We Flew the Coop!!!

Our little guy came home yesterday!!! Last night was the first night in three weeks that we all slept under the same roof. It was fantastic. Elijah is doing well and seems happy. He still has his fussy moments but is pretty content overall. I think he is still a little uncomfortable with the incision on his side. It started to open a little and seems tender. The doctors put him on an antibiotic to prevent an infection as it was looking a little red. He had so many stitches, I was worried they would forget to take one out! I made Dion look him over and sure enough he still had a few random ones. The nurse assured us they would remove the rest in a week when he goes back for a check-up. Although he is still not eating great, he is eating. Now we just need to get him to put some weight on. He is four months old and only weighs 10lbs. There are newborns that weigh that much. We also need to work on his head strength. Being sedated and laying on his back for the past three weeks seems to have weakened his muscles a bit. I'm going to have to get creative in coming up with ways to strengthen his muscles without straining his incisions.

Noah was very excited to have his little brother back. I think the last three weeks was tough on him. He is back in school doing half days until next week. I think getting him back into a routine will help a lot. The poor kid has been such a trooper through all of this. I'm sure the nurses were ready for us to go home. When Noah came to visit on Tuesday he accidentally hit the code blue button and the nurses came flying in. Yes, we are THOSE parents!

We have had so much support from friends and family through all of this and we are really grateful. I'm not sure how we would have gotten through this past few months without you all!!!