Transitioning to home

November 27, 2007

Aiden and Nate

The old RCNIC

New private room

Amie (one of the best nurses we have had) moving them to their private room

HEY there! The boys are doing great... so well in fact that they moved them into a private transitioning to home room today! So we have our own little private room where we can even stay the night and take a shower if we would like! Nate is coming home very soon! Starting today he is on cue feedings, so he gets fed every 3 hours, but if he wakes up and seems hungry before then they will feed him. In the nest few days they should be able to take his feeding tube out as long as he is gaining weight and taking his feeds just fine by bottle. Aiden has had some troubles trying to gain weight. They have upped his calories and we are hoping with not having any distractions since we are in a private room will also help his weight gain.

We are praying for poop again. Nate has been having problems with pooping. He was given a suppository in hopes of some return. They are going to also start him on prune juice to help with his stools. Poor little guy can't catch a break!.

SO we are closer and closer to coming home! I plan on taking the car seat in for Nate so we can do his car seat challenge (that is where he has to sit in his car seat for 20-30 min to make sure he can handle it). I also need to do my infant cpr and watch a few videos. One of my little men could be home by the end of next week maybe sooner!!!