The Tired Two!

     These boys are sleepin' & sleepin'.  Matthew is just tired, probably because he is growing sooo much so fast.  That's a lot of work ya know!  Matthew is now about 5lb 14oz!  He is trying to eat from a bottle, but it's such hard work!  He has the idea, he just can't quite stay awake enough to eat a whole feed, he literally falls asleep in the middle, (then he sometimes chokes).  "Suck suck suck, breathe, suck suck, breathe, suck su...zzzzzzzzzzzz" seems to be the pattern!  That's okay, you know my motto slow & steady wins the race! 
  Ezekiel gave us a little scare on Sunday, about 2am.  He had a brady & had to be stimulated pretty hard to come out of it!  Thank goodness it was 2am & not when I was there.  So, that gave the Dr's a clear signal that something was not quite right.  They did a CBC (complete blood count) and found that his hematocrit level (red blood cell measurment)(Crit for short) was quite low.  Low crit levels lower the oxygen levels in the blood & cause anemia.  So poor Zeke was (& still is) super tired.  (When he had the transfusions when he was born it was because of this same reason.)  To treat him he was given epogen shots everyday for 5 days & if that didn't bring up the numbers he was going to be treated with another blood transfusion.  But...they did a count early this morning and he was at 29.4 (good levels are in the 30's) so no transfusion!  YEAY!  Ezekiel is now weighing in at about 4lb. 4oz!!!  He looks like a totally different kiddo!  He has not been working on bottle feeds because we want this crit issue to be resolved before going on to the next step.

     The BIG boys are doing super well!!  Gabe started T-ball and it is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen!  These kids do so well and all of them are so sweet and super charged about being on a real team!  Danny-boy is the official cheering section for his bro! "GO Briel yeay!!!  Good job Briel!  Hhhhiiiiiiii Briel!"  then Gabe shoots a semi-shy sweet huge smile our way...melts my heart!

  Mommy & Daddy are well too, both in good health, praise God!  We are just soaking it all in and wondering how on earth we got so lucky!  What a life we have, enchanted I tell ya, blessed & happy beyond anything we could ever imagined!  God is good...ALL the time!

Lots of love to you from
The Brothers Buckley!!xoxo

Oh, the sweet boys!

This preemie onesee is BIG on Zeke!

Sometimes Danny gets bored at the NICU...

The latest & greatest "toy" at the Buckley house!

(It was a gift from our wonderful neighbor)

this picture is entitled "Blister"

...oh...CUTE boy!!!

That's a BIG binky for a little boy! (Zeke)

Snuggle time with my tiny Ezekiel

This one is just for perspective

these are the tubes & cords attached to Ezekiel

This is how they get their feeds through the NG tube. 

I want this at home for nighttime feeds!

Zeke feet!

Precious Matthew

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ZEKE!

Together again!!