What a day of mixed emotions! Mostly excitement, but a little bit of nervousness and of course the bittersweetness of leaving the place that was our home for over 3 months. And, leaving the amazing people who took such good care of our baby! We had some tearful goodbyes as well as tons of smiles :)
Collin started out at 1 lb 14 oz .. at discharge he weighed 9 lb 13 oz! Just one ounce short of an 8 lb gain! he literally quadrupled his birth weight, which is just astounding and amazing!
He also grew 8 inches now 21 /14 inches long!
Collin is still on oxygen and we got all our oxygen tanks set up for home and little ones to travel with to his many appointments. He has a pulse oximeter (POX) on his foot, just like at the hospital to measure his oxygen saturation at all times.
His feeding schedule is every 3-4 hours or as often as he likes... but no longer than 4 hours because his nutrition is still very important. He will get an average of 70-100 mls @ 24 calories, until the pediatrician says otherwise.
This week we will have a home nurse visit to make sure we are all settled and check on Collin's feeds and weight. He will have his first pediatrician visit monday and a visit with the pulmonologist on Thursday and in the next few weeks he will have his first visits with the physical therapist and then NICU follow up clinic.. busy boy!
Our journey is far from over, and we decided we will still keep up the blog with updates on Collin's progress at home, but they will be less frequent so we can spend lots of time with each other :) Thanks everyone who has followed us your love and prayers obviously helped our little boy!! See you all soon :)
Collin in his car seat all ready to go home!
Our lovely welcome home sign! thanks Cate family!
this is sweet! Collin has so many fans!
ReplyDeleteHURRAY!!!!!! Congratulations on Collin's homecoming! I wish you all the best and will keep you in my prayers. I'm so very proud of all of you. This little life is a big challenge. Just keep taking things one day at a time and you'll pull through.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your family!!! What a big boy your little man has become!
ReplyDeleteThe best post you've posted yet! Congratulations! Praying all goes smoothly. I know for us, the monitors/oxygen took some getting used to, but we quickly settled in to the new norm.
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