I don't even know if I can begin to explain the emotions this brings. Of course I am elated to finally be taking Josiah home and praising God for faithfulness. It is an incredible answer to prayer. At the same time we are bringing home a baby who is still very, very "sick." Going through this we've always thought that when we brought him home we would have a "normal" (as normal as you can be with half of a heart) baby, but we are not. Josiah hasn't necessarily gotten strong enough to go home we have just gotten the proper machines ready to take him home. As he is now he is still not able to go to the step down unit here at the hospital but we can take him home. This creates a lot of stress and fear. At the same time Milo and I are ready to take over his care and bring him home. We have had the best teachers and training possible here at MUSC. We feel very confident that we know our baby and can pick up on the smallest changes, even before the doctors these days. We are ready to tackle this new challenge and begin figuring out yet another new stage of our lives.

We have so much to do to get ready to go home. We are actually sending the girls home with my parents and moving most of our stuff back home today. Milo and I need to be able to focus on caring for Josiah for the next week. We are actually rooming-in with Josiah for the next two nights to prove that we have learned what we need to learn to take care of Josiah. Then we are going back to Greer to get the house set up for Josiah. We will head back to Charleston Monday morning and continue with our final teaching sessions before they send us home Thursday morning.

We are incredibly grateful that we have made it this far with Josiah. God has been with us all the way and will continue to be with us as we go home. Please pray with us that Josiah will stay stable through this week and that no complications arise that prevent us from going home on Thursday.