We were so sad not to have Asher come home with us when Avery was able to leave the hospital, but he had a bit of a way to go still in getting better and we knew he had great doctors helping him and that he would be home soon. We visited him every day sometimes multiple times a day. He continued getting a little bit better and stronger each day. He went from a feeding tube to starting to bottle feed. He also got to where we could hold him more. It was really hard in the beginning when we couldn't hold him because he wasn't stable enough and touching him could stress out his heart and his breathing. But he kept getting stronger and stronger to where the nurses and doctors really encouraged us to hold him as much as we wanted because that would help him in getting better. And we sure loved our cuddle time with him! It was so hard to leave when it was time to go and put him back in his little crib, but he had so many great nurses there giving him lots of attention when we weren't there, and I could call and get updates on him when we weren't there. We also had grandma and grandpa going to visit him so he was getting lots of love and attention.
We definitely missed not having Asher with us at home, and it was a bit of a stressful time going back and forth from home to the hospital. We couldn't take Avery with us to the hospital, so it was a lot of juggling the kids and Avery and mommy going to see Asher in between feeding times for Avery. It was sad not having him with us on Christmas, but we were able to visit him still at Christmas and the NICU had cute little gifts and decorations for him in his room. Although it was sad to not have him with us, when we would go to the NICU to visit him it was so peaceful and quiet and such a special place. All the babies there were so sweet. The nurses all loved Asher and said he was so handsome! He was one of the biggest babies there, a lot of the babies in there were tiny premies but Asher was big and strong, he just had an infection making him really sick and effecting his lungs, making it hard for him to breath. We were so so grateful for the amazing doctors are nurses there that had such good medical plans for him and got him on the right track.
By the end of the month he was on a really good path, and you can see from the pictures he was looking much more alert and stronger. He was such a sweet little guy and just melted our hearts! We felt so blessed to have him and that he was doing better after such a stressful and scary first week of life. Such a blessing he was on the way to recovery!
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