We're Home!!!

After a lot of bargaining with Ben's doctor and the pulmonologist, we were able to bring Ben home late last night on an apnea monitor, but NO OXYGEN!! (This is exactly what we were hoping for all along, because the apnea monitor is so reassuring.) Ben is really enjoying his new surroundings, and probably would have slept through the night if we had let him. He is such an angel baby! We are looking forward to a very special Thanksgiving with our entire family finally under one roof.

The other good news is that, at this point, we are able to get pasteurized donor breast milk from a milk bank in Austin. Because Jack had so many food intolerances, and because I can't make enough milk, Ben's docs want him on donor milk. He's been getting free donor milk as part of a nutrition study at the hospital, but we weren't sure what would happen when we came home. We'll be receiving our first shipment of about 50 bottles of frozen milk this morning, so Bryant just ran to the store to buy a deep freezer! Now we just have to convince the insurance company to pay for the milk..... (We also want to thank our three friends who have already filled our regular freezer with pumped milk. What an amazing gift! You are truly impacting Ben's life.)

So the official stats:
Ben stayed in the hospital for 61 days.
He is now 38 weeks adjusted gestational age.
Today is his 2-month "birthday."
He weighs 5 lb. 12 oz., and is 18 3/4 inches long.

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder." Genesis 49:27

"Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate." Psalm 127:3-5