Another night apart

Well tonight is the second night of having to leave Lil Man in NICU while the family is at home. I really wish I could bring him home! It's like a piece of me is gone, it's staying there with him so he always has mommy around him. I spent about 8 hours with him today, from 10am til 6pm. I hated leaving him but I loved the time we had together. I held him a majority of that time, gave him 3 bottles, changed 2 diapers, and gave him numerous kisses!

Warren will be staying at the hospital for a lil while. I was told by the doctor today that he is on a 10 course of treatment with antibiotics. So that means around the middle of next week or so he'll get to come home. Not what I wanted to hear! I do want my son coming home healthy, but I just also want him home with us where he belongs!

I sleep next to an empty crib. His coming home outfit is in it waiting to be worn by our special lil man.

I do have good news, Gris no longeron a constant IV drop. He still has an IV in his arm but it's only hooked up to somethnig when he is receiving his antibiotics. They also took the tube out of his nose which was going to his stomach since he is now disgesting most of his bottles. He is also up to 50cc of formula! That's just about what they want him at for every feeding. That's about 1 1/2 ounces. Another improvement is they put him in an open crib. The kind they put the babies in when they room with their mother after delivery. So no more scary looking hospital bed for him.

The doctors have no idea what caused his infection, they don't even know what kind of infection he has. All they know is he is responding to the treatment they are giving him. It's not unusual for a c-section baby to have fluids in IRS lungs, it is unusual for them to get an infection from the fluid, and they said even more unusual to have some unknown infection. But as long as he's responding to treatment is all I care about! I love you Lil Man, come home soon!!!

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