Matthew is Home!!!!

So this is the post I have been looking forward to since the day Matthew was born. After 58 days in the NICU Matthew is home.

 Here is a little about how it all happened. Yesterday morning Jim was up doing Matt's 9:00am feed and the Doctor came in and told him the plan was for Matt to go home tomorrow. (Thursday Dec. 22nd) So I frantically got bags packed for myself made arrangements for Finn to stay at the grandparents for two night and also found grandparents to watch the dogs too. I managed to get everything done and get to the hospital at about 12:30pm. I had to keep reminding all the nurses to ask the Dr if there was still a final Echocardiogram that need done. Sure enough there was so he had his echo done at about 3pm. Then we got to spend the rest of the day waiting for the on-call pediatric surgeon to come change his feeding tube to his button and pull his broviac (central line) out. She arrived at about 7pm to do that, and then we spent the rest of the evening in a private room in the NICU. We roomed in with no monitors to watch. I did not sleep very well at all, but that is why we decided to room in. Matt did really well and slept most of the night. I guess having a feeding tube can be a positive thing, when you don't have to disturb the baby to eat. This morning the Doctor came in and checked on Matt then we started the discharge process. We officially left the hospital at 12:30pm. Since we have been home things have gone great. It is just myself, Jim and Matt right now. We thought we needed a little break in time. So no dogs, big brother, or visitors today. It has actually been a nice change from the crazy life we have been living.

Now that we have Matt home my life will be extremely busy with LOTS of Doctor appointments and just having a 2 year old and an infant. I am looking forward to every minute of it.

I will try to keep you all updated as I have time, but there are no promises on that.
Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers we ask that you continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We have made it a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

Jaime