This is the type of small, steady progress we hope for in the NICU,

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.

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.

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,

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.

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,