BBS is in hospital!

BTW apologies BSDH
I do have big hugs for you and BBS and BS
and hope she out of hospital soon

Good news, I am glad they are being discharged tomorrow
but I think you have to go to the hospitals you are in zone for unfortunately,
If they lived in Panmure or Mt Wellington they would be able to go Starship

Hi all and thank you for your thoughts and all your texts, and of course Emma for dropping Willie in it with all her kids and coming to visit!

I am ok - Ella is ok, she has lure in and arm on a splint thing that she thinks is just to hit me with! Amazing but she still uses it to hit buttons on her toys.

In short I threw a major tanty last night and got moved to a private room - kid in room with us was vomitting constatnly by 8 30pm and I sooo didnt want Ella getting that too! I have a friend who works here so she pulled strings and a formal complaint re the horrid nurse last nite was made today! Serves her right for treating me like a piece of dirt!

Anyways - Ella is sleeping like crap, I think i got about four hours last nite. Am running on empty! Of course she is normally on an angel monitor at home so not hearing my ticking was hard last nite! She has coped really well tho and like Em says is so happy and bubbly that you would not think she is sick! But two chest xrays showed the pneumonia had got worse since last week so admitted on iv she was! Let me just say you NEVER want your infant to have to have a chest xray - the tube straddle breaks your heart - i thought DH was kidding last week when he told me it was heart breaking to watch! Peoples faces out side the room when we came out said it all - they had heard Ellas screams.

Anyways - they tried to discharge us today on low dose antibiotics - NO WAY we are here to get her better not come back in a week or so - and altho DH and I disagreed on outcome we are still here and completing the iv like we are meant to! Nice of them to tell me we would be more comfortable at home - they are right but she didnt respond to low dose last time and I DO NOT want to come back!!! so IV it is til tomorrow!!!

I have discovered one of my clients children is back in here - sad long story there! and also went to visit a friend whose bubba was born at 27 weeks and whose bubba is in NICU downstairs...she was thrilled to see me despite me not being allowed to see bubba of course as i had come from the wards! But thought i would pass all the warm thoughts i had been sent to someone else who needed them too!

ok well someone is being a cling on and wanting mummy - argh I have created a monster with this hospital stay and that is a clingy child who only falls asleep on mummy! kinda nice at times tho to have a snuggly bubba for a change!

ok long post but thank you all again for your thoughts!

BTW thank goodness for take out cause the food here does truly suck!!! next time i am pretending to live at someone elses place and going to starship....LOL!

I understand how you feel about the lack of sleep and good food and the age difference they put in the rooms. I remember that all to well from last month with Andrew being in hospital (I mean who puts a 3 year old in the same room as a 12 year old??). Hopefully she makes a speedy recovery.

I'm all for complaining about staff at the hospital's that got a nice one from me when Andrew was in there. Fair enough having an IV put in a baby once is horrible enough but twice WTF?!?!?!

Thinking of you all and if there is anything we can do let us know!

Glad to hear she is on the mend

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Edited by caitlynsmygirl

Oooh poor little bubba, and I can only imagine how stressful and upsetting it has been for you all
Glad to hear she is recovering and I hope you all get some real sleep soon!

she's right about the above just my way of caring sorry didnt mean too offend