We are home

The plan was to discharge us today. However, after rounds yesterday, we asked (ie. pleaded, begged, offered to clean bedpans) if we could go. We nodded confidently that we were quite able to do the NG tube feedings and they agreed to release us with a promise of a doctor's visit the next day. The moral of this story is, you never know unless you ask!

Here is a demonstration of what it takes to feed her through a tube. First we attempt to feed her via breast/bottle. If she eats less than 3 oz. then whatever is left goes into the tube. First, using a syringe, we pump 5ml of air into the tube and using a stethoscope, listen to her stomach to hear the phht of air. And um yeah, phht is the correct technical verbage. If we hear the phht, then the tube is positioned properly in the stomach and not in her lungs. Then we fill the syringe with breast milk and let gravity take effect. We will do this every 3 hours until she is strong enough to eat on her own again, which we hope will be early next week. We've also learned how to remove the tube, though if it comes out, I'm not so sure that I would want to try and put it back.

DG and I slept in the same bed for the first time in 2 weeks. Life is good.