Anyone's LO not home yet?

Ryan&Kristin062009

Had our little guy last Tuesday at 33w5d. He was in the NICU for 4 days and then was moved to a hospital closer to home in their Special Care Nursery. He was just moved from his incubator to a normal crib, and the doctor says he now just needs to master feeding before he can go home. She said another week, maybe two. It's really tough leaving him there every day (I go in twice a day to nurse) just wondering if anyone else is in the same situation!

 

katie4253

I'm not now, but I was not too long ago.  The last couple of weeks are the worst in the NICU.  We had a 6 week stay, and the last 2 weeks I was a wreck.  I just wanted him to come home.  I think no matter how long your stay is, the last part is just hard.  So close, yet so far away!

urbanflowerpot

Congratulations! Your son is darling

I think all of us have been in NICU-shoes at some point - several people are currently. We had the distinct pleasure of returning to NICU after 50 days in, then two weeks out. But! smooth sailing since coming home from the second round.

It sounds like things should be pretty uneventful for you which I hope remains the case. Be careful not to concentrate on a specific date for homecoming. That can be a real heartbreaker. Post as often as you like/need.

Chitown chic

Hi there! I'm not sure if you remember me from the August moms board, but my little one was born three months early, and we hit 10 weeks in the NICU today. She is doing well -- we're currently working on feeding, and she is super close to being off her oxygen (currently at 1.5L but she was rocking the half-cannula look all day b/c it needed to be re-taped, and I have a feeling her night nurse may end up taking her off or at least weaning her down b/c she's been doing awesome with her breathing). I do think these last few weeks will drag; I'm getting impatient but she definitely still has a ways to go. I haven't asked about a discharge date b/c I don't want to jinx anything! It will happen when it happens, though I wouldn't be surprised if she was in the NICU past her Aug. 1 due date.

tigers413

I am in the same situation DS was born on July 2nd was in the incubator for a few days. Then moved out of the NICU to Special Care. He is also trying to master feeding too. He has a few others that he mastered like maintaining his heat because he kept dropping so he was in a warmer for a few days but that's off now. He is gaining weight consistently for 3 days so they aren't focusing on that. I just got an update from his nurse a few minutes ago and he took all his bottles at night except the last one which he took 37 of 42 cc. First few days after I was discharged I was crying every time we left him. We have to drive an hour to and from so that sucks too I wish they would move him but he is doing so good that he might be released soon.

JamieJeanS

We are into our 4th week in the NICU and no known discharge yet. My daughter is learning how to eat, and it feels like it is taking forever!!  My guess is probably another 2 weeks, which each day seems longer than the one before.  Glad to see I am not alone feeling that way!

bhilyer

My boys are 4 months old today, 7 weeks adjusted. JS has been home for 2 months but H is still in the special care nursery. I never dreamed we'd still be there.

damabo80

katie4253:

I'm not now, but I was not too long ago.  The last couple of weeks are the worst in the NICU.  We had a 6 week stay, and the last 2 weeks I was a wreck.  I just wanted him to come home.  I think no matter how long your stay is, the last part is just hard.  So close, yet so far away!

ditto everything. we were there for 5.5 weeks....the slowest time were those last two weeks when we were just feeding and growing.  

ChickensFive

After 75 days in the NICU two of my three girls are home. It's very hard leaving V in the NICUand feels weird when the four of us are home without her. She'll be home in a the weeks hopefully.

September2007

Our LOs are not home yet...  Although our son may join us this coming Friday, while our daughter is a few days behind him. 

It's not easy -- we live an hour away from the hospital and I feel guilty when we're not there.  I completely understand what you mean, and I have a very hard time leaving each day.  Tonight I cried the whole way home...  I think it's because he's coming home and she's not (yet).  I keep thinking to myself, how can I be in two places at once?!   I can't bring him back there -- they don't allow discharged patients back into the NICU.  I'm struggling with if she'll know I am not there and/or will she think I forgot about her? !

And, here come the tears again...