Moving in...and moving out...

Sooo...Jackson wants back in. He and Connor have been plotting against us. Yesterday he was looking really blue and not eating very well, so while we were feeding them both we had the neonatologist take a look at him. She hooked him up to all the machines and she and the cardiologist decided to keep him overnight for observation.

There are two good things that came out of all of this...well, okay...maybe more than two if we really think about it. Jackson's oxygen stats are higher than expected for this far in his recovery. For those of you who understand this sort of stuff...he is upper 80's and occasionally low 90's. Also for those of you who understand, I'll bet you are freaking out about now, but never fear...we have a term for all of this: 'Jackson' normal. This is opposed, of course, to 'Normal,' normal..but we are slowly getting used to lower numbers and a blue hued baby. His cardiologists are hoping that he eventually stays in low to mid 90's, and for Jackson, that will be fantastic.

The other good news is that Jackson being in a crib next to Connor's incubator apparently has inspired a little sibling rivalry. This morning we came to the NICU to find his incubator turned all the way down and a crib just waiting for him in his little cubicle. AND...after I fed them, we put him right into the waiting crib! We are now just hoping that he stays in the crib and doesn't get put right back into his incubator as soon as they take his temperature again. Ugh.

Another good thing about Jackson being in the NICU? Oh yeah...the five hours of uninterrupted sleep I got last night. The longest I've slept in over three months! Woohoo! Of course, it will be the last five hour stretch of sleep I get for the next year or so, because we get to take Jackson with us today, and tomorrow...we are hopefully taking both boys home. HOME. Uh, hem......HHOOOOOOOMMMEE!!! The doctor said that if Connor can stay in the crib today, we will be able to take him out by late afternoonish tomorrow!

Wish us luck!