The Weekend

It was a good weekend. It began with Ira going 21 hours on the cannula beginning Thursday morning and into Friday morning. We were elated to say the least. Now the docs want Ira 8 on CPAP and 8 off, 8 on and 8 off, etc... It's very apparent that Ira works hard when on cannula and the docs don't want to overwork what little lungs he has.

We have a big meeting with Ira's surgeon, his pulmonary hypertension doc and his neonatologist on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. This is the last time we'll have them all together at once so we are getting all our questions ready for them.

We are so very close to getting out of the NICU. Things are falling into place with the nursing agency that will provide nurses for us at home. This is always a big deal as home nurses are hard to come by. Our insurance has granted us 12 hours of nursing care a day with the possibility of four more if need be. Once that gets into place, there is nothing holding us back.

One of the questions the agency asked was, "Does this family live in a safe neighborhood?" The NICU social worker relayed the question to me and I answered by saying, "it better be with the rent that I pay!"

The weekend ended on a perfect note as the Yankees extended the series against the Angels. Mike Cope and I have a bet going: if the Angels win he gets to post on my blog and talk all the trash he wants but if the Yankees win, I get to post on his blog and talk about what people are missing out on by not being a Yankees fan! I can't wait for the big game tonight. And I can't wait to post on Mike's blog on Tuesday morning!