One Journey Ends, Another Begins

Hey everyone! As many of you have probably already heard...LUKE IS HOME!!!!!

 

The day finally came yesterday and we were able to bring our boy home after exactly 14 weeks in the NICU. We can't believe it. We couldn't have done it without all of your love and support. It was a crazy day and Luke, who slept in the car the whole way home is doing great. (Here's a photo of him at the hospital getting ready to leave...by what else, sleeping.)

The last few days in the NICU were hectic, exciting and sad. All of the nurses there have become like family and we'll miss them all. We asked them to keep in touch and let them know they can come by and visit him and we'll bring him back there to visit as well. (Here's Luke saying goodbye to one of his nurses, Dorothy and giving her a round of applause for the great job she did.)





So now we begin our new journey as parents at HOME and the real chaos begins. We're confident that we'll do just fine and Luke will adjust quickly to his new surroundings. He is on a portable monitor and we have oxygen tanks available if he needs it. Right now we're just putting it on him when he eats, because it seems to help him.
We're going to continue to post to the blog and give updates on how he's doing here at home and try to put up more pictures, which we know everyone likes.
Thanks again for all of your support. You all are wonderful!!