It’s Friday May 21st and we are coming home, soon, the time was suppose to be at 11:00a.m but it’s now 2:30 and we are still here, just waiting for discharge papers and prescription drugs UGHH!! but we should be making it home sometime today.
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Hudson’s Journal Entry
Hudson Jeremiah Torrens is finally coming home. It has been 5 weeks since you were born and 4 weeks since your first of 3 operations. You have done amazing, my little miracle and we all know you will continue to thrive and surprise everyone on your journey.
You are going home weighing 3340grams or 7lb 4oz and no need for any oxygen, besides room air and you have done well breathing on your own since you were extubated. Your saturation levels on average are between 85 to 90’s
You are coming home with the following prescribed drugs:
Metoprolol: which helps with the SVT’s (arrhythmias) and and strengthens the heart by not allowing it to work too hard.
Enoxaparin: this is a blood thinner drug to help with any blood clotting due to narrow aortic arch and with the sano shunt.
Ranitidine: this is a reflux antacid like Tums
Lasix: this is a diuretic that helps with fluid levels
Vitamin D: aka Sunshine!
Iron: to help with hemoglobin levels
So right now we are just waiting for the prescriptions to be filled and we should be on our way. We are very excited to bring you home but at the same time nervous because there is lots to remember and a lot to look out for now that we will be your nurse and doctor. I am sure we will be ok, but I am still nervous.
I thank God for how far he has gotten us through this journey relatively smoothly. I mean no surgery like this is ever a piece of cake, but you have done remarkably with your progress in recovering and feeding. We expected to be in Edmonton a minimum 2 months and approx another month here at BC Childrens, but God has been great and has answered all of our prayers and we have only been in hospital for 5 weeks which is amazing for such an extensive invasive surgery.
We are still bringing you home with the NG tube but that is Ok, you’re slowly taking more and more every time from the bottle and your also breastfeeding so that alone is awesome.
We’ll be home soon 🙂
–Gabby
That is wonderful news!! We are excited to meet your little man 🙂 Isn’t God Good!
Congrats Hudson! You Made it home in record timing! Gaby you should have had a poll on when Hudson got to go home (: ….lol I knew it would be Friday! I even told the heart mama’s group on Thurs that you would me most likley coming home this week. I was going to head into the office on Wednesday,and swing by BCCH to visit you all. Looks like i will have to come to Maple Ridge!
Have fun, take care and please call us if you need anything! June 13 2010 CHN Goes to the Great Escapes in Langley. Be sure to RSVP (:
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for all your support and thank you for connecting us with the other family in Edmonton! It is nice to see other children growing so well that have gone through the same procedures. It’s reassuring. I know Gabby had tried sending a few emails and there were problems, but again, thank you for everything and all the support you have given us. Thank you to the Children’s Heart Network!
He is GREAT! We can’t wait till we can show him off more 🙂 Thank you to the Barbers for their support!