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BIG NEWS! We are going home on Friday! Tomorrow night, we'll "room in" at the hospital. Spending the night in the hospital in a room with Davis will help us answer any last questions we might have while we still have the support of the nurses & docs right around the corner. Depending on what time we are discharged, we may stay at Parker's House on Friday night, but we'll be back in the mountains very soon. This is all happening very fast, but the thought of our family finally being together is... well, I don't even know a word for it. It's just the best feeling I've ever felt. 

Davis had an echo this morning, which is basically an ultrasound of the heart. It showed that his hypertension is pretty much under control, but the right side of his heart is a little oversized due to being compressed for so long. There are a few other (minor) abnormalities that we'll continue to follow with cardiology, but we hope these things will get better with time. 

Yesterday I placed the NG tube for the first time, and today I did it again. Basically, I threaded a thin tube through his nose to his stomach for his feeds. He was very upset with me for a little while afterwards, but it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. (When he gets very angry, his bottom lip quivers. It's the most pitiful thing you've ever seen). After you place the tube, you check that it's in the right place by shooting a puff of air through the tube and listening with a stethoscope for a popping sound in the stomach. It's empowering to be able to do these things for him... makes me feel a little like his nurses, whom I admire so much. 

I can't believe we're so close to being home! Initially, at our consult in Cincinnati, they told us to expect to be in the hospital for 3-6 months. To be going home in just a little over a month is more than we could have ever hoped. We are so lucky.