It shouldn't be long...

and P-man will be home with his brothers!! We have made some significant progress over the last few days and couldn't be happier.

Payton's swallow study confirmed that he also was silently aspirating during his feeds, so he was also put on the "sludge" and his feedings have greatly improved. To keep things consistent we converted Riley's milk to the honey consistency as well and his reflux is much better. We are hoping that they will all outgrow this immaturity with their feeds very soon, but are happy for now mixing an even more complicated concoction for feeds (60cc of breast milk+enfacare calorie fortifier+simply thick). We have a major outing scheduled for the end of the week that could potentially be the 1st time our family of 6 will leave the house together! All the Waind boys will have an outpatient appointment with the speech therapist, even big brother Brody, whose appt was scheduled before any of this came up with the trips (he has been choking when drinking consistently).

Payton was also taken off his oxygen nasal cannula a few days ago (or more?? what day is it anyway??) He has done AWESOME and hasn't looked back since. We love looking at his pretty little face with less tape and tubes. The last tube to be pulled is his NG tube and we are hoping that will come out tomorrow.

We are very thankful for the care we have all received at the hospital but can't wait to NOT go back there for, hopefully, a very.long.time. We are getting much shorter and less frequent intervals of sleep since Evan joined Riley at home and the commute to and from the hospital adds one more layer to it all. Even with the sleep deprivation we couldn't be happier and can't complain...too much...if E and P could sleep less during the day and more (much more) during the hours of 11pm and 6am we would be ecstatic! They really have changed within the last week from sleeping all hours except when feeding to finally being awake much more, such big boys they are becoming!

Brody is adjusting well and continues to be a rockstar Son and Big Brother. He is currently enjoying his time spent with Papa Chris and Nana Liz! Our parental support continues to mean a lot to us, just having them all take turns here over the past months to make sure Brody is loved (read: spoiled rotten) is the best support of all as it gives us the time to get to know the trips and form a routine that we can manage for the months to come when the "honeymoon" phase is over, haha!