[GreenLantern]

Well after 175ish hours straight in the hospital for my wife and a few short breaks to run home for me, we made it home with baby in tow. I just want to say thanks for all the support and comments, I read all of them multiple times through out our stay while holding my son, but my one hand typing sucked to bad to reply. I'd get half way through and he would wake up, or it'd be time to feed, or the wife would need something etc..

All and all we escaped this situation relatively unscathed, it felt like navigating extremely chopper waters in a reef, we were one misstep away from disaster, but through the guidance of patient and very skilled doctors and nurses we did it. I count myself very fortunate that our stay was limited to 8 days, the wife is under severe monitoring and has a few check ups already scheduled this week, but at least she can sleep in her own bed. I predict the blood pressure will start to drop now. It is an experience I will never forget, it was humbling and made me realize just how fortunate we are. I chalk it up to my wife being an absolute sweet heart and always being kind to everyone and doing the right thing, karma rewarded her I'm just lucky enough to be in her radius.

Right now our life revolves around getting this premie back up to his target weight and we are crushing it, he's gained 150 grams in the first 5 days of his life and counting. We're doing the finger feeding with the syringe and tube after he tuckers out on mamma's boobs, it's a lot of work but at least then I know he is getting the minimum he needs.

My body is starting to adapt to no sleep, we've learned to nap when he naps, we've come a long way in a few short days. I had no idea what we were getting into and 5 day ago GL was so naive, lol, as I am sure today's GL will be in a few more days.. and so on. Maybe things happen for a reason, but the extra forced stay in the hospital allowed us the time to learn a lot from the nurses and doctors.. so that is a positive to take away from all of this. Maybe in the end William will be better off because of it! Either way it feels damn good to be home, thanks again everyone. Not sure if I deserve this kind of support as I can be a quasi troll on this board from time to time, but at least it's good to know when the chips are down we all have something in common we can agree on, the importance of good health for our children!