The new NICU

I am loving the Loudoun Hospital NICU!

Faris was transferred to Loudoun Hospital last week by ambulance as he was finally a 'Feeder & Grower' and stable enough to be moved. The new NICU is so much more peaceful! He went from sharing a room with about 10 other babies and just about as many nurses, to a room with two other babies! I love that Amy is there and that she cuddles with him whenever she can. It is wonderful to speak with the nurses and not feel that they have 15 other things that they have to do at the same time.
He was also moved to an open crib when he got there! I can't even begin to explain how nice it feels to have the nurse tell me I can just pick him up! I haven't been able to just go in and pick up my baby for 7 weeks. SEVEN WEEKS.

Hamza finally was able to meet his brother at the new place as well! Although, he did what most two year old boys would do. Nothing. He says Faris when asked as well as brother and it is the sweetest sound I have heard. I can't wait to see what he does when Faris is home. Probably not much until he realizes that Faris is here to stay.

I do miss his nurses at Fairfax. They became family with the amount of time we spent there. I will always remember how great they were to my family and to our tiny 2lb 7oz baby. I couldn't have asked for a better experience, besides not having to go through that at all, than the one we had with them. The move happened so quickly that we weren't able to really say good bye to our Room. They will always have a place in our family and in our hearts for their love and kindness they gave to my boy.

We still don't have an end date in sight but I have just come to accept that. The NICU is the best place for him as it has been since he came into our lives. He is doing so well!! He is getting ready to take his feedings by mouth and weening him off of the Oxygen. I try not to get too excited but it's hard when the nurse asked about a pediatrician! He looks just like his Daddy and just like Hamza did when he was a newborn! I swear he is going to have reddish brown hair like mine and those big black eyes and great skin color like his daddy.

I love that little boy so much.

I can't wait for him to come home with us...