My view of the sunrise this morning. From my son’s hospital room. That faces west. Not how I envisioned seeing today’s sunrise yesterday. (After only four hours of sleep, it took me an hour to realize the reason the sun didn’t seem to be rising over the bluff was that I was facing west – even though I had known the whole time I was facing west. Just thought I’d share that…)
There’s a pandemic and nursing shortage. Hospitals are slammed. And the staff here is asking what else we need, if there is something else they can do for us.
Last night when we checked in, the hospital bed had a handmade fleece blanket on it for Cody to keep. The room number outside his door had a personalized sign with his name and a puppy dog stamp on it. A volunteer just came through with a free beverage & snack cart. A volunteer – amid covid!
This is an incredible hospital; we are very fortunate to live only 20 minutes from it. To even get a bed.
And I really hate being here.