Sundays

We had a great day today. It was a Leo day from start to finish. We went to the hospital in the morning and the nurses let us know that Leo was doing great again today. They took his vapotherm down from 5 to 4 (which as I was reminded today means the level of pressure has been reduced...the vapotherm is both oxygen and pressure so that he doesn't have to do all the work himself...so taking it down one level to 4 means the pressure is being reduced...this means he's doing more of the work himself...that's good). Our favorite nurse was on duty and she and I have a bet going about when Leo will graduate and head down to the second floor. She thinks it's going to be by next week. I'm thinking it's going to take a little bit more time. She really wants to win this bet because she was advocating for Leo to ween fully off of the vapotherm and go back on the nasal cannula (no pressure, just oxygen). But the doctors want to give it another day or two just to be sure he's not being rushed. Which is fine with me. But it looks like sometime this week he'll get to try to start nursing which is very exciting.

So when we got home we tackled the nursery. It's going to be a bit of a hybrid for a while...the basement rooms are nowhere near done and likely won't be by the time he comes home so we need to improvise. Leo's room will also house the occasional Grandma who may need a place to sleep. So we put his crib together and patched some dings in the walls. We moved all of my office stuff out of there and found other hiding spots upstairs for all my gear until the office is ready downstairs. So for now this will work fine. And having all of Leo's stuff on display including his crib makes it all feel real in a way that having him in the hospital just doesn't.

So it was a good day. A productive day. A hopeful day. Can't wait for more good things this week.