Meredith and Aaron: Homecoming, Part 2

Reagan came home on September 26, exactly one week after her brother. The doctors kept her an extra week to see if they could wean her off of the oxygen, so we had one less thing to deal with when she came home. But as always, little miss had her own plans. Reagan decided that she needed the oxygen a little while longer. A medical supplies company came and brought a big oxygen tank and some travel size tanks for when we needed to take her somewhere. She will also remain on her Pulse Oximeter, so we can continue to monitor her oxygen saturation and see how she is doing. Aaron was able to take the day off of work for Jackson's homecoming, but he wasn't able to get off when she came home. Since his mom was in town, I was able to leave Jackson with her and I headed off to the hospital by myself to bring our little girl home. After she was finally released and her portable oxygen was all set up, the nurse walked us out and we loaded her up and headed on our way.

I was so nervous, because she was in her carseat in the back all by herself and I couldn't see what or how she was doing. Thankfully we live close to the hospital, but halfway home her alarm started going off. Being in the hospital you get used to certain alarms and what they mean. I knew that her oxygen levels were just dropping slightly and often times this is caused by the baby's movement and it isn't anything to worry about. I watched the monitor for a little bit, but the numbers were not bouncing back as quickly as I wanted, so I decided to pull over and check on her. She was sound asleep and doing okay. I decided to just continue home, so we could get settled in and Grandma would be there to help if I needed something. When I got home and unloaded everything, I realized that her oxygen had been hooked up, but hadn't been turned on this entire time. No wonder her alarm kept going off! But we got her home safely and our new lives with twins officially began.