Unexpected Update

This is an unexpected update- not just because I already updated the blog once today, but because of the reason for the update.

I mentioned the car seat study in my last post, and how Dylan failed his first attempt. The plan was for Barb and I to meet with the nurse practicioner covering the schedule on Monday to go over how to manage a preemie in a car seat and to do his evaluation for a second time then.

Today, when we arrived at the hospital, we noticed something odd on his chart. Normally his vitals are taken two or three times per shift. I noticed his chart today showed that they were taken 5 times over the course of one hour. Each entry looked normal- good sats, good heart rate. So why did they take them so often, I wondered. Well... I flipped the chart over and there was a note: "Passed Car Seat Study Today!!!"

We found out that his practicioner picked up an extra shift this afternoon, and decided to go ahead with the eval since she was there and he seemed to be doing very well.

So... good news for our little guy. He still has the RoP screening tomorrow, but things are looking very good for a Wednesday homecoming for the little one. It still isn't set in stone, but we are hopeful for sure.