Home!

Far left is a shot of Gabe in the pre-op area in his little surgery gown. Daddy wasn't too excited about the pink ribbon trim, but it was the gown with the least amount of pink, so we made do. Top left is Gabe waking up back in his room after his first good nap. He was awake when we made the trek from the post-op area to his room, but he was grumpy (understandable!) and conked out after getting some more morphine shortly after we arrived in the infant unit. Top right is a peek at Gabe's new feeding. I don't think he is too sure about it yet (he's still a little sore with a cough, but settles pretty quickly. He actually had his las dose or morphine barely 12 hours after surgy, tylenol has been sufficient - tough guy!) but I am sure he is even happier than we are to be done with a tube dow his nose and throat.

Today was a lot of hurry up and wait. Dr. Duffy (remember him?) wanted to keep Gabe through at least 2-3 feedings today, to make sure he could handle being back at his full feeding amount. After the second went in, we were antsy to go home. We didn't make too much of a nuisance of ourselves, (well, I don't think we did) but after two nights of not a lot of sleep, we were ready to go!! We finally got out around 6:00 Indy time, after one last quick goodbye in the NICU. We were so tired we just couldn't wait around for shift change, sorry girls if you are checking today! We'll be back October 26th for the full night sleep study, so we will definitely be able to see the night shift. We saw some night shifters while we were here, but also missed a few (we missed Lori and Tabatha especially). Thanks a bunch to all of the nurses, RTs, dieticians, social workers/family services and secretaries who stopped by - it made our stay much nicer. This was our home for two months, after all!