Toby stayed in the Special Care Nursery in Frederick, MD for just over three weeks until he was able to safely come home.

Those 3+ weeks were very stressful on the family. Emily tried to spend as much time with Toby in the hospital as possible, while James went back to work and visited Toby in the evenings (so he could save his time off for when Toby was home with us) and thank goodness for all of our wonderful friends for watching Thomas for us so that we could spend so much time at the hospital!

Because he was premature and born in the middle of RSV season, many doctors and health care professionals advised us to "keep him in" (away from crowds) until May. We did just that. And, he remained healthy!