Days Five and Six

We are still doing well!
Jason actually sounds a lot clearer today (thank you, Lord!). Yesterday two of our doctors offered us the option to discharge early and go home tomorrow!! This would mean finishing the clean-out at home (home IV antibiotics and 4 treatments a day). We were super excited about this proposition, but don't want to jump the gun on anything so we asked for another day. The plan is currently to go home Saturday and have a good in-depth assessment tomorrow. We requested for the nurse who saw him in clinic last Friday and ultimately recommended a clean-out to come and see him tomorrow to do a one-week follow-up and go with her advice and the advice of the pulmonologist to see if they think he's ready. We really just don't want to check out earlier than we should. The reason we're vascillating so much is because the suction has been so incredibly helpful for him. I'm currently looking at the nasty container of mucus that they've collected over the course of our visit and I'm a little grossed out, but I also love that it's in that container and not in his little body!!!
If he'd benefit from more suctioning, we're going to stick it out longer. Today, though, he hasn't been suctioned and still sounds fairly clear, so maybe we're past the point of having to rely on suction! We shall see.
We've had a few great visitors, Kevin brought us Cafe Rio last night (hallelujah!) and Jason ate some of the black beans and drank some strawberry lemonade out of a straw for the first time! :) My friend Kim brought me pizza for lunch and we got to chat for a little bit, it was wonderful! Yesterday, my mom and Matt's mom came up to watch J in the afternoon so I could get out of the room. I met my friend Jess at the Starbucks in University Hospital. We're both in situations that aren't the best, but it's little perks like coffee dates that get you through living at a hospital.
Jason really is getting used to this... he smiles and "talks" to his nurses now and is currently rolling around his crib and playing while his PICC line is hooked up.
Never thought we'd be in this boat as a family, but God is good to provide strength and optimism.
Looking forward to bringing this little one home and sleeping in our own beds, but not wanting to rush the process.
Hope you're having a great Thursday!