A Shared Room

Molly spent her six month birthday at CHoP, much like she spent her three month birthday there. Except back then she had a private room. I spent the weekend down there with her and I was surprised by the fact that it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. First of all we had the far bed in the room, so by default we get more space and additional privacy (no one has to walk through our area to get to the other person in the room). Second of all, the parents of the other baby were only there for a total of six hours during the 48 hours I was there.

Molly slept a lot during the day, so I caught up on movies. At night, she was up a lot, but the nurses were so on top of things that by the time I heard her cry and looked up, someone was already there. The biggest problem about the shared room is that the babies are never on the same schedule. So when Molly was up the other was sleeping. When Molly was sleeping the other was up. When one monitor was going off it was inevitably while the other baby - and by extension her dad - was sleeping.

From a medical perspective there is very little to report. Molly continues to be congested and therefore occasionally spits up after eating. They have put her on an additional acid reflux medication (this one deals with the reflux part, her other deals with the acid part), but since she spit up this morning I guess that is not going to totally solve the problem. She is still getting some oxygen, but it is just to keep her levels up without working too hard. Erin tells me she had to have a new IV put in last night, so I am sure she is a little agitated today after getting yet another needle stuck in her.

No word on her release date, or a date for surgery. You'll be the first to know - after the others.