Can't even wait!

So I'm not sure if any of you are doing anything exciting on Tuesday.......but we are. Our little man is coming home!! Yes, in 5 more sleeps we finally get to push our little and so special bundle of joy out the doors of the NICU, into the car and introduce him to his new life, in his new home, just where he belongs. We can't wait!!

For the last week or so I've felt like we were going on a big holiday and hadn't started packing yet. I've been running around like a mad person, writing lists, and lists for lists, of things to do to get ready for the day we've been waiting almost 18 weeks for. I have managed to cross most things off these lists, and am feeling more prepared and very much ready for the big day. Phil and I are just bursting with excitement.

Yay! I'm going home with mummy and daddy!

So the plan goes like this....

Little man is having another download tonight to ascertain the level of oxygen he will be coming home on, so the discharge nurses can order the oxygen tank. We are not sure how long he will need to be in oxygen for, but is likely to be 2-3 months. We will have one installed in the house which has 9 metres of tubing, so we are mobile enough around the house, we will also get a portable one in a back pack so we can get out and about with the little scrap....if we are brave enough!

We are rooming in with Jensen in the parent rooms Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night. This means Jensen, Phil and myself, will stay together in the room so we get used to looking after him ourselves and feeding through the night etc, while the nurses are still at hand should we freak out about anything during this transition period. Phil and I are both much more confident in the care of our little man now, so I don't predict us needing the 'nurse' button. We can still plonk him back in his little bed space should we need to get out to do things, or take a break. We can take him for dinner in the parent lounge or downstairs of the hospital, and enjoy every minute of him.

The oxygen arrives Monday, so Phil will be at home awaiting delivery and instructions for use. Once it arrives, daddy will bring the portable tank back to the hospital, and with a nurse, we will make a return visit home with Jensen to make sure it all works correctly and we have what we need. Back to the hospital for one more night together, then we will be discharged on Tuesday morning, when we can finally start our life as a little family, in our home, rather than part-time parenting in the hospital.

The discharge nurse is busy making all our follow up appointments, and we will be back only a few days after leaving to visit the Neonatologist in the Baby Clinic. Home visits will commence the following Monday, with plenty more in between.

I'm sure it'll be a strange feeling not making our way to the hospital every day, but I am certainly looking forward to little things like staying in my pyjamas past 6am, eating breakfast and lunch at home, and not having to leave the house again after dinner, instead settling in by the heater. We are very much looking forward to becoming full-time parents, and just wasting our days away staring and cuddling our gorgeous little soldier.

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