The word is in...the girls are coming home!!!! I have 7 days to clean, organize, prepare - and sleep. Natalie and Abigail are slated to come home Wednesday, Sept 19!!! They will come home a few days after their 4 month birthday and weighing a whooping 6+ pounds and 7lbs. So much for the preemie diapers and preemie clothes! We are so excited we can hardly stand it.
The girls will come home with their nasal feeding tubes (ng tubes) and heart rate monitors in case of braidys or chocking caused by movement of the tubes. A home health nurse will stop by every few days to check up on things. We will see a feeding specialist at Duke at the 2 week and 4 week mark. If everything falls into place by Friday, there is a chance they could come home Monday or Tuesday. The 48 hours prior to their homecoming, I will spend "rooming-in" at the hospital with the girls. We will have our own little room and I primarily will care for them (Ben, too, of course). We have to watch the CPR video, learn how to put in and check the ng tube, understand and know how to administer their meds and know how to work the monitors and feeding pumps. Just call me Nurse JoJo.
We are so happy that this day is finally near. I am confident that they will do better with eating at home. At least - they can't do much worse. I know many of you want to visit - and we want to see you and show off the girls. I will post rules and regulations after I talk to the doctor about precautions.
Thanks to all who have long prayed for their health and homecoming. Our NICU journey is almost at an end.
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Praise the Lord!!! We are so excited for you.
Uncle Reg & Aunt Sue
Okay....here's the deal.....the girls KNEW that their Aunt Susie was turning the big 6...0.... on the 19th and figured it would put a big smile on her face if they came home on that otherwise dreaded day!! Thanks Natalie and Abby for giving us all something very very special to look forward to!!
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