Can you tell he is home?

So sorry for the long delay in updating...obviously Caleb is home. :) We are working hard to keep up with the every 3 hour feedings (which can take up to an hour to complete when the feeding tube/machine is involved), wound care, medicine schedule (one medicine is every 8 hours, one is twice a day and another is once a day!) and so on. Not to mention trying to entertain/care for a 9-year-old who is seriously dreading the start of school next week and a 4-year-old. Oh, wait, there are all the follow-up doctor's appts. too...pediatrician, surgeon and cardiologist. The first follow-up appt. went well with the pediatrician on Monday. It took forever to be seen, but I guess that is the price to pay when you go in on a Monday afternoon. Caleb did not gain any weight, but he didn't lose any either, guess that is good. He weighs in at 8 lbs. 9 oz. Just a few ounces up from his birth weight, but with everything he has been through in the last month, we will take it! :)

Tomorrow we have a follow-up with the surgeon to check his incision and here's hoping they do not see anything suspicious. We follow a very strict wound cleaning process every night. Hopefully we have done a good job with it. Caleb has literal tear-shaped holes in the top and bottom of his incision where they had to reopen it because it was starting to get infected back at the hospital. I really hope it is still looking good to them and we will not have to keep going all the way back to Falls Church to see the surgeon.

All in all, Caleb is doing great. He still loves his sleep more than anything. He is certainly adjusting to a quieter environment as the hospital was always SO noisy with the other babies crying, monitors beeping, etc. Who would ever imagine a halfway quiet house would cause him to not sleep as well. He does not drink an entire bottle yet (just 75 mls), thus why he still has the NG tube to complete his feedings, but hopefully that will all come together soon. Life will be much easier once we can get rid of this last tube!

We could never make it through all this without the wonderful meals people have been providing and the countless hours that friends and family have provided in babysitting R&S! THANK YOU!!