Home Sweet Home!!!

After being in the NICU for 86 days, making it though 4 separate surgeries, and giving us multiple grey hairs, Jameson was welcomed home on September 16, 2011. It has been such a long journey, and was happily put behind us as we walked out the front door of the hospital. Twelve weeks of tears came pouring out of our eyes as we brought our little man into the sun for the first time. It is a time that thankfully Jameson will never remember, but something we will never forget.

                                                                           Day 1

                                                                            Day 86

Early Friday morning Jameson passed his car seat test, which was our last requirement on the discharge checklist. This test was simply putting him in his car seat for the length of his ride home, and making sure his vital signs stayed OK. We had to wait until 10 o'clock that morning for rounds. As his team of doctors  finally made it to his bedside, we waited for his attending doctor to make the final decision for discharge. Jameson had his discharge physical and was all set to go at 11:00, but the pharmacy took their sweet time in getting his prescriptions ready for us. Matty went down to check on them at 11:30 and was told it would be about 15 more minutes. When they still were not ready at 12:15, he stayed at the Pick-up window and refused to let them help anybody else til they got Jameson's ready, he got them 5 minutes later. We finally left the NICU at 1:30 p.m. and headed to Felton. He slept the entire time, making the ride very easy.

 He woke up to his Grammy's face and smiled  the biggest smile yet and even giggled for her. His eyes were wide open taking everything in for the next few hours. Some of Matty's family came to visit and J just soaked up all the love and being held non-stop. He got a little overwhelmed at certain points that first night, but has since adjusted and is doing amazing.When he woke up the first morning at home, he reached up and touched my face and smiled. It is still hard to believe sometimes that he is really home, seems like he thinks so too. He is taking more milk from his bottle than before, keeping his milk down better, and is sleeping all the time. Matty and I decided to request a feeding pump for nighttime use. It is set to pump 40ml (a little over an ounce) of milk into his stomach per hour from 10pm thru 8am. This makes it so he constantly has milk in his stomach, and does not wake up hungry. It turned out to be a great decision because Jameson only woke up 3 times the first night, and slept all night last night. Having him home and having our whole family together is indescribable.

Again, we want to thank you all for the love and support through this long and difficult journey. We could not have made it through without you.You are all welcome to come by for a visit and meet J. We were advised by his doctors not to bring him around big crowds right away because we need to give his immune system time to adjust to life outside the NICU. We are planning to have a Baby Shower/Welcome Home Party in early October. Over the next few months J has a number of follow up appointments to make sure he is progressing and developing the way he should. We will keep you posted with any news, but if all goes as we hope, it will be smooth sailing from here : )

 We love you all and can't wait for you to meet our lil guy!