Almost Home

We have been super busy these last couple weeks! Thank goodness Tanner wanted to go stay with Nana because we have been here at the hospital all day long everyday. We are doing all of Caydence's care so we are totally prepared to go home and we have been getting trained on everything. We put Caydence on the home vent on Thursday and we were told that she has to prove for 2 weeks that she can tolerate it and have no issues. So as long as she has no issues and home nursing is in place we can go home!! It says in her chart that her estimated date of discharge is October 4th. It is so exciting hearing the word DISCHARGE! The home nursing agency has been working really hard to find us some good nurses and we actually met one of them yesterday. The nurse that we met seems like she will be a good fit, she has experience and she will most likely stick around for a long time considering she was with her last family for 13 years. They also have 2 other nurses going through the hiring process and should be ready as soon as Caydence is ready. It feels so good knowing that everything is lining up and working out the way we have hoped. I just keep telling Caydence everyday that she better be a good girl and not have any issues over these next couple weeks so we can get out of here. I can't wait to take her home! It is almost bitter sweet thinking of leaving this hospital. We have spent so much time here over the last 5 months that we have met a lot of really great people and we are definitely going to miss everyone so much. We have had our ups and downs at this place and the people here have seen all sides of us, good and bad, but they all still really care about us and Caydence. It hasn't been easy being here and dealing with this crazy situation but I think it has really made us think of things differently. Caydence has been doing really good so I think she will be ready to go home soon. I think that all the doctors are still just a little nervous to let Caydence go just because she has had some ups and downs throughout her stay here and they just want to make sure she is going to be fine. So everyone please send good vibes our way so we can go home soon! And Rachelle and James...you better hurry and get things worked out with Jayce so you can make it here before we leave. It will be so nice to see you all before going! Having you guys and Heather and Greg for support has meant so much to us and has really helped us get through this. We wish you didn't leave us so early but even from far away you have done a lot. Thank You!