This is hopefully our last night in the hospital this week. This makes visit number five this year. I hope not to return for a long time, as I am at the point where I cannot wait to get home and stay there until Jesus comes or I die, whichever comes first.
Things I am looking forward to:
–sleeping in a real bed, not a plastic-covered couch with a single blanket on top of me for a week.
–using my washer/dryer when I want. There are two washers and dryers on our floor which are not really enough for the dozens of families on the 8th floor, so they are frequently busy. This afternoon someone proceeded to wash a very heavy pillow and then used the dryer for 4 hours this afternoon on that same pillow. This leads me to ask: could you not wash your pillow when you got home?Doesn’t the hospital have 4 million clean pillows to borrow?
–a single uninterrupted nap for my son. It never fails, as soon as he falls asleep for nap, in walks a doctor with a crew of residents in tow. And since my son is such an interesting case, the doctor then proceeds to lecture to the resident doctors about preventing calcium buildup in the kidneys for mitochondrial illness while my son is trying to sleep. And though you might think he would sleep through it, he does not. Apparently he finds medical lectures riveting.
–not having nightly visits at 9 pm, 11 pm, 1 am, 3 am, 5 am and 7 am. Although they are so considerate and quiet, the nurses have to do their job. It’s not their fault. But still. The thought of a night of only one interruption sounds like a wonderful world.
-not subjecting my son to the 4 am blood draw. It’s a cruel world folks. But those morning rounding doctors want their labs ASAP.
–No more cable TV. Please give me back my narrow assortment of local channels. At least they don’t tempt me to waste so much time. I’m ashamed to admit it but out of boredom I watched far too many episodes of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” this week, which seemed to be on no matter what time I turned on the TV. I find it ironic that they are called “real” housewives, when I have yet to see them do laundry or wash the dishes. Instead of watching them have cocktail parties in strapless dresses, I would like to see one episode where they are scrubbing toilets in their sweats with no makeup on.
–my family, my friends, my church, my neighborhood–I miss you all!
Besides that, I need some sunshine, sleep, and the normal routines of life. Be home soon.
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hope to see you in your real world next week, you are in our prayers, love to you both