First "Real" Talk of Possibly Going Home!

The neonatologist just made her morning rounds, and it was decided that Ryan's nasal-gastric tube will be removed, and they are going to allow him to nurse on demand today to see how he does with his weight. So, we won't have to feed Ryan in structured 3-hour segments anymore. The neonatologist said that if he loses a small amount of weight (like 5 grams) that won't bother her at all and we could very possibly bring him home tomorrow, but if he loses along the lines of 70 grams, then that would be a setback. The nurse practitioner wrote orders for him to get his carseat study done today, and he will also be circumcised. Our little guy is going to have a busy day for a 10-day-old! Please pray that Ryan does well with nursing and at least maintains his current weight and at best gains some. I didn't ask what the next step would be if he were to lose much weight today; I really hope that won't be the case... I'm going to be on pins and needles when he is weighed tonight! Regarding the bradycardia episode, as it turns out tomorrow will be the fifth day since that episode occurred, so we ended up not being eligible for discharge before the 5 day monitoring period was over anyhow.