This morning is a whole new world for our little guy. It’s almost like he’s getting ready for a hospital parole hearing…
He’s taking 2 out of 3 feedings by mouth, so his naso-gastric tube has been pulled, for good. No more tape face. If he needs a feeding and he can’t take it from the bottle or me, then they will put in a temporary OG (oral-gastric) tube, feed him and pull it right back out.
He’s in line for his hearing test.
We’ve been asked to bring in his car seat, for the “car seat challenge” either today or tomorrow. That is a funny test where they buckle him into his car seat and if he can sit in it for an hour without anything funny happening with his heart rate / his breathing / or his oxygen saturation, then he can be released from the hospital as soon as he takes 100% of his feedings by mouth.
Things can move pretty quickly at this point, or we could experience some tiny bumps in the road. He hits 37 weeks on Thursday. I still have my fingers crossed to bring him home at 37 weeks.
Yeah Redding!
May
07