The weekend in review

We now have a three pound baby! Griffith tipped the scales at a little over three pounds on Saturday night. Last night he weighed in at three pounds, two ounces. Allan is doing what he can to catch up with his brother and he weighed in at two pounds, twelve ounces. We may have two three pounders before long.
Unable to keep himself on the straight and narrow, though, Griffith decided to bronchospasm on Sunday morning and throw every one in to a panic. As with a lot of this stuff, the doctors say this is just something that preemies do. Still, it isn't any fun. Essentially, they get so stressed/irritatated/angry that they "clamp down" and refuse to breath. Not an inconsiderable feat seeing that they are on a ventilator or are beging bagged and are forced to take in air. Apparently you can force them to take the air in, but you can't make them profuse it (distribute it in the blood). This is, as you might imagine, concerning to the medical staff (not to mention the parents). There really isn't any tried and true medical remedy for this -- they just have to keep fiddling around with them until they relax and let the air flow. They took out Griffith's tube and replaced it and that was enough to end this little episode. He's fine now, but was worn out all day yesterday and apparently slept like a rock last night. I'm going to report him to his day nurse (Cheryl) and see if she can't have a word with him about cutting one's nose off to spite one's face. I don't seem to be having any luck getting through to him. The easiest thing would be to tell every one to quite p*ssing him off, but I hate to concede control this soon.
The boys are amassing quite a wardrobe these days. Aunt Kathy made each of them two little sleeping robes out of soft, soft flannel. We'll get some pictures up soon. And Uncle Dick, Aunt Stephanie and Bailey Marie have added to the haute couture as well: sweet little gowns and, best of all, teeny-tiny preemie camo onesies! (Maybe Aunt Kathy can make a hunter-safety orange vest to go with them.) The onesies are a little one big side still, but it is something for them to grow in to.
I'll post the afternoon update after lunch.