Going tubeless!

Finally Alexandra gets to hold him!

Even though I just posted yesterday morning I feel like there is a lot to cover. In addition to it being two months since Chase was born, yesterday was also my work shower. I was excited to share news of his milestones with so many new and old friends. Although it was hard for me not to make a dish for my own party, I couldn't have been happier when I saw that they had gotten Wawa hoagies! Many people originally from NJ living down here share my sentiments:) After all the treats I had my work cut out for me with all of the presents. A huge thanks to everyone for all of the cute things. Now we just have to figure out where to put everything. Chase is going to be well dressed and have lots of fun when he comes home.

That leads me to our next bit of news...He had his feeding tube removed today, and tomorrow they are going to try him off of the cannula! Jas made it in time for rounds and they told him we should bring in his car seat soon. Bringing in the car seat is a huge step. Time and time again we see families bring in car seats and we know their child is about to be discharged. One of the criteria for discharge is that Chase will have to pass the "car seat test". He has to be able to sit in the car seat for an hour without having an issues. Also, once we meet with the cardiologist next week we should hopefully be pretty close to getting a date. Chase will most likely still need to be on diuretics, potassium, and sodium when he comes home, and but all of those things are manageable. I'll post a photo of him without any "equipment" tomorrow morning!

Today besides receiving wonderful news we had some more visitors. Jas' mom, stepdad, sister, and grandmother came to visit. Aunt Xandy got to hold Chase for the first time and Jas' MomMom met her first great grandchild. Chase will call her GiGi when he gets older:) Alexandra is all ready to babysit for us, and she even showed me her certification card from her babysitter training class. She took the class twice so she is ready to go!