Going home really soon

We moved downstairs on July 4th a Friday, that Sunday we moved to nursing 4 times a day with two feedings back to back. I knew we were getting close to going home, I figured it was going to be towards the end of the week and I had plans early in the week to finish getting things ready. I needed to go grocery shopping; collect the milk I had stored at the hospital, in my sister's freezer, in my parent's freezer, and my freezer and take it to a meat locker, and clean my house.

Monday the 7th I got there and found out that Joshua was "on demand" which means he gets to pick when he eats as long as he eats every 2-4 hours for 12 hours. He didn't get to sleep through any feedings and get feeding tube he had to take them all orally. If he did well I found out we would continue through the night to make it a 24 hour trial.

So I cancelled my plans for the day and moved into the hospital. I did leave Brian in charge to do a bottle when I gathered up the milk. At the end of the 12 hours Joshua had barely squeaked by, and I figured that we would try it again tomorrow. But I think they were sick of having us in the hospital because they kept us going that night. Brian went home to get some clothes and things and we moved into a room they have for parents in the hospital.

Things went well that night, maybe because I was less stressed because I was so tired. I did enjoy the night nurse sharing stories with me while I nursed. We passed that night so they took out Joshua's feeding tube and he had to make it through one more night that he would stay in the room with us. But rooming in deserves a post of its own. But this is where we finally realized we were really going home.