Day 51: Girl Talk

On Susanne's way into the hospital today, there was a mother standing with her child in the parking garage asking for help. She was panicked because her child was actively vomiting and did not have enough energy to get into the hospital on her own. Unfortunately, the child was too big for the mother and Susanne to carry her by themselves. Susanne offered to call 911 as well as run across the street to the hospital to see if anyone could assist her. Susanne called 911 first. She was shocked when they were less than helpful. They told her that she was close enough to the hospital that she should ask for their assistance first instead of having them dispatch an ambulance. When Susanne got inside the hospital, she talked with someone at the front desk to see if they could contact the ER. The person from the ER instructed her to contact 911 for help instead. Susanne then called 911 again to hopefully get someone to help her. It was an emergency you know. Anyways, the person on the phone was still unhelpful and wanted to know more details about the situation before sending an ambulance over. Susanne made sure to let them know that she was just someone that was passing by and just trying to help a stranger in need. They asked for her name and phone number and then rudely said that they would send someone out when they had a chance. Susanne decided to take matters into her own hands. She went up to Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit and asked if there was someone that could walk out to the parking garage with her to assist this woman and child. They said that they would just wait for the ambulance to pick them up and take them to the ER. Lastly, Susanne asked if she could borrow a wheelchair to help bring the child into the building herself, but once again got shot down. Who would have thought that it would be that difficult to get assistance for an emergency when you are on hospital grounds? Go figure.

Susanne assisted the occupational therapist with Paxton's session today. He still looked good and continued to make improvements daily. Paxton's head control was still a little weak, but that should improve with time. He should be up and walking anyday now...okay, maybe not, but it sounded good.

The best part of Paxton's day was that he got to meet two of his mommy's closest friends, Julie and Cory. They were so excited that the day had finally come that they could meet the famous little guy in person. They had spent a lot of time with him when he was still inside his mommy's belly and it had been torture for them not to be able to meet him for almost two months after he was born. They each spent time holding Paxton and giving him lots of love. Aunt Julie and Aunt Cory got to watch Susanne try to give him a bottle before starting his NG feeding. He was improving a little bit each time she worked with him. Paxton ended up vomiting a couple of times during their visit. Susanne really appreciated having the extra hands around. Aunt Julie also got to try her hand at changing dirty diapers. She was such a pro. She can change Paxton's diaper anytime she'd like. All three ladies enjoyed playing with Paxton's equipment and monitors throughout the afternoon. You can take the white coat off of the doctor, but you can't take the doctor out of being a doctor. Paxton participated in his first session of girl talk. He got a little bored and ended up falling asleep, but let's be honest, what guy doesn't. The time just slipped on by. Before they knew it, it was after 8:00 pm. They thought about having a slumber party, but,sadly, they had forgotten their sleeping bags.

Susanne got home later than she usually does and she was extra tired. When she opened the garage door to park her car for the night.....there was someone else's car parked inside. YAY! SCOTT WAS HOME!!!!! What an awesome surprise. Susanne couldn't think of a better ending to her day than to have her husband home with her.