Today is about Davis. Davis had his open heart surgery this morning and flew through it with no speed bumps. Tonight, he's resting peacefully (aka heavily sedated). He's still on a respirator and they're planning to take it off tomorrow morning. Till then it's just sweet dreams for this strong kiddo.
It's been a long day. I went to work this morning instead of sitting at the hospital for 10 hours with my family -- no one seemed to mind. When I show up to the hospital the parking lots full, but I go in anyway. I sit for 10 minutes while a mom puts her 4 kids in her minivan only to have some punk old lady and her 2 guests steal my parking spot (after acknowledging that I was indeed going to park there). I rolled down my window and the gentleman said 'ha, that sucks, go find a different spot'. FUMING because at this point all I want to do is see my nephew, I drive off. I find another spot, park, then get in the elevator .... with the people that took my spot. They start snickering (not very becoming of a 60 year old woman). I turned to them behind me and say 'look, it's just rude, inconsiderate, and i hope that you have a nice day'. they instantly were confused and thankfully my floor had arrived. WHO DOES THIS ... .At a children's hospital non the less!?! Americans, sometimes you suck.
Got to spend roughly 3 hours hanging out with Jackson. We played trains in a long empty hospital corridor most of the afternoon, then one of the Children's Playrooms opened. This volunteer was great. She was very into playing with jax and he really needed that kind of attention with all those toys. Sitting in the playroom across from the library (on the 2nd floor MJH) all of a sudden there was a beep and a code blue announcement for in the library. One of the parents was having a seizure... Now, I know what you're thinking, good timing/place to have a seizure, but the amazing part of this was that we were in a hallway with no rooms/units/hospital beds and within 20 seconds after the beep there were at least 45 people in this hallway. I kid you not, people were running from all directions and within 20 seconds over 45 people had responded to this page. It was pretty amazing. I know code blue is the 'oh, shit' code, but seriously ...45 people, 20 seconds. It was really reassuring that Davis is in the right place to have a heart condition.
Again, the motto of the day: today is not about me .... today is not about me ....
Insights: Every family has their own dynamics, whether good, bad, great, ugly, functional, disfunctional... to each their own. Stress runs high in hospitals, I get it. People turn off filters, they let emotions run loose, they show their not so humane side. Myself included. It was a stressful day for my family. I'm a super understanding and patient person ... but when I'm stressed out I just can't deal with other peoples BS. Like the nonsense, no need BS. The legitimate crap and complaining and yelling is understood .. None the less, I was very happy to get away from the hospital last night. Wish I could have seen my nephew & godson ... but tomorrow is a new day.
.... tomorrow is a new day .... tomorrow is a new day .... tomorrow is a new day ....
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