Quick Update

We never cease to be amazed at how quickly Nathan is progressing - it seems as if you would never know that he had a serious condition and surgery a week ago tomorrow! God is truly doing amazing things and is working in our lives! Thank you again for being a part of this journey with us.

Ruth was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon and at the same time the pediatrician asked her to plan to start nursing Nathan at his 9:00 pm feeding! For some reason, no one told differently and I guess we just assumed, that we needed to be there every three hours for his feedings, including during the night (especially since my reserves of milk that I had been pumping were all gone). So we scrambled around and figured out sleeping arrangements closer to the hospital (we live approx 20 - 30 minutes away from the hospital) and made a plan for the next 48 hours.

Well, we got to the hospital last night and started the 9:00 pm feeding - Nathan took to breast feeding like an expert! It wasn't even difficult and actually was fun! I guess I probably say that because it was a relief after using a breast pump for so many days! Both mom and baby did just fine and he only needed a little bit of supplement to keep him going for the next couple of hours until the next feeding time! I know there were lots of praying that the breast feeding would go well. And it did!!! PTL!!!

So we were getting ready to leave and we said to the nurse "See you a midnight!" and she just looked at us horrified! And we said, "What?" She said there's no way I should be getting up in the middle of the night to come out and breast feed Nathan and I said well, what else can I do there's no more milk in the fridge! And she said, no problem she'll just give him formula! DUH! I guess I didn't really think of that. I would have preferred him not to have formula, but for a couple of feedings it wasn't going to be a problem!

So . . . the exciting part of all that was that we went home and got a relatively good night of sleep! It felt wonderful to be home again and sleep in our own bed with no nurses coming in in the middle of the night to check vitals, etc. . . . . what a blessing!

So we were back at it at 6:00 am this morning . . . . Nathan ate like a pro again and this time, he didn't need any additional formula to fill him up - so that's good news. They also took out his IV line last night, so that was basically the last thing he had connected to him. He still has the oxygen monitor/sensor thing on his foot, but that's minor compared to all the cables and wires, and tubes he had on last week!

We hope to be able to see his pediatrician today before noon to get a report and figure out where things are! We'll do our best to update you as soon as possible. We have Nathan's car seat and diaper bag in the car all ready to go for the moment the Dr. says we can take him home!!

Again, we couldn't be making it through all of this without your help! Thank you for your love, kindness and concern to us these days! We are so grateful!!!