As of this moment, we have the go ahead to bring Jaxon home. The only issue that may arise is that the doctors are changing shifts; so if Dr. Prazad decides she is not comfortable signing off on Jaxon's release, then we might have to wait for Dr. Paidisetty to release him tomorrow. Hopefully Dr. Prazad won't have a problem with signing his release forms. She has overseen Jaxon's care on multiple occasions but she only works part-time, where Dr. Paidisetty and Dr. Stich work full-time; therefore, she may be a little skiddish to let him go since she hasn't been at the NICU for a few days. I'm crossing my fingers and praying as I write this.
Last night, I spent the night with Jaxon for the first time. I had been wanting to do this before he came home, but for whatever reason I just hadn't made it happen. So last night I just bit the bullet and stayed. To my surprise, it wasn't bad at all. He did really great; sleeping for a straight FOUR hours from 1am to 5am (in his swing- I'm glad we made that purchase for home!!). It's not my normal sleep habit; but for a 56 day old preemie baby, I'll take it. My only concern is trying to fit in feeding him, pumping, and sleeping all in the same night. Just feeding him and pumping became a 2 hour chore last night. If he doesn't end up sleeping 4 hours every night, I may not get a wink of sleep! If that ends up being the case, be thankful most of you live hours and hours away!!
Well, I better get off of here. I have to get ready for our big day and then go have all SEVEN of Jax's prescriptions filled. This is going to be the tough part, keeping all his meds straight and timely. Thankfully for me, the nurses have devised a pretty straight forward schedule. Pray that I don't mess anything up or forget any of his meds.
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Just a quick note to let you know that I am praying earnestly for you as you get ready to embark on this new adventure. You seem to be handling things very well. I'm sure you will be a great mom to baby Jaxon! Love you, girl!
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