Weigh in...

Today I sat down with our Nurse and Doctor and discussed protocol, discharge, care and expectations for us as a family and for Noelle. As we are getting closer to discharge, everyone is making sure we are all on the same page. It seems surreal that discharge could be as soon as tomorrow or as late as Friday. We are still waiting on weight gain before we can go home.



Overall from birth Noelle is up 1 ounce, which is great, but the docs want to see 3 days of gain. Whenever we have 2 of 3 days of gain, there is always a day of weight loss. The weight loss is minimal, but it is weight loss and they don't want to see that. Today we discussed looking at the past week and if Noelle is overall up then she should be fine to go home. Yay! We are ready to have her home and get into a routine again.



We have received all the equipment and supplies we need for her care, we feel ready and comfortable to take on this next step of life. I pray we will have the time, energy and patients to give Noelle the best possible life. She is a gift to us from God, I don't know how qualified I am to be her Mom, but I will give it my best and love her every step of the way.



As of tonight we are at 2 days of weight gain, we will see what happens tomorrow. Here is to hoping we are onto the next phase of our journey...Life at home!