We are homefree...sort of... :)

Well at least we are back at the hotel as a family! Mateo was discharged tonight at 8:30. I did not think it was going to happen, when they told me this this morning. It was a rough morning, step by step, gradually moving him onto his back, proping him on a flat pillow, then moving his bed up a little at a time until he was sitting up. Then trying to get him out of bed, poor little guy. (keep in mind he pretty much has not moved anything but one arm (he didn't use his IV hand because it hurt him) for 3 days and any little movement hurts him, and then just the mention of moving him again scares him because he remembers how it hurt him last time). They also took the foley cathater out and took him off his morphine drip, and started giving him oral pain med with his tylenol. Then we had to get him to the toilet...he could barely stand on his own. Anyways...I could go on and on about the small baby steps he took all day getting used to moving again. But...He is doing better this evening and they said we could go home...so we have our instructions and we are at the hotel until Friday where we have a insicion check with the nurse and then we fly home that evening. It is nice that we get to go to bed tonight as a family and wake up as a family. My mom is flying home tomorrow morning. We are SOOOO THANKFUL that she was here! What a sacrifice...taking off work, paying for a ticket, and being available 24/7 to help us with Noah and packing bags/food back and forth to the hospital, bringing Noah for a few hours during the day and then being with Mateo when we needed a break or needed to run an errand in the hospital. She was so much help, but now she probably needs a vacation from her "vacation" :) Noah has kept her hopping...he is very active now and wants to be on the go all the time.

Well good night! I am going to go put my feet up!