One Day at a Time: Our baby is coming home at last!

So I got dressed and went into the hospital. I went to the Doctor's station and talked to the Fellow and asked what was going on. He wanted to go to the bedside to talk so we went and he said that the Physician working over the weekend (not the one we saw all week who told me we could go home) did not like that he did not put on enough weight over the last few days so they wanted to keep him longer. My first question was "What is your plan to put more weight on him?" His answer was they were going to increase the calories in his formula (all things I knew how to do from the class I took in formula mixing just two days ago). I of course asked if there was anything else which there was not. So my response was "I don't feel you are doing anything for him here that I cannot do at home so I am not sure why you feel that you need to keep him here" The answer was that is just how we do it. That infuriated me. So I came back with "that does not makes sense to me so I will be discharging him and he will be going today. I think the nurses and doctors were all taken back a bit by this, but I really did not care at that point. The doctor stumbled over his words a bit and asked if I could at least give him 15 minutes so he could discuss this with the Attending Doctor. I said yes, I am not taking him out this moment, but before the end of the day he will be going home.

So he left and of course we had a new nurse that never had cared for Preston before and I swear she thought she had to walk on eggshells around me. I swore to her that I really was a sane person and that I just did not see the reasoning behind there decision and they failed to tell me anything they could do for him at the hospital that I could not do at home. I still think she was scared of me.

The Physician Assistant that had been seeing us all week came in thinking we were still going home. I told her what was happening and she kind of gave me a shocked look like she did not understand that either. So while we were talking the fellow came back in and wanted to be sure I knew how to make the increased calorie formula. I said yes, I am able to mix and your nutritionist went over all of that with me on Friday. Then he said that the doctor approved and we would be discharged today. I just said yes I know he will be.

So I had to be a huge bitch, but my baby was going home and we were aiming for right after his 3pm feeding!