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Nov. 4 - Momma of 2!
I was going to write this journal about a month ago and I guess I got too busy :D
When I do get some quiet time, I have been reflecting on just the month and a half I have had with Max and our hospital stays.
I really enjoyed my stay at Overlake- in fact I didn't want to leave. I asked them if we could stay another day and they said insurance wouldn't allow it lol. I was really enjoying the amount of food I could get anytime :D We also had a really good experience with all the folks there so it was a rewarding time.
When we were at Children's- Ben and I would come home to see Colin which was always wonderful and hard at the same time because we got to spend some time with him but then we had to say goodbye and he would always cry and that was super hard for Ben and I. Usually when we would get back to the hospital Ben and I would have movie night or game night which would help us not think about much. I do like to think back about the fun we had at the hospital. We had midnight chow, we got to eat out everyday (at least the food was cheap!) and we got Sbux a couple of times so it was nice. For the first part of the stay I was in a wheel chair because if you know children's hospital it is about 2 miles to the cafeteria and I was just sore from surgery so it was fun with Ben pushing me around and he really enjoyed it too....especially going to midnight chow we would race up and down the hallways in the wheelchair because there was no one around and we needed lots of sleep lol!
When it came time to come home (8days later) I had fallen into a reutine...I didn't want to go. I felt safe in my reutine and I told Ben we couldn't leave until we finished our movie...we ended up finishing it at home but it was totally weird not wanting to go....but they had a lot of food too so lol I probably drank their whole supply of OJ while I was there...and the unlimited amount of PB and graham crackers....don't mention the unlimited amount of coffee Ben and I would drink until 3 am....it was fun. So we did have a good experience coming out of it- but it was a very hard time with Max being all hooked up and struggling.
I finally have a routine at home now. We have been blessed by many families with meals and it has been wonderful- I say we are all overwhelmed by the kindness! Again thank you all who have prayed for us and brought us meals!