Finn is 9 days old and already has had more tests, procedures and medicines than some people will ever have in their lifetime.

He finished his treatment for his PDA (the open valve that is pushing too much blood into his lungs) yesterday, Sunday, July 31, at 6:00 am.  After some preliminary tests, they resumed his 1 mL feeds of breast milk.  Today he had another echo to check how he responded to the treatment.  The echo showed that the PDA is still there, but at least for the time being, it looks much smaller than last Friday.  The doctors have decided to hold off on any further treatment right now and will just continue to monitor him over the next few days.  The hope is that it continues to resolve on its own.  Otherwise, he can receive one more round of the medication, and if that doesn’t work and/or things get worse, the last option is surgery.  So now we wait.

Finn’s milestones over the past few days include:

• On Sunday, July 31, he had his first snuggle session with Dad.  A little skin to skin action and only a few of Kev’s chest hairs stuck to the tape from all of his wires!
• Dermot has been saying “Finn” for the past few days.

Lastly, we just wanted to share a quote that stood out to us:

Some twins walk side by side, and sometimes one has wings to fly.