This afternoon Elijah was discharged from the NICU and is now home! Michelle and I couldn't be happier! The past few weeks have been a challenge to say the least.
Elijah did have to come home on oxygen...barely...along with his heart monitor. Doctor's orders are for him to be on an 1/8 of a liter of oxygen. We have a home unit and a portable unit. This came after a test that was done while at the NICU. For some reason he has high blood pressure around his heart and the doctors aren't sure why. There are been numerous X-rays and Ultrasounds of his heart and lungs, but at this point no clarity or reason why.
Without it, his oxygen dips when he eats or has an occasional fit. When he is laying in his bed and sleeping he is fine?! We have a follow up in 2 weeks and hopefully we can get rid of the oxygen at that point, and hopefully the heart monitor.
He has been putting on weight, up to 8 lbs. now (born 2 months ago 5 lbs. 15 oz. 17 1/2"), and is 21.5" long.
If you are in the neighborhood give us a call and head over. Michelle only has a few weeks left of her maternity leave, which was mostly spent going to the hospital. We do have some follow up doctor appointments in the weeks to come, but hopefully for now things can calm down for us.
We thank you all again for your continued support, gifts, thoughts and prayers. Its never easy going through phases of life like we recently experienced, but it is a lot more tolerable having people like you looking after us. Thanks again, see ya soon.
Elijah, Michelle & Steve
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