Friday, May 13, 2005

A Bit More Freedom to Move Around

Wow! Dr. T gave us permission to move about the hospital without a nurse escort. That means we can just pick up and go wherever we want, as long as the nurse knows where we're going. We have to take a phone and the Heart Center number with us, in case we would need it. We had to be trained on the hand-pump for safety reasons, but I've seen all the other nurses get trained on it, so I already knew anyway. It's been fun! Bailey and I found a jigsaw puzzle on the two computers in the parent lounge, and we've been racing to put them together. That's been fun too!

Even though Dr. T told us yesterday that we could go places by ourselves without a nurse, the nurses couldn't let us do that yet because they didn't have a written order from him. So he popped in early this afternoon and we asked him for an order. He asked if I knew how to work the pump and I said yes, that they officially showed me last night. He then asked if I hooked it up and practiced! (That, of course, means that we unhook her hose from the Berlin Heart computer and manually pumped the machine!) I looked at him like he was crazy, and said "No! No one else has done that! And I would rather not!" Then I was asking him, if all you have to do is pull the hose straight out, how does it stay in there? He responds with, "I don't know. I don't know how to work it." I gave him so much grief. I said, "So I've had a false sense of security in you for the last 3 months?!" He just laughed at me. Then he discovered the dark chocolate peanut M&M's that Vickie brought earlier today - and he stands there sucking those down. (Thank you, Vickie. You made his day!) He came up after a very complicated surgery and he must have needed the sugar.

They had a party in the atrium this afternoon to welcome spring. Bailey made a lamb out of cotton balls. It's so cute!

Josie and Marissa are coming over tomorrow night for a slumber party. Marissa's coming in the morning to spend the day, and Josie's coming over later. That will be a fun girly time!

Bailey is getting her PIC line stitches fixed tomorrow. Hopefully that won't be any big deal, but she's a little nervous. You might say an extra prayer for her.

I think that just about covers today. Not as action-packed as yesterday, but we've been having fun moving about by ourselves.

Hope everyone's been having a good week. I'll check in again tomorrow.

Angie

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