I've become spoiled with family in town so many weekends. This was not one of those. It's just too much to ask my Mother-in-law to help out on weekends and it seems the couple babysitters I hire most often aren't as available either. I also like to try to spend some time with Lila. Mike usually has to work on the weekends as well, or try to rest up after a long stressed out week. So I thought I'd go it alone. Normally that would be fine, if we weren't trying to go in so many different directions.
Mike helped out in the morning while I pumped and caught up on a couple of things. By 10 am Lila and I headed up to the hospital. I thought I'd try to have her play in the Child Life Play Center while I got a bit of time in with Ian. They are only open from 10-12 so it was tight. Luckily, there was a volunteer available to play with her so I was able to head across the hall to see Ian. I didn't get there until 10:30. Took some time to speak to the nurse about how things were going with him. The really good thing is that he had been extubated the night before. That was the one thing that could have held him up was getting used to not having to breathe on his own again but he pulled through.
Ian hadn't gotten any milk since before the surgery so the nurse asked the doctor on if I could nurse him and he said that was fine. So we had a fabulous nursing session! I could really hear him swallowing rhythmically, just like I remember Lila doing. Just amazing! After a bit he became tired and settled in to sleep. Since I had 20 minutes until the Child Life closed, I decided I better pump the rest. I set up while he layed on my lap on the My Brest Friend pillow. While pumping, Dr. Barrett came in to check in on him and discuss his exit strategy. We decided Friday would be a good day. It would give us time to get the training we would need, the supplies should be in by then and it would be the weekend so maybe Mike could be around to help with the initial settling in.
Yea! We have a date! Very exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. I can not wait to get him home and I really feel he's ready. But the list of meds, oxygen tanks, dealing with the G-tube feeding, etc. will be a bit daunting. I'm sure we'll get into the swing of things. And it will be so much nicer to have him in his home, with consistent care, and 24/7 love from Mike, Lila and I.
It seemed as soon as she walked out, the volunteer from the Child Life came in and to bring Lila back. I had to clean up really quick. Ian was crying quite hard and the nurse was having trouble consoling him so she wanted me to try to nurse him to calm him down. While she was trying to hand him to me, Lila was trying to show him her toy she just received. She was also trying to give him a kiss and a hug. Again, so sweet but a little hectic with everything else going on. Also, her cough had come back and I was freaked out about her coughing near him.
I was also a bit stressed because we were late to a birthday party, still needed to eat lunch and buy a gift in the gift shop downstairs. I was also supposed to only hang at the party for a bit and leave Lila there for a while because Mike & I were going to meet with another family friends who had brought their son home years ago with a G-tube. And to top it off, in just a few hours I was supposed to be home to receive a massage that Mike had set-up as a Mother's Day gift! All great stuff, just a bit tightly scheduled.
As we were finally leaving the hospital, I realized I hadn't purchased a new parking pass. They sell them as $80 10 day passes or $100 23 day passes. I remember buying the 23 day pass thinking there's no way I'd use all that time but it was just such a better deal I thought it silly not to spend the extra $20 just in case I needed a few extra days. Who would have thought we'd still be buying passes after it expired on Friday the 7th.
Went from dealing with the very slow parking pass guy to trying to get to the car in a reasonable amount of time with a doddling toddler ;-) I felt so bad because I was trying to rush her and she was just doing her thing, which is lovely. Walking on the path, singing, etc.
We arrived at the party 2 hours late and I was supposed to drop her and head out for a meeting with friends to discuss their son's G-tube from many years ago. I just told Mike that it wasn't working. Had to pump, and wasn't going to have enough time to get there, back and up to our home for the 4 pm massage that he booked for me at the house. So sweet for him to do that but it was a tight day.
I left her at the party for Mike to pick up, neglected to leave the car seat though. Luckily my friend had an extra! The massuse was waiting for me when I got here. He was awesome! More sports massage, which is really what I needed. No pain, no gain, right?
Mike & Lila had arrived home during and ended up playing across the street at our friend's home. Then Mike wanted a bit of work done on him. I set Lila up to do her breathing treatment and headed out the MOMs Club Pamper Party down the street. Totally fabulous party with a wonderful group of ladies! One of the girls had set up vendors doing massage (which I didn't need at this point), mani's & pedi's, hair cuts or straightening, facial waxing & fortune telling. So much fun! I got them all done besides the massage and fortune. Just hanging out with friends was so nice as well.
A wonderful end to another stressful day!
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