2/4-12/11

Sleepy.

Well, as you might have guessed, we've been busy the last few days. Still adjusting to a new schedule with the little man home. 
I'll have to go back and tell the story of the last couple weeks at the NICU the next post or so. Nobody expected him to be able to come home so soon, and we had to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. It was like a race getting ready for him to come home. We all thought that he would take a while to get the hang of feeding with a bottle, and he just took off with it. Go figure.
As usual, the staff there made sure we were ready, had everything we needed, gave great advice and made the transition as smooth as possible.
Incredible group of people. We can't thank them enough for everything they did for Omi, Heather and I. 
I have to give them their props in another post. They deserve a lot of credit for what they do.




So, ....... home!


Omi is kickin' some boo-tay.

He is almost nine pounds now!


Omi came home on oxygen and a heart monitor. Not a huge deal, could have been a lot worse. 
So, we had to learn how to use all the equipment and get comfortable with it. We did one sleepover at St. Luke's before coming home the next day. (the sleepover consisted of us taking care of him by ourselves in a room overnight) 

After an emotional, but happy discharge from St. Luke's, Omi got to meet his new Pediatrician a couple days later. 
Hope you like her kid, you're going to be in there quite often for a while. 
His first checkup went well. No problems or worries. Gaining weight and cruisin' right along.

The next day he had another appointment with a cardiologist. Again, no problems.

Around this point, I realize that there is no easy way to carry an oxygen tank, heart monitor and Omi in a car seat at the same time.

We have a home health nurse come out two days a week to weigh him and check to see that things are going okay.

He still has follow-ups with the people that did his hernia and eye surgeries soon.

Omi seemed a little sad the first couple days home, but is adjusting a little more every day. I don't blame him; they took really good care of him, and some would even say he was a bit spoiled at the NICU. (we told them to, and we're glad they did) So yeah, Omi likes to be held a lot. No problem.

We don't sleep much right now. I'm sure I'm not telling anybody anything new by saying that a baby is a lot of work. We're still trying to do all the stuff around the house that we should have done while he was in the hospital (there was just not enough time in a day). 
Heather is on maternity for the next couple weeks, and I'm wrapping it up at my job. We'll have a week or so where we're both home and then she goes back to work while I stay home with the little guy for a while. We should be able to get quite a bit done. No worries.


Anyway, we're just figuring out what works for all of us. And by that I mean that we're all just trying to figure out who gets to sleep when and for how long.    ;)