The two new pictures above tell today’s story. The first new one is a picture of me pushing Caden down the hall. The nurse is steering. That last one is a picture of Caden in his new room on 7C. Caden was transferred this afternoon. It took him a while to settle down from the ride across the hospital, but once he did settle down he got very comfortable.
I will be spending my nights with Caden for now. Sherry and I will switch off later to see how that works out. She is already up several times in the night to pump. She needs what sleep she can get with that task. We will have to see how the hospital sleeping arrangements are before she commits to very much time down here at night. I will stay and work from Caden’s room in the evenings and early mornings. Sherry will come down and spend the day with Caden after getting up and spending a little time with Riley. I will go home and catch up on any missed sleep from the night before and visit with Riley. We both still plan to be home in the evenings for dinner with Riley and to see him off to bed. I know it sounds busy but at least we have a plan.
Caden’s room has a private bath with shower, roll-away bed, couch, and chair. We also have access to a refrigerator, ice machine, microwave, and coffee pot. The Ronald McDonald Room, this is different from the House, has a full kitchen and place to sit down with family and eat. It has just opened and is only operational during certain hours due to low volunteer staffing right now. There is a big room down the hall from us called the Atrium. It is a huge play area for patients’ siblings and non-contagious patients. They have just about everything a kid could every ask for to play with in there. Riley has already used it a couple of times when visiting Caden in the past. Now it is just down the hall on the same floor of the same building we are in.
Well the nurse has just finished 12:00 vital signs and I am off to bed. I hope this news fills your day with happiness and joy.