Watch Out World!!!!!

That's right....Watch Out World, Here I Come:)

I'm getting discharged on 07-22-2006. My doctors all met yesterday with daddy here at the hospital and mommy on the speaker phone. My Doctor #1 said that I could go home this Saturday. He said that his fear of me not wanting to eat orally is no longer a fear. They still want to monitor me to make sure I don't need those yucky medications again, but Doc #1 says that my Pediatrician can monitor that for me. I probably didn't tell you that mommy and daddy went shopping for a Pediatrician awhile back. They bought one for me and she has come to visit me three times in the NICU. *sighs* It must be a woman thing.....the ladies can't get enough of me!

Can you believe it???? I'm finally going home....mommy has been trying not to be excited because she is scared we'd be postponed again, but I've been eating lots and lots just to make sure the doctors and nurses are happy.

Tonight I have to sleep with the monitors from the hospital connected to me, plus my "going-home" monitors. I guess all these wires attached to me brings new meaning to the phrase...."I'm wired." I mean really...I have wires coming from my armpits, my chest, my belly, and both of my feet. Not to mention the Nasal Canula tubing that's always attached to my head....It's a hard days work just trying to be careful not to get tangled!!!

Tonight I weigh 7 lbs. 3 ozs....The nurses say I'm about the size of a newborn....heck, I'm even bigger than some full term newborns. I get my picture taken tomorrow morning before I leave. Yeah, I know mommy and daddy have already taken millions of pictures...but this one is different...it's professional. The nurses keep calling it a "Newborn Picture". That really doesn't make sense to me because I'm over three months old....I think I deserve a little more respect from my ladies....because they're gonna miss me when I'm gone!!!!!:) But of course, I'm going to miss all of them more! It's been a very difficult and long road and all my nurses and doctors have worked their butts off to make going home possible!

Every day of the rest of my life I'm going to say a prayer for all of my nurses and doctors....and for all of you as well. Without your prayers and thoughtful words and gestures I wouldn't be where I am today (really tomorrow). Your prayers have paid off and I intend to make sure you know how just how much mommy, daddy, and I appreciate each and every one of you. Maybe someday soon I'll be able to thank you in person..........with a great big Zander Hug:)

Thank you!:)