Monday morning I went into Franklin's room at that hospital and I changed his diaper and took his temperature like always before he eats and something seemed different. I looked at him for a minute trying to figure out what was different and then it hit me. He had no tubes up his nose. No more oxygen:)!! Yeah!!! He is finally breathing on his own. He is getting close to coming home. His next and I think last hurdle is passing his car seat test. Apparently preemie babies can have a hard time with car seats and stop breathing while traveling. So before he can leave the hospital he has to pass the car seat test. He has to sit in his seat for 1hr15min. and keep his Oxygen levels up. He has failed the test twice which they assure me is very common. Tomorrow they will retry and hopefully he will pass. Then he will get to meet the rest of the family who anxiously await his coming home.
