When Matt called yesterday to give me the afternoon update he said that the nurse was making it sound like they were looking at sending Harper home at the end of this coming week. Very exciting news, right?
Well, by the time I arrived, orders were being written to pull the NG tube, and various other "getting ready to go home" stuff. After the nurse practitioner wrote all those orders, she called the doctor and I heard her say "I will let mom know and she will be thrilled to hear that". She gets off the phone and says "How about you guys room in Sunday night, and home on Monday. Sound good?" If I hadn't been holding Harper at the moment, I might have fallen out of the chair.
So, things are in motion now. Matt took the car seat with him this morning for the car seat test (she has to sit in it for an hour and not have any spells), we are finishing up stuff here at home, and I will be working on getting stuff organized at work. It seems so weird to say that this is all happening so fast, since its been 9 1/2 weeks, but it is. While we are totally ecstatic, we are trying to remain reasonable and know that anything could happen between now and then. She may decide that she wants to stay there longer and have a spell and then we are set back 5 days or she may not pass the car seat test. This is a true test of patience, because I simply have no control over the situation. :) Some of you know, that may be somewhat difficult for me. :)
Wow, words just cannot describe the feelings that we are experiencing right now.
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