Wednesday, June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009


Sorry this is belated but... Demetri is home!!! We found out on Monday, much to our surprise, that Demetri may be discharged on Tuesday. We kept our fingers crossed all night and the next morning, his doctor said the word.


But lets back up a bit. Sunday Eleni was able to visit him in the NICU, they lifted the ban on siblings. She was excited all morning waiting to go see him. She informed us that Demetri was hers!!! She wanted to hold him by herself. She was a trooper, she lasted for almost 3 hours. This was the best way we could have asked to spend our anniversary, all of us together for the first time in a long time.


Demetri weighed 5 lbs 1.8 oz and was 18 inches long at discharge. He fits in his car seat a little better this time around. He has been a dream since coming home. I'm not sure he has even cried. He slept all night, that is more than we can say for ourselves. We are trying to get used to his schedule and better organized in handling his feedings and pump. He is getting 1 hour bolus feedings 4 times through the day and we are trying to compress those down further to 30-45 minutes. He gets continuous feedings at night and is on the apnea monitor only during this time.

We just want you all to know how much we appreciate your love and support throughout this. We would also like to thank all of the nurses and doctors that took care of Demetri during the past 3 months, especially his primary nurses Kathy, Kristin, and Stacey.

3 comments:

  1. It was wonderful seeing the four of you at the festival!

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  2. I have been following along...and am so happy to see Demetri gets to be at home now!

    It will be a very special Father's Day!

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  3. I can not believe this is the day that I got to meet him and see you all. What a gift it was for the nurse to drop off my note in your room and catch you all before you left. Both of the kids are growing up and you and Christopher look fantastic. Love to you 4.

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