Home Sweet Home

Well we're home. Yesterday morning the doctor called and said Cate gained 20 grams which put her at 1819 grams, exactly 4 pounds. He said she looked good and was ready to send her home. So Duke and I gave each other the deer in the headlights look and raced around the house to get up to the hospital. We brought her home and things have gone good so far. She's slept a lot. When we were in the transition room, she was up all night, so we were expecting more of the same. Well last night was pretty uneventful. I'm crossing my fingers for more of the same tonight. We have to feed her every 2-4 hours, no more than 4 hours without feeding. Her temps were a little low at first, probably readjusting to new surroundings. But now they've gotten much better. It's so nice to just be with her 24/7. We had her eye dr already today. Everything went well. She's still stage one, which he said is very normal for babies that are born as early and small as her. Duke asked what is the likelihood of blindness/20/20 vision. He said he can't rule out blindness, but her chances for having 20/20 vision are excellent. That's what I wanted to hear. We go back in 2 weeks. We have the pediatrician tomorrow. Duke is home with me this week. Thank God! It was hard to sleep last night. It would have been easier if she was hooked up to monitors, but at the same time it's so nice not to have to carry those cords around all the time. When she was in the hospital it felt like there wasn't ever enough time in the day to get anything done. Now that she's home we can be with her and still get some stuff done around here. At least for now... More later... Oh yeah, we packed a diaper bag for the first time today. It took us forever to figure out everything we would need. And then we left the house without it. :)