They day has finally come! It was a really busy day, but everything was heading in the right direction for us to go home! Jefferson did great last night with us and had a few more tests to get done before we could leave. He had his hearing test done, passed that with flying colors, whew! He had another echo done on his heart this morning. Cardiologists looked at it and said it looked really good. His PDA was considerably smaller than the first echo - which is that much closer to closing up. He had his car seat test, and passed that as well! Apria also came and swapped out the pulse oximeter and it seems to be working this time.
It took most the morning to get all the other tests done, so by 2pm or so we were signing all the discharge paperwork and gathering all of our belongings and taking them to the car. By about 3:30pm, we were carrying Jefferson out the door!
I really didn't think this day would ever come. It has been the longest, and hardest 9 days of my life. With all the ups and downs I am surprised I wasn't hospitalized for a heart attack of something from all the anxiety. I don't know how other parents do it with their couple pound kids that are in there for months at a time. That would be unbelievably hard! I shouldn't complain, but it is so hard to see your brand new baby hooked up to all the monitors, being poked MANY times a day, being too tired to even eat, and feeling so helpless because there really isn't anything you can do for him, except be patient. And we all know I lack any form of patience. But after countless prayers, a couple priesthood blessings, Heavenly Father listened and answered our prayers. We know he was suppose to be in the NICU for a reason. And thank heavens for the talented nurses and Drs that took such great care of our precious angel! He can finally go home to his family, where he belongs!
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