Three glorious days at home

<-- Matt, Mich, Sister Alison and Sammy crossing the threshold Matt's first comment when faced with the sight of his baby brother on the car seat on the return trip from hospital: "Who's this??" Followed shortly thereafter by: "This car is very full of people!" ;) It feels like our house is as well with two little men ruling the roost most of the time.

We're just loving having Sammy at home with us. He's been coping quite well with the semi-sterile, non-airconditioned, quiet and dark-at-night environment. Matt thinks it's Christmas having his brother and both parents at home together.

Suck or Starve worked! The bottle feeding is going well and the only breathing worries have been during feeds when he has twice choked and a bit of revival was required, but nothing near warranting our newly honed CPR skills. Mich and I are truly enjoying the relative normality of sleep deprivation, the hours of rocking, sitting trying to burp a little lump at 4am, typing with one hand, lying wide-eyed at night listening for the breathing and other typical wonders of the early days of a baby at home. The seven different medicines during the day, visitor quarantine (limited to his grandparents, our sisters and the medical staff) and continued breastpumping tend to bring us back to the reality of the miracle that this little boy is!

We will continue to honour our God who creates all things and the amazing NICU team at Vincent Pallotti for saving and sustaining Sammy all these months. Though we're not missing the living in two places we are sorely missing the NICU team who loved and cared for Sam, Mich, Matt and me through this trying time.