countdown

We had a good weekend. We had a fair amount of visits from family and friends, which was fun (and nothing overwhelming, which was good as well). Logan ate like a Sell (or a Choutka). . he's got where to get that talent. . . He's moved to ad lib feeds, which means we treat him more like any other baby and let him eat as much as he wants whenever he wants. He appears to be taking advantage of the privilege once in a while : ).

I hesitate to even talk about it, but I'm not a superstitious person, so we should be okay. We're counting down to Logan's discharge from the hospital! We have a new doctor coming on today to round, so I haven't touched base with him yet regarding the plan. For now, his last significant alarm was still Saturday, so today is day 2. He has to go five days, which hopefully is representative of forever, without a concerning alarm before he can come home. If he alarms again, his discharge date will be postponed and we'll deal with it.

Of course, we're very excited; we've waited over 6 weeks for this countdown. I think we'd be fooling ourselves if we didn't admit to some apprehension as well. We spent the weekend trying to get things in order here for a new little person (and his monitor : ) to come live with us. Please pray this week for Logan's continued development and readiness to come home. Please pray for our continued development as parents as we transition from hours and hours at the hospital with continuous information about his condition at our fingertips and plenty of staff/help nearby to bringing him home to our quiet apartment with the two of us. I would also ask for prayers as we continue to juggle the other demands of life and try to keep everything else in line. Perhaps that has been the biggest struggle through all of this.

Have a great week! We'll keep you posted.

Love Dale, Michelle, & Logan