All of them are receiving IV fluids, fluids for sugar and salt and water, ... The baby born 13 days ago is receiving feedings through a tube from the mouth into the stomach and seems to be tolerating that well.
For certain families who are having trouble conceiving, I think they are a success, ... The problem, the side effect is you wind up with all these multiple pregnancies, multiple births which result in a lot of increase in health problems.
It's really too early to say (what their prognosis is). ... They are all critically ill. Several have shown some improvement and several haven't.
Today we stopped their sedation, ... We gave them all caffeine, which is an effort to help them improve their breathing, and tomorrow we hope to -- those who have had a good response to this -- to take them off ventilation and see if they can breathe on their own.
Due to personal and religious beliefs, she elected not to do that and we've continued to support her decision and care for her babies that are born.
It's a day-to-day kind of thing, ... There are days when things go well. There are days when things don't go well.
This is the type of small, steady progress we hope for in the NICU.
However, with babies this premature and this small, the pendulum can swing the other way and back again in a matter of hours.
We think by minimizing wide swings in their vital signs, minimizing a lot of their stress, we can minimize that event which we have very little to control.
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