Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

Wow! Have we been hammered with snow today! Thank Goodness I decided to spend the night and all day here today because it would have taken me 2 hours to get home for sure. Needless to say, it wasn't anything like the night before Christmas here in M40-03. You know the part where not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. There was a lot of stirring going on here between the patients whining on either side of Lily to the blood pressure cuff refusing to take her blood pressure and the nurse anxiously trying for like 30 minutes with no success. That was around 3Am. Oh, and did I add that they decided to weigh her then since she was awake. I got a lot of broken up sleep, though one of the nurse pratitioners came in and told me that she stopped by really early and Liliana was sleeping soundly and so was I. I bet I was snoring. LOL! Well I will stop my whining. Bill called this morning to tell me that Gwynny had a bit of a rough night. I took her to the pediatrician yesterday and found out she has an ear infection. Bummer! Well she gave us a really strong anti-biotic and hopefully that will knock anything out before our little lumpkin comes home. No word on when that will be. They want to do a gastric study on her to see how her digestive tract is working and whether or not she is emptying her food from her belly. They also would like to transition her from the ND (Corpac tube) to an NG (Stomach)tube. She has to be able to tolerate feeds again in her tummy so we will have to be patient and wait it out. I have made my requests very clear here so I am hoping that they continue to adhere to my wishes because if all goes well I will be at home in my bed tonight and Liliana will be asleep dreaming sweet, peaceful dreams.

3 comments:

Cathy said...

Aren't the middle of the night nurse visits just awful. Lily had a wet lung that required respiratory therapy every four hours. The therapist had to come...this I understood, but at 5 a.m. just after Lily went back to sleep, the nurse came in to wake her to weigh her...what the heck...do it later!!!! Hopefully you'll all be home soon and you won't have to put up with any visits...unless of course, Lily's hungry or Gwinny's sick...lol! Take care

Nicole said...

Broken sleep is the worst...glad Lily is still doing well. I live not far from the CLinic and I can't believe how much it has snowed today.

To Love Endlessly said...

I completely understood broken sleep. Pod life is miserable even after a day. Hope Gwinny is feeling better.