Sooner Than I Thought
When I got to the hospital last night to feed the boys, the doctor told me Ace had pulled out his nasogastric tube (NG tube, the tube that goes through his nose down to his belly and how he’s taken most of his feedings) and that they decided not to put it back in. He had been taking his feeds by bottle since pulling out the tube. Then he told me Nate followed suit and pulled his out and was also taking bottles!
It was so wonderful to see my babies for the first time without tubes or other things hiding their precious faces… too bad I hadn’t brought the camera.
As if that beautiful sight was not enough, they both nursed like champs last night. Nate took 50 cc (3 more than his full feed) and Ace took 38 cc (2 less than his current full feed, but enough that he didn’t need a bottle afterwards).
And, as if that was not enough, the nurse said that today I should see about setting up my camping room for Thursday night, which means if all goes well, they will come home Friday!
I am excited and very scared. I want my babies home so badly, but I’m also really scared about having them at home — how will I manage??
