Julia's Blog

You know you've been at the hospital too long when...

• You look forward to Tuesdays because they are French Toast days
• You start preferring some nurses on certain days over others
• You know what "to" and what "not to" order on the cafeteria menu (penne pasta with marinara = good. oatmeal and pizza = not good)
• You know the morning routine so well that when it is an hour off you wonder if they forgot about you or something
• You bring your own hand soap because you know that the soap that is provided smells like grass
• You know that the coffee that comes with your meals tastes horrible, but the coffee in the waiting room is much better (not great, but better)
• You can quote all the questions the nurses ask for the twice daily assessments...in order

Anyway, it was a good day today. Nothing really new. Just waiting until Wednesday when I get to go home. I started sending a few things home with Andrew tonight to make the "move out" easier. He took me outside some which was nice...even though it was just in the parking lot. We weren't sure if that was allowed or not, but no one stopped us, so I guess it was fine. I had not been outside for 12 days, so it was nice. We went to the cafeteria to get some ice cream, but they were closing. I must have looked disappointed because the lady was really nice and let us go ahead and get some ice cream anyway...that was really nice.

I had another sonogram today with the perinatologist. Everything continues to look good. The fluid levels are still high, but seem to have decreased slightly. I don't think that there will be any change in treatment at this point...just keep on with the same thing for one more day. On Wednesday, I will get to go home and reduce my medicine. I will still be on bed rest for one more week I think...but we'll confirm that with the doctor on Wednesday. Then we'll just be waiting to see when Baby Bennett decides to make her big debut. Sometimes I think that she will come soon, and then other times I wonder if she will be a jokester and wait around for a while...I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Posted in: on Monday, August 18, 2008 at at 10:37 PM