Going Home Empty and Drained

After a 4-Day stay at the hospital's accomodation, Rooming-INN, it was difficult to leave. Not because of all the memories and triumphs, but because we had to leave with empty car seats.

Mommy taking advantage of all the kisses she can get

Feeding at 3:00am

A gift from the Shepherds, Joshua is almost small enough to ride the giraffes.

The Girls' beauty sleep.

Where did Joshua go?...clue, he's a little longer than the tissue box.

It was a day of mixed feelings, of sadness and relief. Sad because Joshua didn't pass his car-seat and car-bed test. It order for him to be allowed to leave the hospital, he needs to be stable long enough to take the trip home. Unfortunately, he doesn't like being restraint, and Desats when in the car-seat or bed. So the Doctors decided to keep him for another 5 days or so, to
help grow more weight and be more stable. Joscel, ironically is allowed to go home and had passed the test, but she needs to be on oxygen for a couple of months ,(with follow ups in a couple of weeks). We had requested that they go home together, and the Doctors had allowed Joscel to stay in the unit with Joshua until they are both ready. This also allows her to gain more weight as well under the Nurses' watch.

It was also relieving, as both Cey and I can go home to get some much needed rest. We are both overwhelmed with taking care of both Joshua and Joscel for 4 days as if we were home, with the nurses occasionally checking up on us. We changed, feed, changed, bathed, changed, cuddled, changed, give meds, and changed their diapers every 2-4 hours...oh, did I mention change them. We would then have a half an hour or so, if that, in between to eat or get some sleep, but alert enough to keep an hear out for them. Cey didn't get more than 1 hour of sleep in those 4 days. Me on the other hand, didn't hear a peep out of the kids while I was sound asleep.

Joshua's cute lips, did he get it from daddy or mommy?Daddy practising Joshua for the car seat.

Anyway, we had a great time and can't wait to take them home. But we're hoping that these next few days ahead, we can get some sl..z..zz..zzz..zzz..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........eep, and prepare ourselves as there are a lot more things to do than we had anticipated. As for now...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz