December 31, 2011 - 3 days old - Going HOME!

After we fed Brigham like crazy, his blood sugars finally stabilized.  We were allowed to go home on Saturday morning.  After a few lonely days in the hospital, we were pretty excited.  Since we had been on vacation, we didn't have any baby stuff.  Fortunately, Joe's brother Zack was able to bring some stuff down from Edmonton on his way home to Lethbridge.  The day we found out Brigham was a boy, we bought this little onesie as his coming home outfit.  It was a little big...but we still thought he was adorable.  It was a long drive home...we stopped in Airdrie to hit up the walmart for a lot of random baby stuff.  We fed Brig there and thought we could make it home.  I checked on him around Red Deer and he was very cold.  We got him out of his seat and tried to feed him and warm him up.  He was limp and not too responsive.  We later learned that he should have passed a car seat test that showed he could sit in a car seat for an hour.  Sometimes their heart can stop if they are too small.  We feel very blessed that the spirit prompted us to check on him and that we were able to make it home all safe and sound.  We don't know what may have happened, but we are grateful he was okay and home with us.  As we walked away from the hospital though, I felt like maybe we could have stayed a few more days!!!!  I suppose we had to strike out on our own sooner or later!