We are getting down to the nitty gritty now. Josh came over early this morning to get checked off on some of the care items. He gave the medicines and has placed the ng tube once, and just needs to do it again. I did laundry and started getting stuff ready to be packed up! When we both went over for the lunch time feeding, the neonatology team was rounding and looking over the sleep study. Preliminary results from the sleep study show he had a CO2 spike at some point, but they don't have the full report yet so we don't know what that means. Oh please don't let it be a snag in the plan! After they left, Laura mentioned that it could be just a little thing - like if he was upset or crying. We'll just have to see what the full report says later today. Our O2 tank, monitor and nebulizer arrived, so we are getting trained on the neb at 1:00 and signing all of our home health paperwork. That'll be one more thing to cross off of the list (Laura made out a very detailed list on Monday for what we need to get done to get out of here). She is cracking the whip for us! The circumcision should happen sometime today (poor guy). Hopefully by tomorrow we will have very little to do!

We have gotten multiple emails and requests to keep the blog going. We intend to. It has been therapeutic for me too, and has helped me to keep track of when things have happened. Life is going to get pretty crazy, I assume, when we are home. So I doubt it will be daily, but this has been almost like a journal for me and even though our hospital chapter is ending, a whole new phase is beginning. Keeping up with appointments (and we have been assured there will be many - just look at the Hufty's! They left Saturday and were already back for an appt the following Tuesday!) and learning what our new "normal, daily life" will entail is going to be quite the adventure. We appreciate everyone's support so much. We owe such a debt of gratitude to so many people, including some we have never met in person! Thanks for sharing this experience with us.