Thursday morning we woke up already to get heading home. Nolan's breathing was doing so much better, and we were hoping for a good report from the doctor so he could get his....ummm "operation." But, when the doctor came in...she said that while his breathing was doing better, she wanted to see one more day of no growth on his blood cultures, to be sure he didn't have an infection. That meant we had to stay another night. BUT, insurance wouldn't cover another night for Heather and I, so we had to admit Nolan to the NICU :(. Praise God they had space in his room where we could sleep, and so we stayed the night down in the NICU. Thankfully we didn't have to check in to the NICU until the afternoon, though, so we hung out for the majority of the day in Heather's hospital room.
Here is Iz checking on his breathing. Sounds good to her!
Jon's parents came in early in the morning and had to get in the car to head out to Indiana before lunch.
Grandpa Hughes saying Bye
Grandma Hughes getting one last snuggle
Heather's Mom was able to stay with us and help out with so much! She wasn't originally planning on coming to the hospital on Thursday since we were supposed to be discharged, but since we were stuck at the hospital she came up in the evening to get some squeezes herself!
Our cute little sleeper.
Mom (looking so beautiful) getting a couple of squeezes before we moved our little Nolan downstairs to the NICU.
Nolan's favorite sleeping pose...catching flies.
Dad, getting ready for the move. Heather's room was pretty cool, so I had the jacket on, but Nolan's NICU room was VERY VERY Warm (have to keep it warm for those little guys).
Here is our little Nolan in the NICU. Part of the protocol is that they have to hook them up to monitors which stay on the whole time they are in the NICU (it was so sad).
But, Nolan's beautiful Mommy was there to comfort him. This is probably my favorite picture of the two of them...so sweet.
Here he is wide awake before bed time. He was such a good boy. It was hard having him connected to a machine, but I have to admit he looks pretty sweet here.
Night time in the NICU is VERY quiet. A lot of the parents can't stay the whole time with their little guys, and some of the mom's are on an entirely different floor getting their own care. The Nurses down there (and in our whole hospital) were fantastic. They took great care of our little Nolan, and we knew he was in good hands. And, as sad as it was to be down there, it was kind of fun too. Heather and I just chatted and had a great time just the two of us. Since Nolan was on a monitor, the nurses didn'thave to come in, so we actually got some good rest without people coming in and out. And one night wasn't too bad.
Tomorrow we go home (ok we have been home for a while...but we are behind in blogland :))
J&H
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