Anxious

The doctors and nurses say that Wyatt looks fabulous! He is only on a few meds: enelipril for blood pressure, aspirin to keep his blood thinned, a multivitamin, and lasix, to help keep fluid off of him. He is still currently on methadone, but he will get his last dose of that tonight, around 3 am. He is taking all of those by mouth. He is also taking all of his feeds by mouth, with a goal of 420 ml's per day. Yesterday, he had 391 ml's, so just shy of the goal. But we are also fortifying his breast milk with formula, to make it higher calorie. As of last night, he weighed 3.475 kilos, which is about 7 pounds 9 ounces, rough estimate. At the time of surgery, he was 7 pounds, 3 ounces.

We are expecting to go home very soon, and are just waiting to make sure he is gaining weight. Hopefully when they weigh him tonight, he will have gained. If so, we stand a chance to go home tomorrow or Thursday.

I am so excited to go home, but am scared to not have all the doctors and nurses right here to tell me he is ok and answer my questions. I am super excited that DJ will have almost a week at home with us all, before he has to go back to work. I so look forward to cuddling up on the couches, all 4 of us, to watch a movie, and eat some popcorn. I look forward to sleeping in my own bed, next to my husband, with Wyatt within arms reach, and Austyn snuggled up in his bed. I look forward to Austyn getting to know his brother, and adjusting to the fact that his little brother really is real.

I am oh so anxious to get home, and have some normalcy before the mayhem of Wyatt's Glenn procedure starts in a few months. With the possibility of going home tomorrow or Thursday, I wonder how much sleep I'll get tonight?