It's 5:15am as I type this and I have only had two hours of sleep while TJ has had about 3 hours of sleep. Yep, we're sleep deprived already! Nope, Max hasn't been discharged yet! However, last night/this morning has been "officially" the first time we had one of the trio (Maximillian) under our supervision without the nurses' presence. We spent the night and the wee hours of the morning in what they call a Parental Living Unit (PLU) which allow us to take care of Max without any machines or any nurses. One of the purpose of PLU is to help parents become prepared with taking care of their baby/babies prior to their release from the hospital. The only difference is the NICU is across the hall and we can alert the nurse immediately if we need them. We are pleased to say we've survived through the night so this has become our "official" first night without sleep as a parent! :-) We were practically checking on Max every fifteen minutes to make sure he was okay even though we have our crying signal system in place. Guess we're definetely gonna be "overprotective" parents and have more gray hair before we know it!
It's highly likely Max will be released today as the outlook of everything appears to be great. We have a busy day ahead of us as we have CPR class late this morning and will meet with the doctor and the people who coordinate the discharge paperworks this afternoon. So this evening, we will most likely be taking Max "home" with us to the Ronald McDonald's House. And yes we have everything in place in our room for Max. :-)
Meanwhile, Sydney and Sebastian are not yet ready to be released yet. They both are making wonderful process and both had their feeding tube (through their nose) removed. Therefore, that means all feedings are now via bottle. Sebastian has been consistent with his feedings and has started higher intakes of milk. Sydney has improved with her feeding however she lag behind Sebastian. It is hopeful both will be released next week. We hope to know more today when we talk with the doctor. More updates will come your way soon. Stay tuned. I'm gonna try to get a little bit sleep as Max is out from his recent feed. Sleep is now a rare commodity! ;-)
Hugs to you all.
The 5 of us!
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Yippee!!! Congratulations to all three of you. Sounds like you are all doing fine. It will become second nature to you all soon. I am guessing the third one released will be like the third child in the sibling line...been there, done that, ha! you will be "pros" by then. Good job, guys! Love, Grammy amd Poppa. Kisses to all.
ReplyDeleteSean & TJ...Thanks for posting a lot. I've been enjoying keeping up with your trio.
ReplyDeleteBTW You may want to change the date on this most recent post...March 29th has not happened yet! Sleep deprivation? Must be serious! haha
Patty L.