surgery and other updates

*correction: Lucas's surgery has been postponed pending testing, probably til Friday.

Lucas is scheduled to be transferred to Children's hospital tomorrow. He will have surgery on Tuesday to put a g-button into his stomach so that he can come home within 1 to 2 weeks. The g button is a port that goes straight into the stomach to which a tube attaches and allows us to feed him while he's sleeping and when he won't eat. This marks a turning point towards bringing him home and to his care. we will have to learn how to feed him a new way and also things like the CPR and how to read the monitor he will come home on. He will most likely remain at Children's until he comes home. Updates today are that he weighs 8 pounds 1.4 ounces, he is 19.5 inches long and his head is 14 and 1/4 inches in circumference. He's grown out of all his preemie outfits and almost his newborn clothes.

Important things to remember for us are that soon when he comes home, it does not mean he is not fragile. Because he is a micro-preemie, he will be at a higher risk for infections, and thus cannot be around a large population of people or kids. He should have limited contact with people who have colds. Kisses on his face and hands are no nos for all but mommy and daddy at this point, but you can give kisses on his feet if you cannot resist (trust me its hard). Hand washing is critical and we will have masks as well as hand sanitizer at home. He will be coming home on oxygen as well. This means conventional daycare is not an option. I will be doing all I can to adjust my schedule to keep him at home until hopefully he comes off the oxygen. We have a lot of doctors visits and developmental visits in our future but we're very close to bringing him home!