Babies Squared

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

...is what we will have tomorrow, Wednesday! Cole is ready to come home! Keith and I will be heading back up there tomorrow to pick up the Big Cheeked One. We cannot wait. Here is a picture of Cole (sitting with me) we took before we left the hospital on Sunday, and a pic of Grady (getting dressed by dad) getting ready to come home.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Grady's Home!

Keith and I survived the hellish rooming-in experience (and the boys survived two nights of being under our care), and late Sunday night we were given the OK to bring Grady home! Grady is now adjusting to life here at our little house, and we are all waiting eagerly to get the word that Cole may come home. He is still in the NICU, but is making great strides, and should be home within the week. It was incredibly difficult leaving him behind, but we know he is receiving great care from the nurses and doctors at UT Medical Center. Only a few days and we will get to see him again!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Go Directly to Jail, Do not Collect $200

It’s not exactly Monopoly, but Keith and I have been given the “Directly to Jail” card. It’s actually a good thing, it’s just a little weird. For UT Medical Center’s NICU, parents have to “room-in” with their baby(ies) for one or two nights before the baby can be discharged from the hospital. It’s almost a trial run, where you get a room that is more like a hotel room, and the baby comes to stay with you in the room. You provide all of the care, just like you would at home. Except, it’s nothing like being at home-you’re stuck in one room, no kitchen, no natural light coming through windows, no Nana to come save you when you need a nap. Instead, you have the ambiance of a hospital (albeit a nice one), hospital food, and even worse, a hospital bed.

Keith and I were lucky enough to be assigned not just one, not two, but THREE nights of rooming-in. How lucky are we!?! We’re technically rooming in with Grady, but Cole will also be in the room with us, he will just be monitored more closely than Grady. We’ve been assigned three nights thinking that the three nights might give Cole a chance to catch up so that by Monday he might also be ready to go home. Doesn’t really mean that either one will for sure go home on Monday, but that’s the goal! The doctor’s will be doing assessments during the weekend to see if either boy is progressing as they want them to, and that will determine if/when anyone goes home.

So, I will not be doing any updates until Monday since we’ve been sentenced to our hospital room. At least we have two really cute babies to play with, and that’s all that matters.

Here's to hoping my next post is done from the comforts of our own home.

What's that? You want more pictures of the boys? Certainly!