Twin packages released just in time for Xmas after premature delivery
Premature twins who have been in intensive care for their first six weeks of life will make it home just in time for Christmas.
After spending their first six weeks of life in intensive care, two premature babies will finally be reunited with their parents just in time for Christmas.
Olivia and Greer Chapple were born on November 9 at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, 32 weeks and five days early.
The premature twins collectively weighed 3.2kg and were sent immediately into intensive care, where they’ve now been for six weeks.
Mother Lauren Chapple said her and her husband Jack, from Brisbane’s north, had been warned their twins would likely be premature, but she said nothing could prepare them for the emotional ride they were about to set off on.
“It’s been a very tough six weeks. It’s been the toughest time of our lives,” she said.
But there was no lack of support at the NICU unit in RBWH, with Ms Chapple saying staff offered round-the-clock care.
“They do amazing work in the NICU. It’s a really well done division in the hospital,” she said.
“All of the doctors and nurses really care about the kids and just love to give them cuddles.”
With just a few more tests to be done, the girls are set to come home for the first time ever, something that Ms Chapple says she’s equally as excited for as she is nervous.
“When we bring them home it’s like they’ve only just been born because we haven’t been able to be with them fully for six weeks,” she said.
“There’s presents under the tree … We’re just going to hang out, the four of us, and listen to Christmas music and finally be a family together under one roof.”
