Wednesday - Recap of Shelly's Discharge Day

I love how we were told about the timing of my discharge from the hospital. They never discharge a new mom before noon. Also, they didn't want me to feel like they were kicking us out...but there were currently 16 women down in labor & delivery. Daren and I decided to be out of the room by 2pm and be at the NICU for the 230pm feeding and stay until after the 530pm feeding before heading home for the night.

It took us until Wednesday to figure out when to schedule visitors to see us and Willa. The magic time is 30 minutes before a feeding. We get to visit with them for a bit in our room and then we trek down to the NICU to show off our princess. Jeff and Judy were our guinea pigs. All would have gone perfectly but the visit was interrupted by rounds.

We had a large crowd of folks with rounds. The NICU attending and followers AND the peds surgeons were able to make it at the same time.  The big points of the rounds was discussing a timeframe of dismissal for Willa but they didn't give and numbers. Such a tease. One new person to the rounds was a representative from occupational health therapy. These will be the folks to create the prosthetic used to crank down on the omphalocele. Also, Willa was moved from pod D (acute care) to pod B (maintenance care). The biggest difference for us as parents is a quieter atmosphere and less babies. Big plus for Daren and I is more room to maneuver and the ability to have our laptops and drinks with us.  Although, we did lose our window view.

Our final visitor before being dismissed was neighbor Paul stopping by to bring us some love from our neighbors. We feel so supported. We even got some fashion accessories. Now if we could just start putting clothes on little Willa.

Hats and swaddle blankets

We got home around 8pm and I could only think about sleep. I'm sure Daren appreciated having a bed larger than what he used in the hospital.

We sprung for the "king suite"