All is Well With the Babies!

For the next couple weeks Lizzie is wearing a night time arm splint. It is much bigger and stiffer than I was expecting. Its actually more like a full arm cast that she has to wear each night for the next couple weeks. The Dr. had wavered a few times as to how serious her burn was and what preventative measures to take, but the final say was to wear the splint at night for a couple weeks. She does amazingly well with it- sleeps good and even holds out her arm for us when she sees us coming at her with it before bed. Its a hard cast structure with bands that velcro around her arm. Then we bind it up with bandaging and cover it with a large arm sock...all to prevent her from removing it. This doesn't stop our little Houdini, however, many mornings we come in to see she has slipped it off her arm somehow.

I think thats why she is so happy about us putting it on her at night. Dave and I like to joke by voicing out loud what she must be thinking as we place it on her...things Houdini might say as you bind him in a straight jacket before dropping him in a tank of water such as, "make sure to make it tight...a little tighter...I want a real challenge!"

She may still be wearing a large bulky splint to prevent healing problems but really her hands are looking GREAT!! They have really healed fast. We are so grateful.

In other baby news-

We got the results of the amnio and our little baby Julie Emma is completely fine! No developmental problems at all- just a false positive. And now we know FOR SURE by proof of her XX DNA that she is a girl!!

We are so happy, fortunate, and grateful to have two healthy little girls!!