We have been listening to Les Mis a ton the past few weeks. That is our favorite driving music. Since we have been on the road so much more...well, there you have it. It has actually been really fun because we have been able to explain the songs to the girls. Leaving out certain parts of course. We actually never listen to those songs anyway. We have had some really neat conversations about repentance and such. I didn't realize how much symbolism is in there.
Anyway... Tomorrow is the day. I will finally get to handle my own plumbing again! The catheter is coming out baby! Throughout the day I kept saying to myself, this is the last time ill have to walk down to the NICU holding this thing. Or showering, holding the baby, hiding it in my purse etc. I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I thought this day would never get here. He just better not spring anything new on me and send me home with it for another week.
My dear friend Sandie came with me/brought me in to see Caleb today. I thought I had a doctors appointment but accidentally cancelled it. I called the office to see what the possibilities are of moving it to tomorrow, to have both appointments in one day. I told the secretary I would talk to Trever and call her back if we could make it when they had an opening. She mis-understood and just cancelled it. Oh well. We got to spend some serious Caleb time and I got to have my Sandie time. Sandie and her family have been friends with our family for as long as I can remember. She has been like a second mom to me over the years. I was so glad that she was able to meet my precious miracle today.
She is a bit of a baby whisperer too! Caleb nestled right into her and was so calm and at peace in her arms. It was so precious. I even felt that they had an extra special connection. Perhaps their spirits knew each other or something.
He is doing so well. I was able to feed him again. He took the whole feeding this time. I also was able to talk to the occupational therapist and the speech therapist. The OT showed me some awesome massages to help with his gassyness. He started to fidget and act like he was in pain at first. You could tell I was working out some gas bubbles. Then after that, he was super calm and started to fall asleep. I thought that he wouldn't want to eat by mouth after that, because hie was so sleepy, but he did great. I think it actually helped him more to relax enough to be able to pace himself. It was awesome. The speech therapist said that depending on the doctor, they will usually take out the tube when he is eating about 80 % consistently. He has been about 60 to 75% lately. So he could potentially get it out here in a couple days. He was doing full feeds by mouth and full feeds through the tube with a few half and halfs in between. Then he switched to every feed by mouth but not so much doing the whole thing any more. Then today he has been eating by mouth every feed and doing a couple of them all the way. So he is getting stronger each day. I bet he will hit the 80% tomorrow even.
Caleb weighs in at 6lbs 15.8oz (Ha!) I'm sure when they weigh him tonight he will be over 7 lbs. I'm so excited to call his nurse and see how he is doing! Well that's it for tonight. I'm going to go enjoy my last night without having to get up to pee. :) I never thought I would be excited to just sit on the toilet and pee! Have a good night ya'll.
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