DITL 2.11.15
DITL. 2.11.15
It's been awhile since I've posted a DITL. My husband recently got out of the Air Force and we are traveling the U.S. In our RV now. We have 2 kiddos - ages 4 and 1.5 Currently we are in AZ. My mom has been in the hospital for 7 days due to serious illness... I've been staying with her about 20 hours a day at the hospital. Here's my DITL, spent mostly at the hospital next to my mom's bedside.
wake up around 7am. It was a pretty restless night for mom, but I managed to get a good 2 hours sleep.
I look so awesome after sleeping in this garb all night.
I greet mom and quickly go downstairs to the bathroom to freshen up before doctors start coming in.
Not time for me to eat yet, but I snag an orange juice from the cafe on my way back up.
Mom is on contact and droplet precautions so I gown back up before I go back in her room. A nurse is already in to do morning assessment and mom is upset i was gone so I help her communicate the best I can and reassure her.
I try to get started on our taxes, but soon dad arrives from his morning shift as a school bus driver around 9:30am. We have some serious decisions to make about moms long term care so we grab breakfast together. He cancels church for the evening as he's also a pastor.
We hang out in moms room after breakfast and see a couple doctors. My husband texted that he was downstairs with the kids around 11:30am so I head out to see them.
I boob the 1.5 yr old while he drives a truck on my face, say hello and give a squeeze to my older kiddo. The hubby makes faces for me as I say goodbye for the afternoon. My dad comes down and hubby takes him and drops him off to go back to his afternoon school bus run.
I buy mom some flowers on my way back up. She's not feeling good so I actually stuck them in my bag and ended up bringing a mason jar back and giving them to her the next day. Pretty though... Time to start on taxes.
Head down to the bathroom... facetime with my youngest kiddo who misses mama and wants to know when I'm coming "home and sit" -- which pretty much means he wants to nurse. :( Mom turns on the TV for a bit and I sneak in a time check... Dad should be here pretty shortly, but maybe I have time for a nap?
Dad showed up quickly... and we pretty much dashed out the door, ran into my husband who was bringing the kids by to see me and so the baby could nurse. We all jumped in the van and headed to find food. Grabbed Chipotle, dropped dad back at the hospital and I went home to eat and spend some time with my family.
I desperately needed a shower, so I grabbed a quick soak in the tub and my little guy snuck in to say hello!
I nursed him to sleep and tucked him into bed... and then went in and snuggled with my daughter for a bit. She was really struggling with mommy being gone and desperately wanted me to stay. Kind of broke my heart because there was nothing I could do to make it better for her.
Head back to the hospital and get mom to eat her protein shake. They freeze them for some reason so she has to eat it with a spoon, but at least she's getting some nutrients.
Pull out my nightly stock of orange juice. YAY Vitamin C for keeping the germs away... get my "comfy" bed all set up for the night...
It ended up being the worst night with the worst patient care tech and mom's worst night yet but I stopped taking pictures at this point! Goodnight!!