There is no place like home....

We are home. D is still not 100% better but we wanted to heal her at home and get our life back to normal so yesterday I asked the doctor if we could continue this regiment at home. We actually left the hospital still on isolation...to protect D more than anything else. So here at home we have some new rules.
1. She is restricted to our bedroom ... it has been deemed a "clean room"
2. The big girls will be in masks when/if they enter the room and will sanitize their hands when entering and leaving.
3. Jess must change clothes in another room after returning home from work.
4. The big girls must change their clothes after returning from school, basketball, soccer, church, or any other function where they have been around other children.
5. No visitors under the age of 15 allowed for 3 weeks.
6. She cannot leave the house for 2-3 weeks except to go to the doctor
7. We have to feed her in a sitting position no more than every 2.5 hours.
8. We have to burp her after every ounce.
9. She now takes zantac twice a day for GERD
10. She must remain in an upright position for at least half an hour after every feed.
11. She must sleep on as close to a 45 degree incline as possible...and be placed on her right side.
12. She cannot be jossled, swung, rocked, or bounced for an hour after each feed.
13. All adult visitors must sanitize their hands and we must use discretion as to whether they should hold her or not.
14. We have to keep track of diapers, vomiting, stomach cramping, and fever for the next 2-3 weeks.

We are kind of hunkered down in our house now to protect Peanut. The doctor told me that if I didn't think we could handle this that he would just keep her in the hospital until her immune system recovered. I told him that we would be vigilant and would follow his instructions. We'd rather be home on restrictions than stay in the hospital another couple of weeks. So I guess for all of you that are in our everyday face to face lives those are the rules. If you want to bring food or anything that's great just leave other children at home and make sure that you have no been in contact with sick people for at least 48 hours...preferably 72-96.
I will post pictures from the last few days here in a bit. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and concern. We greatly appreciated getting messages from you all and encouraging words. I know that Jess and I were at the end of our rope of patience and energy and those comments helped us push through.