet line we would name our babies after the Chinese restaurant. We could not have imagined what would transpire after dinner. Me being somewhat concerned with these pains i urged Trish to call the doctor. She did and he told her to go to the hospital so he could examine her. I remember the way my heart sank as he told us she was completely dilated and ready to deliver. But wait its way to early i said, Trish was only 25 weeks along. The atmosphere went from a quite calm to organized chaos as the Dr. and the nurses began to ready all the equipment needed to stabilize our tiny guys. Luckily there is an awesome transport team at a nearby hospital that specializes in preterm babies. Once the transport team arrived the delivery began. Our little Aiden came first, he had been the one on top and the most active somehow the little guy made his way around brother to be born at 8:34pm he weighed 1lb13oz., Andrew came 10 minutes later at 1lb 12 oz. When i had heard each of them cry i felt that this was a good sign. But all the uncertainty remained.














Andrew Scott














Aiden Chad