Luke's "tentative" discharge date is Friday.
He was weaned from the ventilator and extubated last night without any trouble and his IV's and NG tube were taken out this morning. It was such a relief to see all this discontinued AGAIN!!! He is also back to his full feedings by the bottle. He had 3 episodes of apnea in 45 minutes last night but we are told this is due to the anesthesia and as the medication wears off we should see the apnea resolve. He was much, much more alert with the 11 a.m. feeding than the 8 a.m. feeding so hopefully those drugs are getting out of his little system. All the incisions look good and he is having little to no pain.
I'll believe we are discharged when we strap him into his car seat and see Cabrini Hospital in the rear view mirror!