Update : Evening, Monday January 8th 2007

I think I can safely say that we are in the clear at this point. In spite of a still gruesome looking IV in the side of his head, Coen is doing extremely well and the doctors are planning on a Wednesday discharge (two days from now). Needless to say, we are thrilled.

The primary focus now is getting Coen to "latch on". As Tauni has said, "Breastfeeding looks a lot easier on TV". Fortunately, Coen is taking to it bit by bit, with us augmenting the rest of his feeding needs with breastmilk through a bottle. I thought it would be a lot stranger to watch my wife transition into a dairy cow, but it's actually very cool. I just hope Coen takes to it 100%.

Tonight is night seven in the hospital with the last three being free thanks to the "nesting" program described earlier. It almost feels like this is where we live now, in an 150 square foot room. Now I'm wondering why we bothered buying a 3000+ square foot Texan house. At least tonight I have the BCS Championship Game to watch in between the "feeding, pumping, resting" cycle. It feels great to finally have a relaxed mind again ready for some sports entertainment. Strangely, I think I'm actually going to miss this hospital...