Better and better!!!

Everything is going so much better than we ever expected!!! We finally have Luke in our room with us - just us! It's perfect. It was a long afternoon waiting but they were trying to finish up all the testing on him in the NICU. This poor little guy has had a LOT of pin pricks but he's handling it like a champ!
Our neurologist did a final check up this morning and still had nothing important to note - yeah! Someone at Children's set up our initial appointment with him in June when we'll also start meeting with OT and PT. They also set up his initial pediatrician appointment next week. Someone else is getting us set up with First Steps which is essentially, from what we understand, a service that comes to your house and decides what special needs your child has and does treatments such as OT and PT and other evaluations. I cannot believe how much help we have had. In our first meeting with the neurologist, neonatolgist and our nurse they kept stressing that we were not alone in this. In my mind I was thinking that it was easy for them to say that but they don't go home with us!! Now, I totally see what they mean. The support we have received here at Barnes & Children's has been absolutely amazing! I NEVER dreamed they would go out of their way to help us cover ALL of our bases and really support us. It has made this week so easy and we are so comforted.
He still hasn't really met his brother yet for more than a minute - which might be safer for Luke!! Hopefully that will happen tomorrow either here at the hospital or at home. We're not sure when we're being released yet.
Thanks for all the prayers and kind words. Keep it up - it's obviously working!! We are excited and looking forward to our first sleepless night with our little guy!!!