Waiting Patiently
Howdy and good evening to all our friends and family. We are 2-3 days out now not including today. Patiently waiting our discharge. Our baby Jack slept 9 hrs last night only waking for minutes at a time to eat. He slept right through diaper changes which if any of you have ever been in a room with Jack during a diaper change you'd know this is awesome. The pain during changes was the initial indicator that something was wrong with our little miracle.
Today we saw Dr. Crawford early, she said all is well and the swelling is not an issue still. We just try to keep his foot elevated as much as possible. Dr. Knapp of course followed her, he sounded unsure of what test he wanted to do before we left to ensure that hip is in there. He bounced around with ultra sound and MRI. We ended up getting a CT. The little frog prince slept right throughout the CT. Stacy, our nurse, told us the report says normal. However we shall see what the docs say in the AM. ID didn't come back today, but Stacy told us that they ordered blood work for friday just to check prior to our escape. Little man had some tummy time today, and some outside time. However, we got nasty swelling in that right foot so we had to spend some time with that foot elevated which he hates. So that was fun for me. Nikki came in to see if Jack could fit in his infant carseat with the spica cast on, he did with some manipulation however because of the placement we are getting Dr Crawford and knapp to look at it. If not we will be renting a car bed for two weeks to get baby Jack to and fro.
Our favorite night shift nurse last day here with us (she isn't assigned to us) is tonight. So we got to hang out and talk with her for a while. She has kept me sane on nights she's been here talking to me like a person versus a patients mom. And she always went above and beyond for us. We will miss Ms Lisa. We have had so many wonderful nurses both day and night shift. They have had to do so much for our little Jack. From the initial surgery, being a hard stick, triple IV antibiotics continuous, PICC line, plavick brace, taco brace, Broviac, second surgery, spica cast. They have seen him go from 6 lbs 9 oz to the estimated 8-9 lbs that he is now. I hate to say it, but I'm going to miss some of these ladies very much and feel blessed we had such a great floor!
Grandma Stevie took our other babies (Naomi and bogey) home tonight! One step closer to getting home. Hope you all have a great Thirsday...I hope we have nothing but good news to report tomorrow :)
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