James is Home

Friday was an event filled day. When Mary called the NICU to check on James in the morning she got a scare as the nurse told her that they didn't have a James Snyder in the NICU. Luckily the nurse who had been caring for him overheard this and quickly corrected her that he had been transferred to the ISCU (Infant Special Care Unit). This was one step closer to home. Mary called the nurse in the ISCU, but she had just been informed that James was her patient and had no vitals to report other than saying that if he was moved there he must be doing better and that the doctor was supposed to make rounds within the hour. I wanted more info (being a numbers guy) and asked Mary to get more info by lunch. School was cancelled, so she was busy with the other 3 and did not get a chance to call before I called home at lunch time, so she called them while I finished my lunch and they said we could bring him home. His respiration rate was still a litlle high, but we were supposed to get a decent winter storm over the weekend and they determined he would be better off at home. I cut out of work early to go with them to get James and on the way home got in a fender bender. My front bumper was ripped off and the other car had some minor damage. Thankfully nobody was hurt. A King County Sheriff's officer pulled up behind us and helped us clear the road. Since we were in Snohomish county, she told us to exchange info and fill out some form she gave us and be on our way, but his insurance company told him to get a police report. This ended up being costly for him since he had 2 kids in the car that were not in car seats. One of them was 2 weeks old. I finally got home and we went into the city and got James. Anthony informed the nurse that the baby goes in the car seat as soon as we got there, but we told him that James needed to get dressed warm first (and be discharged). The kids are fighting (politely) over who gets to hold him next. I had to avoid him all weekend since I have been sick. Mary is sick now but, being that she is his primary food source, she can't avoid him. All this and we still have almost none of the Christmas shopping done.