Home is on the Horizon

Cate is doing pretty well. She is still in the crib, and still weighs 3 lb, 13 oz. She has been going up and down with her weight and her temp has been a little on the low side. This is all normal coming out of the isolette because she has to work hard to keep her temp up. She is burning more calories out of the isolette. Hopefully her temp/weight all stay in the good range and they don't have to put her back in the isolette. Assuming things go well, the doctor said she should go home Monday or Tuesday. I can't believe it. This time has flown by. We are scheduled to have the transition room all night Saturday night. There will be a nurse assigned to us, but they won't check on us unless we call them. We are basically on our own. She will then go back to her room Sunday morning. When we aren't at the hospital we will be working on getting the house ready for her. For the past few days friends have been coming over and helping me clean and get rid of the saw dust from all Duke's hard work (sanding all the woodwork and floors in our house). Thank you to our friends! I don't know what we would do without you. I came home a little early tonight. I'm not feeling very well. It killed me leaving her, but I would feel even worse if I got her sick. I'm going to bed now. Hopefully I feel energized and refreshed in the morning. We have duct cleaners coming to clean the vents out tomorrow. All of this we do for our little miracle. I can't wait to be able to see her every minute of the day. I miss her all the time.