52 Hours in the Hospital

So we were admitted at dinner time on Tuesday. The room was small. There was no bed for an adult. There was a pull-out chair, and they eventually secured a recliner as well, but there was nothing comfortable about this room. It's a pediatric floor. Would you assume most children who stay there are accompanied by a parent? Maybe two? Would making the room comfortable for those people make sense?

Why are we in the hospital? Right. Of course.

Molly was admitted on Tuesday so she could have a feeding tube inserted. She has not been eating particularly well for the past few weeks and this is going to help. We're going to up her intake, but distribute it over a longer period of time. It looks worse than it is. It's not uncomfortable for her and the tube can actually stay in place for about six weeks. If all goes well, she will gain some weight and some strength and by the time a tube change would be necessary, tube feedings will not be.