The Heidt Family: January 28 - Lots of tests and we go home!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

January 28 - Lots of tests and we go home!

Today was a big day for all of us! William decided he was HUNGRY during the night and had a cluster of feedings that were no more than 2 hours apart. This made for a very long night - and a very tired day on Sunday. Between feeding and people coming in to do checks, we got probably less than 3 hours of sleep that night. We knew we were supposed to go home in the afternoon sometime and William had a few things we needed to clear up.

The pediatrician came to discharge William first and again declared him perfect (first exam was yesterday) and ready to go home. The photographer came and took his picture for the hospital website (links are at the bottom of the page) and the OB came back to circumcise him all in a row. He also had a hearing screening (passed, no problems) and a blood test for some metabolic disorders. Then, the nurse came in and asked us what time we were leaving. Silly us! We thought the hospital would tell us when we were ready - turns out we were supposed to know what time we were leaving. We thought about staying to take a nap before leaving and then decided to head home during the daylight hours in the hopes it would be warmer (it was in the teens during the day) for the baby.

We packed up and left the hospital about 4pm to go home with our baby!

Here are some pictures of us leaving the hospital and arriving home!