overnight stay

so when i got to the hospital last night, i found our damsel in distress :) a shift change error on the nurses part had left her without anyone to help her get back in bed or to provide some much needed anti-nausea medicine for about 40 mins. and considering i'm pretty sure julie likes me a great deal, i was fairly convinced she was not happy because i got to hear more of her "ugly superlatives" when i walked into the room.... so i immediately grabbed a nurse who alleviated gave the meds, and we had a pretty in-depth talk about the care we expected her to receive. it always helps to mention that someone will be staying with her overnight.... probably helps more to mention that her surgeon and doctor is one of the directors of the hospital and carries a lot of clout among the nursing staff....best not to upset him. so the nurse we had all night was wonderful. she did a great job and we were very pleased with her. gerald helped us walk the floor a couple of laps and it went very well. after he left, julie and i were up critiquing items on QVC until about 2 am when they finally finished what seemed to be drop-ins from the nurses for vitals, med checks, dosing, etc every 30 mins. but at 2, after a triple threat combo of 2 pain meds and an anti-nausea that causes sleepiness, she conked out for about 3 hours. i was happy that she was able to get some fairly solid rest. at 5:30 she was up again briefly and then she rested for another hour before deciding to stay up and get out of the bed for a while. when i was leaving this a.m. about 9, becky and gerald had both made it in and julie was still up and getting ready to take a walk. she is no longer on the iv, only the epidural and the other pain meds so today will be a big day in her recovery.... i am still guessing it will be tomorrow at the earliest before she goes home, but the doctor had not made his rounds when i left so as soon as i find out i'll blog it!

this photo is from last night when gerald was leaving. my friend matt had made our family some tortilla soup and asked me to bring some to gerald, so along with some of steph's leftover birthday cake, i packed my adorable thirty-one thermal tote with the pink bubbles.... wondering if he would walk out of the hospital carrying this... apparently he is secure in his masculinity because he toted the tote out the door :)

thanks again everyone.....keep up the awesome prayer work.