After 78 Days, We're Home

We thought we were set to discharge on Monday.  Unfortunately, the doc on Monday wanted Wyatt to have 5 days "event free" and Monday was only day 4.  We got to Tuesday and the doc wanted him to go 24 hours without having any kind of choking incident (he did choke on his bottle a little bit early on Tuesday).  We came home last night, got a good night's sleep, and hoped we were walking in to our last day today.  And we were!  Last time taking this exit.  Last time pulling into the parking garage.  Last time scrubbing in.  Last time entering room 139.  It was an emotional day.  

The doc had all the discharge papers ready, we'd been schooled on home oxygen support the day prior, and we got our things packed up and on the cart (including Wyatt!).  One of our favorite nurses, Di, walked us out and each staff member we saw cheered for us.  We really got to know most of the folks on that floor during our stay!  We headed to the car, loaded up and headed out.  

I sat in the back with Wyatt and immediately fell to tears.  There was so much leading up to this day and it had finally arrived.  It's safe to say we both feel relieved, grateful, excited, happy, scared, worried, fearful, and terrified!  In addition to bringing home our fragile preemie, he is coming home on some oxygen support which we'll be monitoring and managing.  All that said, it has been a fantastic day.  We couldn't be happier to have our boy home.

A huge thanks to our families who had our home decorated for a grand Wyatt welcome.