Home?

Elijah has been transfered from Intensive Care to Infant Care since he has been so stable. Today he had a CT scan on his head because the doctor was worried about the possibility of his skull bones fusing together too early, but the scan results came back normal. Tomorrow he gets an xray on his chest to check his heart growth inside his chest. He also gets a blood test to test (again) for jaundice since he still looks a bit yellowish. He is also getting an ultrasound on his lower back because he has a little dimple on his lower back that they want to check out. So many things for such a tiny little guy to go through. :(

The good news is....we may get to go home by Friday or Saturday! We discussed the option of leaving his feeding tube in his nose and feeding him through that while at home. We really need to concentrate on fattening him up and if that's how we'll get it done, then we are willing to do that. He gets soooo tired about halfway through each feeding, so we need the feeding tube as assurance that he will get every calorie that he needs. His prematurity and his heart condition are both major factors in his decreased strength right now. Hopefully with time he will get stronger and can feed without a tube in his nose.

Elijah has his own little private room in Infant Care, so they rolled in a chair sleeper for Dan and I to sleep on during the night. The good thing is that we can be right there with him all night and all day, but the bad thing is that the chair sleeper is quite small so we have to stuff ourselves sideways like sardines to both fit. Should be an interesting night!

Off to another feeding attempt...... We will post some new pics tomorrow.