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Bored

I'm bored tonight, there's a million things I should be doing lol.

Quick update.......Gavin turned 4 months old on Aug 22nd and weiged 17 lbs 6 oz and is 25 1/4 inches long. My boy is growing so fast!

The 3 oldest have been back to school for a week now, 7th, 4th and 1st grades. Zachary is covered in poison ivy. Ashlyn is getting quite the attitude lol. Guess that's about it!

Finally Home!!

Haven't updated in a few days, once I got him in my arms I had a hard time letting go! lol. So here's a rundown of the past few days.

4/30 - 8 days old - weight 5 lbs 15 oz. At 7:30 a.m. the bili levels came back at 15.1. Doc says we can take him home on one condition - we bring him back the next day for another bili check and take him to our pediatrician on Friday. We were finally released around 9 a.m. that morning. Rich, Zachary and Ashlyn came to pick us up from the hospital and they were both fascinated by their new little brother :) It's so nice to finally be home. The other 3 kids couldn't run into the house fast enough after school to get their first peek at their new brother :)

5/1 - 9 days old - went back for another bili check. He slept right through the heel poke lol.

5/2 - 10 days old - went for a check up with our pediatrician. Weight is still about the same (was 6 lbs 4 oz with a wet/dirty diaper on) Thursday's bili levels were 15.8 but that's fine for this age. She said the jaundice could take up to a month to really go away. He's still a bit yellow but not as bad. He checked out perfect :) Goes back again at 1 month old which will be right around his due date.

He's eating well and sleeping well at home. He wakes to eat about every 2 1/2-3 hours except for one 5 hour stretch each morning. He's been awake and alert from about 5 pm - 8 pm each evening and he's so quiet you hardly know he's here!

Here's some pics - some you've seen, some are new:

7 days old and Look what I have!!!!

He's in my room finally!!!! The neo came in at 6:30 pm Monday. Said that he is doing great and said it would be fine for him to start rooming in with me as long as he stays on the portable monitor. So the nurse got him all ready, finally put a shirt on him, got him into the regular bassinet and brought him over :) I hate that darn monitor though, every time he starts moving around the alarms go off cuz he's constantly rubbing his arm against the sensors. He did go to the nursery for the night but is back with me already this morning. He's finally All Mine!!!

So the neo started talking about releasing us a day early, on Tuesday - but then he looked at Gavins chart. I guess on Sunday he had a very slight apnea episode but it only lasted 5 seconds, there was no color change and he didn't need any stimulation. He said it was nothing and he won't even count that as an 'episode' but said let's stick with Wednesday. Whatever I'm fine with that - at least he didn't try to get us to stay longer. He said He usually makes ppl wait 7 days after a desat........so I'm luckly to be bringing him home at 5 days after. He said "so what time would you like to go home on Wednesday" I told him my kids get on the bus at 8. So he said he wrote up all the discharge info and said all the nurses need to do is call him at 8 am on Wednesday and he will give the final release over the phone :) They'll draw is bili levels tomorrow morning but he said in order to keep him here for that his level would have to be 16 or above and he said the chances of that happening are pretty much none espeically since his levels peaked at 14.2 and he's now 7 days old. So as soon as the kids are all on the bus tomorrow Rich will be on his way to pick us up!!! We're FINALLY going home!!!!!!!!

9:00 pm - He has done great all day today :) His morning weight was 6 lbs 1 oz so Yay he gained back 2 oz!! He nursed a ton today too so I wouldn't be surprised if he gains another ounce by morning. Only about 12 hours to go!!! He had his car seat test today and passed with flying colors :)