Inching Closer

Well, the only note of consequence today is that Gwendolyn has once again graduated from the NICU Nursery and is back on the “floor.” Her feedings have also increased to the 80 milliliters every three hours level, which is where she was before her latest procedure. Both are signs that we hope point to us being “out of the woods” in her latest recovery.

So, we really feel like we’re mere days away from getting her home. Assuming she continues to progress marvelously, it should be anywhere between 3-5 days until we get her home. Honestly, the main thing that needs to be taken care of now is to have us get a weekend tutorial on how to administer the feeds via her new tube ourselves. That way, we’re ready to go once she’s discharged.

Needless to say, we are cautiously optimistic!

For those of you keeping count, today Braelyn and Gwendolyn are 73 days old. Of that time, Gwen’s been in the hospital for all or part of 57 days, 44 of those since she was readmitted to the hospital in late October. Now it might have taken me a few times to actually pass College Algebra but by my count that translates to Gwendolyn Marie only experiencing 16 full days of her young life not confined to a hospital crib (or just under 22% of her life thus far).

A sad situation that we are very much looking forward to rectifying!!!

I don’t think we’ll have anything new to report until Monday. That’s the day that Braelyn’s pediatrician appointment has been rescheduled for. Again, for those of you keeping track, she’s had to have her two-month shots pushed back three times because of a test or procedure her sister gotten scheduled for at the same time. Heck, at this point she’ll be closer to three months of age when she actually gets her inoculations. By the time Monday rolls around, we also anticipate having a better timeframe on Gwen’s exact day of discharge.

So I guess we’ll talk to you on Monday unless something newsworthy pops up before then.