August 10, 2015 "Home!"

Monday (Day 7)- Rayden's MRSA was almost dried up and crusting over this morning. I'm super excited!! This antibiotic seemed to do the trick quickly. Dr. Elton said we were clear to go home as long as Rayden took the clindamycin orally.

The floor doctors were so disappointed when they came in and Rayden was asleep. They all said, "NOOO! We wanted to get some laughs this morning!" As if on que, he woke up and smiled but went right back to sleep. This kid is just too precious!

At 10 am the nurse brought in the Clindamycin for us to try. It smells and tastes terrible but Rayden took it. I believe he wanted to go home just as bad as Mommy.

This hospital visit had to be one of the best so far. Rayden was not in any pain, did not have surgery, and I could sleep in the room with him. They put his IV in his foot so he couldn't feel it and he was able to use his hands. He wasn't even connected to the monitors this time! A totally different experience for us both.

Although we were excited to go home, the best part of our day was that Dr. Goodnight came to visit. He is the Maternal-Fetal Medicine doctor that took care of me during my pregnancy, and performed the fetal surgery. We like to refer to him as our hero. He seemed just as happy to see Rayden as we were to see him.