The roller coaster day :)

I often wonder about coincidences. But it seems so many things in my life have come full circle and I have later been able to put the pieces together to see the big picture.

This week, I am seeing some of the purpose of our experiences with Kate in the NICU so many years ago. As hard as it was, we gained a lot of knowledge about all this baby stuff. And it has surprisingly come back to us quickly. That has been huge when dealing with all this. We can ask better questions and our learning curve hasn't been as steep.

The day has been more like the NICU days we had with Kate.

Up and Down.

He had a great night with eating and such. They took out his feeding tube!!! They also tried going without the oxygen again. He ate really well and was keeping up his SATs, so we were hopeful he may not need the oxygen.

Then they did his carseat test.

Before kiddos leave the NICU, they must be able to be in their carseat for an hour without dropping their SATs.. Owen's pulse ox dropped several time in the first 20 minutes.

Then while he was sleeping later, they dropped again when he was in a deep sleep. It took some prodding to get it back up.

These two events this morning mean that he is just not quite ready to be off the oxygen yet.

So...

We will get to take him home tomorrow, but he will be on oxygen. We are not sure what this all entails yet, but we are THRILLED that we can have him home with us.

Then the real chaos begins:). Here is a pic I took when he was tubeless for a bit this morning!