Can't Wait to Go Home

First, sorry for the lag time between updates, it has been a busy week because Jacob is getting to be a busy boy!  He is awake a lot more and fussy a lot more like a normal baby should be :).

This week we've taken out his NG tube for a couple of days now to see how he would do without it.  He has done well with it out, just not quite at the full volume of feeds we'd like.  They were talking about discharging us today to go home, but he didn't gain weight yesterday (didn't lose either), so they want to see a couple days of weight gain before he goes home.  That is a big disappointment, because we are all ready to go home!  That being said, it is really important for Jacob to gain weight so that he is a healthy boy, so hopefully he'll be chowing down today and will gain some weight!

We've pretty much checked all the boxes off to go home training wise.  Angie was able to get him through the carseat test - he had to sit in the car seat for 1.5 hours straight without any of his stats going down.  The first two tries he screamed the first 30 mins, so she tried again, then the second day was the charm, he slept the first hour and she just had to calm him the last 30 mins.  Needless to say, the ride home should be interesting!

Here's a pic of him sans NG tube:

Handsome Boy!

We've also been able to take him off of the monitors during the day, so we can walk around the room now at our leisure without having him hooked up to something!

Today he is doing well on his feeds so far, so hopefully he'll be able to go home in the next couple days!!!