Home Sweet Home

Our internet finally works again! Sorry for the long delay in posting. We live in a small town and it's taken the internet folks until now to straighten out reconnecting our service. 

Last Tuesday, Davis was discharged after 40 days in the Duke NICU. Nurse Shanda and Nurse Lindsay were there to see him off, and as you can see in that first picture he wasn't all that sure what to think of the whole situation. It was bittersweet in so many ways to leave. While we got off easy by CDH standards, those 6 weeks felt a whole lot longer. We miss his nurses SO MUCH and want to especially thank Shanda, Yvette, Lindsay, Jennie, Lauren, and Amber for everything they did for Davis. 

Before we left, we took Davis to Parker's House to pack up a few things. It was surreal to see him there, where we spent so many nights thinking and worrying for him. We drove home, where my mother and sister in law surprised us with a spotless house, a crockpot full of chili, and lots of baby goodies including a beautiful crib. It was so good to be home. 

Davis continues to progress with his feeds, and he's done much better since we got home. The last several days he's taken between 40-55 cc's from a bottle (his total feed is 66). Today, for the first time, he took the WHOLE THING! He is pretty zonked after all that hard work, but it was very exciting for us. We're still celebrating! He doesn't wake up for feeds at night, so we don't try a bottle then, but hopefully he will as he becomes stronger. I plan to ask our pediatrician about that on Wednesday. We need Davis to take all his feeds from a bottle so we can avoid surgery for a g-tube. I feel totally confident he'll get there. 

There's no place like home...