We have been home just under 2 weeks and life has been great! Elijah is growing, eating and sleeping well. Unfortunately we noticed a lump around his groin region and he was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. He gets irritated every so often, but for the most part he continues to be a trooper and is incredibly brave! His appointment with a children’s urologist will be coming up on June 30th so that we can figure out next steps to resolve this ailment. Elijah sure has had an adventurous start to his life! We hope this is the last unexpected surprise.

We are finally homebound! After 9 and a half weeks in the NICU Elijah has been cleared to go home! He is eating all of his food by mouth now and his weight finally broke 6 pounds. His growth is steady and in a place that make the doctors comfortable for discharge. Now we get to move on to the next chapter of having our little family at home!

Elijah is scoring top marks on all his tests! He is eating very well from his mouth. As of last week he was eating around 50% of all his food by mouth and the rest was through his feeding tube. Today was the first day that he transitioned into eating more than 75% of his meals orally! With that he is starting a new feeding plan where he eats what he wants, when he wants. If all goes well, next week could mean a discharge! We are very excited to take him home for the first time and start our life as a family outside of the hospital.