
We've been home for a few days now and I have still not written about our stay there. Eric and I discussed what we thought about it. If we were impressed with their service or not. I would say that we both liked the staff and were impressed with the generosity that is felt at the hospital. The only thing that we weren't impressed with was how long we ended up staying with still not a lot of answers. Gen is doing much better and that's what counts the most but we wish we hadn't had to stay at the hospital that long. I felt like a prisoner there because I felt guilty leaving her but I was going stir crazy at the same time. I finally reached a breaking point on thursday when the doctors mentioned that they might do a lumbar puncture to check for possible infection. I broke out sobbing for most of the day. I just could not subject my child to something that invasive without any type of anesthesia. Luckily we didn't have to go that route but I was ready to just walk out of the hospital with her in my arms when they mentioned that. All in all it was an okay visit from my point of view. It was a better visit in Eric's point of view I'm sure because he went to work everyday and wasn't always in that room. I'm so grateful that Gen is doing so much better. I would have rather had what she had to go through happen to me a million times before subjecting her to it again. I am grateful for modern medicine. I don't know what might have happened had there not been the tests and treatment they have today.
Marianne, you are such a brave and loving mother. I admire you so much for your strength. You and little Gen are in my thoughts and I hope everything goes up and up from here. Coming from a nurse, we have such a hard time telling families what is going on with their loved ones because sometimes we don't have all the answers. It really should be the doctors explaining things, but that doesn't happen very often :) Love you!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad she is doing better! You are very strong! I don't know how I would ever handle that!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, that's terrible! You are an amazing mother Marianne. It's much harder to see a child in pain than to be in pain.
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