Homeward Bound

Okay, so you remember how the nurse said she could see Gus coming home in a week? And I poo-poo'ed it as pie-in-the-sky?

Well, a week later, he's scheduled to come home. That's Friday, the 22nd of June.

Crazy as it seems, as quickly as the past ten weeks have gone, he's coming home. Actually, I don't want to jinx it by being definitive. So I'll stick with the more cautionary "he's scheduled to come home".

Starting last Saturday, he really started nursing in earnest, though still not getting enough to be counted as a full feeding. Additional milk was being delivered through his feeding tube. On Sunday, he took a little more by nursing and took the rest from a bottle. That was a nice Father's Day present for me, but not what we're ultimately hoping for, since nursing and pumping would be a schlep (technical term).

On Monday, he nursed even more, but it really tuckered him out, and he had to take the rest from his feeding tube.

But yesterday he was able to nurse almost a complete feeding, and today (Wednesday) he took more than he was "supposed" to. Jamie's been going in from six until midnight, so it's meant long days, but hopefully, it will all be worth it come Friday (as scheduled). I'll keep you posted.