Home Sweet Home

I am so glad to be home after another stay at the hospital. Kiya was discharged from Primary Children's on Friday in the afternoon. She was an absolute champ! As usual she was so sweet and gracious. The first day was kind of rough so I kept on the nurses about pain medication. It was hard for us to see her g-tube. It is strange to have something that has been surgically implanted in her tummy. Hopefully it wont be long before we are feeding orally. Now that she has the g-tube her feeding therapist really wants to move forward with her oral feeds. So far the g-tube is working really good. No infections and her vomiting seems to be less. We made it almost two days with no vomiting. That hasn't happened since she was born so it is kind of a big deal. The g-tube isn't that different for us than the NG. I certainly hope it never comes out, but once all of the soreness is gone I think it will be much better than having something in her throat when she is trying to swallow. Once again I am so glad to be home. The infant unit in the hospital is right across from the NICU. Brings back some painful memories that I haven't quite had time to bury yet. We shared a room with another family while we were at the hospital. They seemed to think that it was actually a venue for hosting a family reunion. So glad to be home! Sorry for the picture overload, but she looks so pretty with no tube on her face!