Our room was directly across the hall from the nursery which appears to be the equivalent of a hotel room or apartment located next to the elevators. I think this was an eye-opening experience for me as I was woken every 30 minutes by sounds that more closely resembled a donkey than a new child. Conversely, Daniel was able to sleep through it all which I'm sure bodes well for his future sleep habits :)
This is not to say that Daniel had it easy by any means. He was forced to spend the night on a "bed" that was nothing more than a 5 foot piece of plywood with 2 inches of cotton batting surrounding. Needless to say we were both miserable by the time morning rolled around.
When we were first admitted to the floor on Friday night they told us that we would be staying until Sunday to allow time for all of the test results to come back. After our first 12- extremely long- hours (during which there was discussion on how we could manage to escape), we were both so relieved to hear "you can stay if you want OR you can go home to finish the testing". We obviously chose to return home and spent the remainder of the weekend recovering from our sleep deprivation.
This afternoon we had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Cook who reviewed the latest lab results; everything from the hospital came back normal and the latest 24 hour protein count was under the 300 limit- so things are looking up this week! I also had the final steroid shot for Henry's lungs; even though we hope that they aren't necessary it's nice to know that he's been given every advantage possible if things change!
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