Heart Healthy

Yep, we've overcome yet another thing! Joey had his follow-up with the cardiologist today because he was born with a small VSD, so he has a murmur. The doc today said everything was fine, and he would bet money that the hole would close up on its own. Thats pretty much what we've heard from everyone else, so I wasn't too worried about it, but it felt nice to hear it again! Yay!!

Another hurdle overcome!

So Joey had his hearing checked while in the NICU and they told us he failed in his right ear. We went to the Ear Nose and Throat specialist to get his hearing rechecked, and YAY! He passed in BOTH ears! I'm so glad we have one less thing to worry about! Now to get the trip to Duke straightened out :)

Not much new to report...

Yep, its been pretty much normal newborn stuff, other than the extra trips to the different doctors. Joey went to the neurosurgeon yesterday to get his stitches out and to check and see how he's doing. That went fine - he's not acting any different than he should be. Should get another MRI sometime in the next 4-5 months to see how his brain looks. He was SUPPOSED to have his hearing double checked, but silly me goofed and missed the appointment. We rescheduled it for the 26th. Then on the 28th we go see the cardiologist to check out the little hole in his heart. I'm not too concerned about that really, it's so common and most of the time they close up on their own.

That's pretty much it! Joey's a good eater and only wakes up twice in the night, except that he seems to have his days and nights a bit confused, but that's normal too. I could use a bit more sleep though! Hard to do when you've got a toddler to chase after!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I just wanted to wish all the wonderful mommies who follow me on here a Happy Mother's Day! :) I hope you all have an awesome day spending time with your kiddos!

Been a busy week!

It's been quite an adjustment from one kid to two, but nothing I can't handle. The hardest part is that Joey's been having some issues breastfeeding. He latched ok in the hospital, but once we got home he decided he didn't want to do it anymore. My supply has been suffering from so much bottle feeding. I've used up my frozen supply I pumped while I was in the hospital. I've been trying to keep up the pumping, but I can't seem to get enough to get through any longer than overnight. Maybe I'll try Fenugreek... I heard that works really well. Oh well. Whatever happens he will be fed whether its formula or breastmilk.

We're home!

Whew!! What a relief. If I EVER see that NICU again it will be too soon. They took great care of him but I'm just so glad to have him here with us. His big sister is in love with him already. Her reaction was so cute! I got it on video. I'll try to upload it on here if I can figure it out. Yay!!!! We have a bunch of appointments to go to of course, but I can deal with that. Cardiologist, Neurosurgeon, Hearing test (he failed the hospital one on his left side) and of course the primary pediatrician.

He's going to be a MAJOR eater, I can tell. He's a bit of a slow nurser - he's having a hard time getting the hang of it, but I just kind of thought its because I didn't get to do it a whole lot while he was in the NICU. I'm hoping now that we are home I can nurse him to his hearts content and he will get better at it. If not, I'll pump, no big deal. He is just so amazing!! I am so glad he's home :)

TOMORROW!

Joey's coming home!!!!!!!! He has done so so well. I went to see him today and he nursed for twenty minutes AND had a 50ml bottle! And he was acting like he wanted more. What a little piggy :) He stayed awake for a while too so we just hung out and had a little conversation. He's such a happy little guy!