home again

We got discharged from the hospital at about 4 pm yesterday. Jonah is doing much better, had been off oxygen for about 24 hours and was eating better. So they decided it would be a-ok to send us home! We are still sucking out his nose before he eats, and as a RT I am still pounding on his chest to clear out any remaining areas of pneumonia. It felt GREAT to sleep in my own bed last night! The dogs were sure glad to ave me home, although I am not sure I could say the same about Jonah. Bella would just love to step over him to get to me. We gotta watch that girl!

We had the chance to spend a little bit of time with relatives from my mom's side last night and this morning. We had planned a late "christmas" get-together at my parents house, so we went over there for a little bit. We didn't want to over do it with Jonah and his health. But it was great to see all those guys!

Otherwise not too much else to report...just really glad to be home again, and getting back to normal. Of course I have 800 loads of laundry to do. Even though Jonah was in the hospital we had to bring his clothes because they really don't have much for newborn sized clothes in PEDS. So we brought a few of his outfits that he generally doesn't wear much and donated them to the hospital. It will be fun to see if I ever see those outfits on any of my future patients. Also I was interviewed on the radio for the children's hospital telethon.