Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thursday night





















I'm in Thomas' room laying on my favorite couch, which has been my home for the last two nights, and feels oh so inviting for this evening as well. Thomas is asleep, which hopefully will continue through the evening, minus the nurse visits to prod and poke. Last night he did fairly well, the night before not so much. I'm pretty tired, which has made it difficult to generate the energy to give an update. As such, I'm not going to format this entry and place the pictures judiciously within context.


Basically, all we are waiting on now is for Thomas to drink some formula, something he is absolutely not interested in. he's moving around good, sitting up, kicking, eating baby food. Just no liquids. He's on an IV, so that may be working against him. Never the less, he can't go until he does. Its fairly frustrating for all of us. As much as I love seeing Rebecca for an hour or so a day and sleeping on a piece of furniture that can be wiped down, we're ready to go home. Thomas is ready to go home, but he's stubborn as well and he knows what he wants and what he doesn't and there's no reasoning with him.
The last 2 days have steadily gotten better. Rebecca and her mom are doing the day shift, when Thomas is awake. Since he's bed-ridden, its up to them to keep him entertained, which is very draining. He's actually becoming somewhat demanding. He'll drop tears on you in a second if he doesn't have exactly what he wants in his hand. Hopefully this is temporary and he'll go back to his sedate self when we get back home.
I drew the night shift. The first night was very rough. Thomas was still in pain and despite being very tired, couldn't sleep. The slightest noise would make him stir and then subsequently cry. there was an hour stretch where he would dose off, get a body spasm, jerk back awake and cry, over and over. Finally, we decided to give him some drugs and he settled down. Last night was much better, he pretty much slept constantly between nurses visits, as did I. Its very disconcerting waking up and there's a nurse already in the room checking vitals.
Neither shift is good, and its been a little tough passing each other at night and in the morning. Fortunately, Rebecca and I went out to dinner while her mom stayed with Thomas last night and tonight. Two nights in a row of just the 2 of us eating at the same time in the same room is very rare. I could get used to it though.
Its late, so I'm going to grab some sleep while I can.

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