Moving on up!

I am thankful for several things. First, I received the meals I requested! Breakfast was really late (10:35am), but that was because the food service gave everyone in the hospital the "house" diet. Evidentely there was a computer error. My hostess (she services both the antepartum and Labor and Delivery units) went down and made trays for us according to what we had asked for (her own initiative). I was extremely grateful. Second, when the doctor visited me at 12:45 he said that I needed to stay here on the 8th floor another night. I made a sad face and told him that I don't sleep very well with these monitors on all night. He then said if I didn't have any bleeding today, I could move up after dinner. I had a little pink spotting once today, but other than that I haven't seen any blood since 11am yesterday. The nurse checked with him at 6:15pm, and he gave me permission to move upstairs this evening. YAY! Hopefully I'll sleep better tonight. I got very little sleep last night. Then I asked him if I could take a shower, and he said I could have one down here. He said it would be a good test to see if I was ready to go upstairs. I have never thought of a taking a shower as a test before. The showers upstairs are much nicer, especially if you have to take one in the seated position, but that warm water felt heavenly. We shall see how long I can stay away from the 8th floor.

The nurse told me if I had a smartphone I could get on any website. I would be tempted if it weren't for the fact that I know you have to sign up for a one or two year contract. I'm not willing to pay the extra expense for that long just so I can get on more websites while I'm hospitalized. I did discover one Facebook game that isn't blocked - Words with Friends. I just wish there were some games I could play by myself that weren't blocked, but I'm glad to have at least one Scrabble game I can play online.

Paul took both kids to Sunday School this morning, but Ian was still screaming 10 minutes later so he took him home and came back for Nadia after Children's Church. Next Sunday the kids will be going to church with my family in Maryland. I am quite certain I've never missed so many weeks of church in a row in my entire life. I'm glad Nadia is still able to go while I'm in the hospital.