21 August, Saturday : Gabriella’s progress while in the hospital was finally confirmed during today’s weight check. She weighed 3.680 Kg or 8 lbs 2 oz. As such, her weight gain was much closer to the one ounce per day expected of little ones her age.
After a final round of poke, prods, and listening, the doctors said she could go home. As usual, paperwork and bureaucracy slowed the discharge process. Nevertheless, we still managed to escape by mid-day.
Once home, everyone settled in for a well-deserved nap. When we woke, we saw that GG had managed to completely remove her Nasal Gastric Tube (NGT). The wonderful staff of the Pediatrics Ward agreed to help – they re-admitted Gabriella and re-inserted the NGT.
Once the position of the NGT was confirmed by an x-ray, we were discharged again. The whole process took just over 3 hours – Gabriella now wears little mittens so she is unable to repeat that little trick.
Back home by 9 PM, we settled in to our nightly routine. It was wonderful to have our little family back together again in Kailua.
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