I have spent 48 days in an interior room. This has been good for my brain and eye development but Mom says she feels like she is living in Star Trek. She says this must be what space travel is like because there are days she doesn't see the outside. Dad thinks its getting to her and nurse Linda says the walls start getting smaller. One of the nurses suggested looking to see if there was an open room with a window. She said we would have to move all of my fan mail and my mom's stuff, but that it'd be worth it since Mom spends so much time in the hospital with me. She put the request in, but we didn't hear anything by the end of the day so Mom went home to sleep and get a mental rest.
When Mom goes home for the night, she always calls the night nurse when she pumps in the middle of the night to check on me. Tonight (or this morning) she called to check on me at 4:30am and the nurse said we could change rooms but she would have to come to the hospital before shift change. Mom finished pumping and got the hospital at 5am. It took her several trips, but she moved everything to my new digs. It has TWO windows and faces something called Piestewa peak. Mom is soooo happy this morning she said she doesn't care if she only got a few hours sleep!
 |
| North facing windowS- a rarity in the NICU |
No comments:
Post a Comment