Saturday, May 2, 2009

Today is my due date............

As the saying goes careful what you wish for cause you just might get it, Amy and I came in on Thursday night and she was doing well so as we were leaving the nurse practitioner stopped to talk to us and said that she may be home in less than 2 weeks with oxygen which is normal. This the first time that anyone has talked to us about going home so it was a bit surreal. We went to dinner and we were both in a state of shock. We devised a plan on her coming home in 2 weeks, so we woke up early and went to register at Babies R'Us which was interesting explaining our situation to the clerk. So we take care of that and we eat lunch and then take Amy back to see Zoë since Daddy had a work function. Today Zoë's central was to be taken out and she was going to begin ad-lib feeding, i.e we feed when she gets hungry not on pre-set schedule like has been on since birth. So Amy calls me as soon as she talks to the nurse and says guess what, they gave us a window for her discharge, between THIS Tuesday and THIS Thursday, holy crap !!!!!!!

Amy and I have been waiting for this day and we always knew it would get here but this has been a roller coaster ride and this came out of left field (which I will playing for my men's baseball team on Sunday). She's currently on .6 litters at 21% oxygen which is just like room air. It looks like she may not come home with oxygen but they are going to start to test her out tomorrow without nasal cannulas. This will be cool because it will be first time she doesn't have anything cover her face. She has taken well to the ad-lib feedings , she's taken in more than the what's required in a 12 hour shift. As I type we're waiting to see if she wakes up for a feeding, she had her 2 month vaccinations today, which she hated, yes like the U of A, so she may be out with the tylenol the gave her for any side effects.

Are we ready ? YES !! is the house ready NO !!! but we will manage as my mom put it she brought us all home in worse situation and we turned out just fine, I think.

Amy and I have been waiting for this for 77 days and we will only be here for no more than 5 more days and then Zoë is coming home !!!!!!!!!!!!

Please stay posted we will update more frequently as news breaks.

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