No oxygen...maybe home Tuesday or Wednesday?

Ty had a great day today. He is seeming more and more alert each day. Unfortunately, they put him back on oxygen overnight. He has a few little spells of when he wants to breathe shallow. So, we had to go back to square one. But, the doctor wants the oxygen pulled to see how he does. He did fabulous all day...but, his oxygen numbers drop a little bit each night. It's like he just gets lazy and doesn't take deep breaths for a while after dinner. But, he still has great color and appears to be breathing fine. It is just the damn alerts that are torturing us!

So, we are not holding our breath that he will be out tomorrow. We're hoping, but I got so excited that today would be the day. But, they seem to be progressing with all of the other regular "discharge" like activities. So, we'll just wait and see another day!

On other notes...we really like all of the nurses, but they are proving to be inconsistent in their approaches. Our nurse yesterday insisted we shouldn't allow Ty to "snack" between meals. The nurses today fed him any little time he cried. And, the other nurses left me alone to breastfeed Ty and we had a little system going. He futzes for about 2 minutes and spazzes out...then, he decides to get to business. Tonight, our nurse insisted on butting in (okay, she thought she was being helpful) and infuriating Ty and he would never latch. Okay, I'll clarify. She was infuriating me and making me uncomfortable, so Ty and I couldn't get into our groove. So, I resolved myself to letting Tim feed Ty while I was doomed to the "pumping room". But, I figure those are small annoyances in the big picture. I just want to get him home because Tim and I think we're figuring out his temperament and rhythms rather than the new nurses we get assigned each night.