I had a job interview today and it made me feel great. As I was leaving, I saw that one of my favorite nurses had left me a message to call and that everyone was fine. Everyone was fine, but when I called her, she told me that Lydia tested positive for MERSA. I didn’t believe her at first because I didn’t understand how she could get it. I wash my hands until they’re raw with this soap that hurts so much I swear it has glass in it. And then, once I’m in the NICU, I use so much Purell that my hands are caked with the dried gel. This isn’t just me - it’s any visitors and the nurses. However, I suppose reality is, MERSA is everywhere, particularly in a hospital. It’s even in Lydia’s nose. I went into a bit of an anxiety spiral despite the nurse’s assurance everything was ok. I called Brise’s mom and talked to her. Thankfully, she was able to somewhat reassure me that MERSA growing on skin wasn’t really a big deal. When I talked to the doctor at the hospital, he told me that it was fine and that all of my babies will be in isolation for the rest of their stay just to protect the other babies who are smaller and weaker than ours. Imagine that, our babies are larger and stronger than others. They’ve grown so much!

Lydia will be treated with an antibiotic (in her nose) for 5 days and then retested for MERSA. They fully expect she’ll test negative. They do not expect that she will suffer any negative impacts of the infection because it’s only on her skin.

In other news, look at how much the babies have grown!

Despite the scary news, today turned out great. Aubrey tried eating from a bottle for the first time and he drank the WHOLE thing! He’s such a big boy! I’m so proud of him and excited for the next steps.