T Minus 5 or 6 Days!

When Travis and I go back to the hospital tonight, we'll be heading to a different unit - the Neonatal Progressive Care Unit! She is being discharged from the NICU, she no longer requires that much care. In progressive care, they'll finish her antibiotics and monitor her until she's ready to come home this Sunday or Monday. That's right, we sort of have a 'bringing home baby' countdown!!! Of course that could change and we have to be ready to adapt. But the doctors really don't have anything to even tell us anymore! There's nothing new - she's just continuing to do wonderful and shows no signs of the infection. She was a little jaundiced so she had been on the 'blue light special' blanket (as Daddy calls it) and wearing her spa mask. The jaundice is OK now, so even that is gone! They removed one of her monitors, she doesn't need it. She's basically down to an IV and a little heartrate and breathing rate monitor, which seems to be standard. And that's it!! We so hate trying to juggle those wires when cuddling with our baby, so each time a wire goes away, we celebrate. Campbell continues to crack us up by insisting on pooping on us EVERY TIME we change her diaper. She is so alert and feeding so well. We are so proud of her!

On the way home from the hospital last night, Travis' Blackberry decided to go for a swim in a cup of water we had in the cupholder of the car. We just laughed uncontrollably for the rest of the drive home. Something that would normally be so frustrating was somehow hilarious to us. So poor Travis is at the Verizon store now. That part is not funny, I wish he could be here resting too. Oh and his car was making an AWFUL noise on the way to the hospital on the way to have Campbell...so we had it in the shop and picked it up today. Luckily it was nothing major and covered by the warranty. I tell you what, we have been tested this past week! But I'd like to say I think we're doing pretty well. Go Team Justice! hahaha

I've been hogging Campbell for the past 24 hours now that she seems to have figured out the whole breastfeeding thing. But the great thing is, she's so versatile! She also takes a bottle and that gives Daddy the opportunity to feed her. See her gazing up at him? It was love at first sight for these two.