Home Sweet Home

We made it home!  What a great feeling.  We got home really late last night...the early morning discharge did not work out at all.  They had a lot of stuff that we had to get done before Hope could be discharged.  Finally, around 7pm we were done with everything and loaded the car with all of Hope's stuff (yeah, she had a roomful) and made it home a little after 8pm.  It was actually kind of scary driving home because Jerry and I were in separate cars and I was worried the whole way home that something might happen.  We got everything organized and set up and finally went to bed after her midnight feeding.

Today was our first full day at home and even though it was hectic and we had some learning curves, it was perfect.  We had the pulse ox delivered and Hope was at 84...higher than most of the time at the hospital!  I think some of it was from the nice air she was breathing outside.  Yes...the weather was nice enough for her to spend a little time watching the boys play.  We also had the home health nurse come over and talk to us and show us how to do everything else that we need to do every day...like weighing, feeding, medicine, etc.  Some it was stuff we already knew, but we both had to be here to make sure we both know how to do everything we both know the schedule.  I put together a spreadsheet with the days and times everything needs to be done.

I am posting a bunch of pictures from the last few days.

Pretty in Purple

Look at all her stuff....this is from the first trip to the car!

Dressed for home:

In her new car seat

I want to thank everyone again for everything they have done.  I know everyone went out of the way to help us and we appreciate all of the help more than words can express.