Today, during family rounds the clinical team discussed my SuperHuman Powers with mommy and daddy. Daddy was at the hospital with me before the family rounds, but mommy participated over the phone so she could hear what was being planned too. Everyone talked about my milk and medicine, but no one mentioned discharge. When they were finally done talking about the monitor training that mommy and daddy have to do tomorrow....mommy asked the REAL question of the day....WHEN DO I GET TO GO HOME????????????????? My Doctor #3 said possibly as early as this weekend. Mommy can be pushy sometimes....as most everyone in the NICU knows already, so she kept on asking for a more specific time. Finally, my Doctor #3 said I could go home on Saturday. WOO HOO!!!!! I get to see the real world!:)
Then this evening when mommy came to see me after work, my Doctor #3 was still here and she said to mommy, "I can't believe I said he could go home...I don't want him to go home....we'll miss him." Mommy explained that when I go home I will only live 7 minutes away from the hospital and I can come and visit as often as possible.
I'm sitting in my crib thinking...."Well duh! Of course I'm coming back to visit...where else will I get my attention?" I mean really....these girls are my girls!!! Don't get me wrong, my Man Doctors are pretty cool and nice, but the nurses and the nurse practitioners (otherwise known as NICU Jedi) and Doctor #3...well, they make me blush, and smile, and wiggle...What in the world will I do with out them???? I was hoping I could take them all to the Prom with me when I'm in high school, but no...they're just going to forget about me:( To tell you the truth, I'm kinda scared to go home with out my nurses. I trust mommy and daddy because they know what they are doing, but I think they're kind of scared too. So yes, I will come back and visit often. And it will only be as a visitor, not as a patient.....my goal is to stay away from hospital rooms from now on because the neighbors are always loud....you know, with their constant beeping and dinging. *grins innocently* I was never like that. :)
Oh yeah, I now weigh 6 lbs. 11.4 ozs! I certainly won't make it to 7 lbs before I leave but I'm sure going to give it my best shot!:)
I still can't believe that I get to go home. I don't really know where that is, or how we'll get there....but I get to be with mommy and daddy always from now on....Geez, I hope they don't annoy me too much!!!!
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This is Little Abbey here. When I came home after ten days in the hospital, you should have seen my parents. They were more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. That first night, I would gurgle or make some sound just to see them jump out of bed and check on me. Unfortunately, they don't fall for that trick anymore.
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