Milo: Day 68 - The First Week of the Rest of Our Lives (Get Ready for Picture Overload)

Nov. 17 - Going Home Outfit

Heading out the door

Remembered the hat

Milo recovered so well from his surgery! The day after, he had some trouble getting his oxygenation up when it would drop but the doctor assured us that was just the anesthetic wearing off and sure enough, by day two, he was back to his old self, breathing and eating great. The doctor had us wait until the afternoon of the second day and we were free to go. I spent the morning running around frantically packing, I was so excited I was shaky.

We got lucky and our favorite nurse, who usually only has night shifts, was randomly there and got to be the one to help us leave and receive the thank you card and gift basket we got for the nurses. She saw us all packed up and walked us out to the car.

The first day went great. Shelly and I, working together, made easy work of settling in (though we are taking it bit by bit to unpack all our stuff). Milo is adjusting really well and is a very easy baby boy. He'll only really fuss when he has gas and other than that, he is eating great (more and more each day) and sleeping through pretty much everything. At night, I am taking the one or two feedings between bedtime and 7am and then Shelly takes him in the morning so I can catch up on the sleep I miss.

The outfit I picked for his middle of the night feeding

We did have a bit of excitement the day after we returned home when his bandage from his surgery started to come up. They told us that if it came up before Thanksgiving we should return to have it replaced. The doctor had put some sticky residue under it to help it stick and that caused it to stick to his leg when he would curl it up. It seemed super uncomfortable so with the blessing of his nurses we started putting coconut oil on his leg to help it not stick. We think the coconut oil caused his bandage to start to come up though and when we called in they recommended we go to the emergency room since surgical didn't have any openings. So after his next feeding we spent a couple hours with a sleeping baby at the ER (they got us into a private room right away thankfully) just to have a doctor finally come in a put a couple strips right over the last ones. He also sent us home with some in case they start to come up again. On the bright side, he is no longer sticky and we got a new weight for him - 7 lbs 1 oz!!!

Our first snuggle at home - no cords!

The weekend went really well. We've had several family members come visit and have mostly just spent our time settling in, unpacking, cleaning, and pretending to be a bed for Milo. Oliver and Megan are super excited to have us home and it is so nice to have their company and support again.

Heading to the emergency room for bandage control

Today was his first follow-up appointment with his pediatrician, Dr. Hough (pronounced "huff"). Milo did great again, he slept for the car ride and was awake for most of the appointment just hanging out. They measured him and weighed him (7 lbs 4 oz) and answered all our questions. Dr. Hough seems nice and we really like and trust him. We will be back next week to continue tracking Milo's health.