The Luca Countdown

We have finally reached the end game of having Luca in the hospital.  The big hurdle for him leaving was to be "spell" free for 5 days.  The last time he had a spell was 7:30am on Thursday, so he's at 3.5 days and counting.  At this point, the hospital is planning on discharging him on Tuesday.  All of the nurses have been saying how he's been a different baby the last couple of days, so we know that he's coming home.

So what caused this miraculous turnaround?  It seems like for weeks Luca has been having around 3 spells a day, with no noticeable progress.  On Thursday the providers tried a few things to lessen Luca's reflux, which is what they thought was causing the spells:

1. They increased his dose of Prilosec
2. They started giving him Maalox before each feeding
3. They started mixing rice cereal into his formula to thicken it up

Of course, I also have my own theory, which is that maybe he just outgrew it.  Regardless of the reason, he's been spell-free, more alert, and just generally a happier baby.  Today he seems to have adjusted to the new diet (unlike Friday night that I spent in the hospital where he was up most of the night with gas pains). 

At this point we're just counting down the hours until our family can all finally be in the same room together. The panic associated with having Luca home has not set in yet, as in do we have the house ready for him.  We certainly have all of the baby stuff that we need, but it's not necessarily in the right place, or even clean.  I have a feeling that I'm going to be up late tomorrow night getting everything straightened away for his arrival.  No matter how much work it's going to be, we'll be so happy that he's home.