I know it is hard. My dh spent a week in the hospital last November and it was so hard running back and forth to the hospital, trying to spend time with him and take care of our son too. I know how much you miss him, but he will be home before you know it. Don't forget to try and get some rest yourself. Sometimes we forget to do that, but you don't want to run yourself down either. FM me if you want to talk or just need to vent. I have been there.
They still haven't mentioned anything about when he'll be coming home -- but I called up there today and he was transfered from the Critical Care Unit (CCU - Basically the ICU but New Island calls it CCU) to the Step Down Unit (SDU). He doesn't have the oxygen mask anymore, just the nose oxygen, and they are allowing him to have a liquid diet.
I was actually able to speak to him -- the nurse brought the phone into him. He misses us jus as much as we miss him. He was much more alert and coherent then yesterday. Yesterday he was still pretty confused about everything.
I will hopefully be able to go up there today. I have to see who can watch Emily for me. I would seriously take some of you guys up on the offer but she has a cold (just got back from the dr with her, it's just a cold, her ears are fine and everything) and I don't want to get any of your babys sick.
So I just have to wait and see who can watch her for me today! I was supposed to take her to get her 1 year photos done today too at Target (this way if they didn't come out good we'd go somewhere else since they are cheap) and I'm still debating about whether or not I should do that. She is actually in pretty good spirits -- it's just at night that she is cranky and coughing a lot.
Just got home from the hospital a little while ago. Thank goodness for my mom! She's been helping with Emiy so much even though she lives in suffolk and we're in nassau. She stayed with Emily tonight.
He is doing better. Tomorrow they want him to start walking around. He is still getting winded easily and his chest still feels tight but it's such a big improvement compaired to 2 days ago.
He's feeling very sad that this happened --- very sad that he feels like he was very close to not being able to see Emily and me again. He says tat when he closes his eyes to sleep it's all he thinks about -- feeling like that was it, he'd never see us again.
I just can't wait to have him home again. Emily will be so excited to see him. It really hit hard today how much I miss having him here.
The nurse said she'd imagine sometime mid-next-week like wednesday or thursday for him coming home.
