Surprise!

Ben & I came up to the hospital this morning to take an infant CPR class and get trained on the heart/breathing monitor that Trey will wear when he goes home. Surprise! Dr. wrote orders for us to move to a family room as soon as we completed our monitor training. This is the last step of care before we go home! In family care, Ben & I are in charge of Trey's care and the nurse only checks in once a shift for a short assessment. As long as he doesn't have any apnea or bradycardia episodes and gains weight, we could be going home... TOMORROW! Yesterday they started him on caffeine to help with his bradycardia and he hasn't had any episodes since then so hopefully we are done with that. But as long as he is on caffeine, he has to be on the monitor. The only other thing that has to be done before we go is his circumcision and that is happening tomorrow morning when the Dr. gets here.

We weren't prepared for the nurse to tell us we would be staying with Trey tonight and possibly going home tomorrow. So once we got settled (and Ben saw the end of the West Virginia-Kentucky game) he headed home with a list to get what we will need for tonight and to take Trey home when the time comes. My mom and dad are on their way down now to stay with the kids until we get home.

Crazy day! But so excited at the thought of being home together. I have been praying that Trey would not have to stay 4 weeks like they originally estimated, but God is amazing and it looks like Trey will be home before he is 2 weeks old!