Light at the End of the Tunnel

D-day, Departure Day, whatever you want to call it. We are cautiously optimistic that it will take place on Monday! The doctors and nurses feel confident that we will be ready to bring Declan home this coming Monday. We've been practicing the feeding tube, reviewing warning signs, and watching Declan pass his various tests. He passed his hearing test and latest echo test. He continues to be seizure free and his bottle feeds are ever-so-slowly improving. Our Journey board is half full as well. I'm itching to get out of here. It feels like we are frozen in time - day in and day out in the same small room with no escape except the occasional food run. I think we've eaten every food in the cafeteria, passed up almost every food truck outside, and consumed far to many Subway sandwiches. It feels like the last three weeks have been one very long day.  We are so excited to go home. We miss our girls and cant wait to see them! It is a bit scary to think that we will be essentially, "on our own" but we're ready to try that next step!