we were almost out the door....

Last week Thursday Logan underwent a "little procedure" to get him all ready to go home. He had a couple of little hernias that needed repair before he could leave the hospital. Now I say the hernias were little because Logan is little but the fact is that they were humongous and needed to be repaired before he could go home. The surgery team assured us it was a very simple, run-of-the-mill, "ho-hum" operation. "We do this all the time on tiny babies; there's NOTHING to worry about."

As we were learning about the procedure, the surgeons explained how particularly uncomplicated and low risk the whole operation was. It was going to be "in and out" just like the burger.

Then it would be a day to get feeling better, a day to do the carseat challenge (that's when the preemies prove they can sit in a car seat and breathe at the same time) and the next day was the trip HOME. It was an exciting time and Logan was doing so well. No tubes, leads or wires anywhere and feeding from a bottle just like a regular baby boy.

little logan looking awesome and

ready to go home....

little logan chowing down

logan: the master of "suck, swallow and breathe"

Oh right, and the surgeon mentioned that there was like a 1% risk of complications but not to worry because it was just 1%. Diana looked at me and muttered something like, "yup, there's a 1% chance of going into preterm labor at 26 weeks....don't talk to me about 1%"

And then they wheeled Logan down to the operating room......

Today is Tuesday; the day we were supposed to bring Logan home. We're huddled around the lifeship watching Logan enjoy some IV antibiotics, a little morphine and the occasional tylenol. The surgery team came by this morning and repaired the repair; drained, irrigated and packed the infected incisions. AND assured us he's on the mend.

logan with the crazy IV in his head...

that's right; IV in the head

all his viens are blown from all the previous iv's

...and one more go with the feeding tube since he's feeling so sick

afternoon nap with the feeding tube and IV

but feeling better by the minute

The infection was a 1% speed bump and Logan refuses to be bumped so we've got a new schedule and we're sticking to it!

A five day course of antibiotics, the car seat challenge and then HOME!!

Go Logan, you little CHAMP!