Rambo's Rampages...

It's 12:16am and I'm definitely starting to wonder where the nurse is.... I mean, getting home from the hospital yesterday only to find out that the nurse is unable to come in on a night she is scheduled to work every week is bad enough..... but really... two nights in a row??? When I have an electric blanket waiting for me upstairs?? Please don't let this be so!! 12:21am and she just pulled in. Thank God!!!! Good night all.... 

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I've been thinking. "Uh oh," you say. Just here me out on this one.  I think I've finally decided that I like being a stay at home mom. You're thinking, "It only took you 7 years to decide that?" Well, yes... and no. Because there are days where I would do ANYTHING to get out of the house. I seriously mean anything. Forget homeschooling, leave Rambo behind, stay as far away from laundry as possible, no worries about cat puke, no floors to sweep, no bills to pay, no meals to make just run Run RUN! Okay, after writing all that I'm now thinking that kind of sounds ideal..... What was I saying before??? Oh right... the whole 'I like being a stay at home mom' thing...... So, as I was saying, I have decided I like my role as a stay at home mom. Here are the reasons why (as I now have to convince myself all over again) Who really wants to get up, get dressed and be ready for work at 8am? And for some nurses and police officers and the lik...

I feel victorious!  It's not because there was a helicopter with a search light right outside my window last night circling the area because they were looking for someone. Victorious wouldn't be the right word for that. Maybe...... concerned. It's not because I finally caught the movie 'Soul Surfer' from the beginning and right at the climax (which sneaks up on you, by the way, because there are A LOT of surfing scenes in that movie) some random lady comes over to talk to me for 1.5 minutes and I MISS THE SHARK ATTACK. In case you didn't know - that's the whole point of the movie. Victorious wouldn't be the right word for this either. Defeated is more like it. And I'm pretty sure the words, "Are you freaking kidding me???" slipped in there as well. It's not because the family in the room next to me has a child that wakes up at 7:47am every morning screaming at the top of his lungs.  And it's definitely not because I had the ...

In the words of Gwen Stefani "Whatchu waitin', watchu waitin', watchu waiting foooor?" Answer: The doctors. What else would we be waiting for? Apparently the waiting game is fun. I have to assume that's the reason for all of the sitting and waiting anyway. And I'm sure it probably is fun for those we lie in wait of. For the person doing the waiting, however.... not so much.  Here's the way it plays out to us, the aforementioned helpless wait-ers: Secnario 1 Wait-er: *wakes up early* I better hurry and get to the hospital. I know the team rounds early on weekdays and I don't want to miss them because they may not come back for the rest of the day and I could possibly go all day without seeing a single doctor if I miss the rounding. I'll get my coffee and breakfast after I see them. Those we lie in wait of: *drinking coffee, reading charts, 'discussing patients', drinking coffee* An hour passes  Wait-er: I'm really glad I di...

get out of the hospital Okay... that's a given. Here is the to do list of things that need to happen so we CAN get out. say it with me - get oxygen back down to normal. This we are working on. He was up to 40% for part of the night but is now down to 30% and doing well. echocardiogram tomorrow chest xray tomorrow (Both of the above have to look good, obviously. We can't just have them done and then go home if they look any worse. So maybe I should say 'good results on the echo and xray.') change medications over to Gtube intsead of IV and make sure he tolerates them well overall progress in health The doctor today said that this is a slow supportive role they are playing; making sure he is completely over it this time. With his already weak vulnerable airways they need to be sure this has moved out so that we are not back here in another week in another bad or possibly worse position. So as far as a timeline goes - there isn't one. I don't fo...