Home Again Home Again

We spent most of the afternoon and early evening in the NICU with Oliver yesterday after we were discharged from the hospital. He is one sleepy little guy. I think we will have to bring home a sound track of all the NICU noises so he will be able to sleep at home. He has one noisy neighbor that is quite the fussy little girl. And all the monitors are constantly beeping. But, he just sleeps right through it all.

We spoke with his neonatologist yesterday. She was very happy with his progress. She had ordered a chest x-ray when he was first admitted into the NICU because she could hear some fluid in his lungs. She said the x-ray showed that his right lung was foggy, meaning that the GBS infection was in his right lung. (basically pneumonia). She has been listening too his lungs and says that they are clear. But, she wants to continue the anitibiotics for 7 days to ensure that there is no more infection that might come back. So, he will be getting his antibiotics until Sunday night and then we get to bring him home on Monday! The blood culture and spinal fluid culture are still negative. So, there seems to be no reason to assume that the infection had moved to his blood or spinal fluid. Which would be a much more serious issue. So, that is a praise.

So, the time we were dreading finally came around 6:30 when we had to leave him and come on home. We wrapped him up and laid him in his bed after he finished eating. He was sleeping soundly and peacefully. And we know he was in good hands. We called later in the evening to check on him. He was weighed and is now 9lb 4oz. They are feeding him formula until I can get him breastmilk today. Since he is now on a steady feeding schedule, he was able to come off of his IV fluid. He will still have an IV for his antibiotic doses. But, he won't have to be constantly hooked up to it. This will be much better on his little veins. So, he is doing really well and we plan on going in to see him and hang out with him this afternoon.

Don't you just love his little hair that won't lay down? Kind of like his daddy :)

We finally got home around 7pm and found our sweet and extremely hyper Madeline waiting for us. Andrew's parents kept Madeline while we were in the hospital. And I know she had a great time with them! So, she had just gotten home a few hours before us and was extremely excited to see all of her stuff that she hadn't seen in a few days.

She is still a little confused about baby brother's name. She will tell people that his name is Micah. I am blaming that on Andrew since he asked her everyday to say each name and to get her opinion on what it should be. She seems to be doing a little better this morning. She told me that Oliver was in the hospital. And that he was getting medicine. So, I don't know what she understands about Oliver yet. To her, life is still pretty normal. (besides the fact that she is getting a ton of grandparent attention!) But, come Monday, things are gonna change :) We can't wait for her to meet little Oliver.

For now, it is so comforting to see her sweet little face and get her sweet little hugs. It is good to be home.