Welcome Home!

Time for an update on Abigail's transition to home.  Everything went well during our night "rooming-in" and we managed to get a few hours of sleep.  Abigail gets fed every three hours and has a few medications periodically so we were in charge of those.  We bottle feed her at 9, 3 and 9 and put the remainder of the feed on a pump that goes through her g-button.  Preparing the pump, bottles and meds can keep a person busy. After a night in a room by ourselves taking care of her we signed all of the documents for discharge.  Someone from each specialty came by and gave instructions for her care and made sure we were prepared.  Many others stopped in just to say bye.  We were very antsy but finally by 2:30pm she received her immunizations (which she did great with) and had her final feed. 

 

By 3:30 Abigail was all dressed up and ready to go!  A few final pictures later and Stephanie, her nurse Alex, and Abby in her carseat met me at the front door to load up.  It was a great feeling to have her all loaded up and driving away.

 

Abigail did great on the ride home and we were greeted by our parents as we pulled up to the house.  We have been busy ever since.  Tomorrow we will take Abby to see the pediatrician for her first visit, so we'll see how that goes.  Thanks for checking in on our family.