Sorry for the lapse since the last report – just nothing to report really. But no news is good news actually…she’s doing fine and the babies are growing and remain rather active. The good and the bad of all this it is that they’ll let her go on this track for another week or so…While we’re at 35 weeks and all should be fine if they came now, the longer they stay where they are the better. The various doctors come in and basically tell her, “Just keeping sitting right there, keep doing what you’re doing (although that seems like absolutely nothing to her), and see how long we can wait this thing out...".
The longer we’ve been here, I’ll say that the place has become a little more like home, the room a little cozier, the rubber pillows a little softer, and now we’re on a first name basis with most of the nurses, particularly the room service lady (like we were with both the hotel and clinic staff out in Colorado). One thing that helps is that from our stays out in Colorado, I feel we got pretty good at setting up camp and learning how to live out of a glorified hotel room.
As for me (not that you asked, and I don’t blame you), I keep bouncing back and forth from the house to the hospital, with her Mom and I taking turns spending the night…I guess this is good training for how to function on little sleep. Funny thing is, she sleeps great every night…The nurse gives her an Ambien at around 10pm each night and she’s usually knocked within 30 minutes. They really ought to offer one to the person staying the room with her on that thing they call a sleeper sofa - it slants one way, is loaded with pencil thin rubber pillows, and has a mattress covered in sweat-inducing pleather.
We appreciate the visitation by many of you as boredom is her biggest frustration in being here…but at the same time, rest in a quiet room helps keep things in check as well.
Over and out from base camp...keep you posted in case any news breaks, but hopefully not for another week.
The longer we’ve been here, I’ll say that the place has become a little more like home, the room a little cozier, the rubber pillows a little softer, and now we’re on a first name basis with most of the nurses, particularly the room service lady (like we were with both the hotel and clinic staff out in Colorado). One thing that helps is that from our stays out in Colorado, I feel we got pretty good at setting up camp and learning how to live out of a glorified hotel room.
As for me (not that you asked, and I don’t blame you), I keep bouncing back and forth from the house to the hospital, with her Mom and I taking turns spending the night…I guess this is good training for how to function on little sleep. Funny thing is, she sleeps great every night…The nurse gives her an Ambien at around 10pm each night and she’s usually knocked within 30 minutes. They really ought to offer one to the person staying the room with her on that thing they call a sleeper sofa - it slants one way, is loaded with pencil thin rubber pillows, and has a mattress covered in sweat-inducing pleather.
We appreciate the visitation by many of you as boredom is her biggest frustration in being here…but at the same time, rest in a quiet room helps keep things in check as well.
Over and out from base camp...keep you posted in case any news breaks, but hopefully not for another week.
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