Rooming In

On Saturday the Doctors started talking about trying to get Alexa discharged either Sunday or Monday. Part of that process is 'rooming in'. This is where you stay the night in a room at the NICU with the baby. Learning how to give the meds and when. Also learning to use the pump machine for her continuous feeds at night. It was great finally being able to spend time with Alexa and seeing what her night schedule was like. She did wonderful. Unfortunately, with the nurses coming in and preparing the meds and milk for the continuous feeds I didn't get any sleep. By 10am Sunday morning they were getting all the paperwork done to discharge Alexa. We finally left the hospital with our sweet little baby shortly after 1pm. The adjustment for Alexa was a little hard. The noise and stimulation was more than she could handle. She was very upset and it took me a while to get her calmed down enough to give her her scheduled morphine. She pretty much slept from about 5pm till 7am this morning with a few awake ups at night to nurse.
This morning was also a little rough for her. I'm hoping that she will adjust soon. She is finally asleep after a clean diaper change, nursing and her meds. We just love having her home. What a blessing she is in our lives.