Leah and I are sitting in the NICU and Parker just finished an entire bottle while listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Texas Flood". I think Parker likes the guitar since he took the bottle down in a record time.
Tuesday the doctors said we would start talking about going home in 7 - 10 days. We ensured them that we will do everything we can to get him home as soon as possible. The Doan's, who we had never met until Tuesday, had graciously offered to let us stay in their garage apartment in West U after hearing about Parker. That allowed us to be at the hospital for his morning and night bottle feeds to install consistency into his eating regiment.
Thursday, the doctors asked us if we would learn how to feed him through the feeding tube in order to go sooner. Leah and I finished all of our classes yesterday, Leah put his feeding tube in this morning which is the last test we have to do before he is cleared.
We talked to the doctors this morning and
PARKER IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!!!!!
We will bottle feed 3 times/ day and tube feed the other 5 until we see more progress. Parker also had his follow-up hearing screening yesterday afternoon since he failed his first one pre-surgery. His right ear passed and his left ear failed, so we will bring him in for detailed diagnostics on his left ear in a couple weeks.
Leah and I are elated! Thanks to everyone for all of the thoughts, prayers, notes, gifts, ect. God is surely listening and answering. I'll try to post some more pics when I get back on my computer and I hope to keep the updates coming as we find out more from the genetic testing, pediatric visits, diagnostic hearing tests, and whatever other doctors Parker gets to meet along the way.
