Postcards from... the Hospital - Update

Leaving the hospital 3 days ago, never did I think I would be bringing Gordie back...

The day started with our scheduled Doctor's appointment. Having just been to the doctor's on Wednesday, (did I mention that earlier? I don't think i did... anyhow, kim had a horrible looking bruise develop on tuesday after we got home from the hospital, and to complicate things, she was getting MORE pain, as opposed to starting to feel better, so we had been asked to come into Doc S's office wednesday afternoon. Everything checked out ok, the bruise was harmless, kim was given an OK, and Gordie weighed in at 6lbs 7ounces.)... so yeah, having just been to the doctors, we thought it would be a regular check up for Gord. However, as kim was feeling worse than yesterday, and yesterday worse than wednesday, the appointment became more of 'diagnose kim'. She had developed a 'redness' that stretched from her lower abdomen to her belly button, which screamed infection. So... Doc S, with the friggen look of concern that scares the shit out of me, told us to get immediately to the hospital. She left the room momentarily. When returned, she informed us her 'favourite doc/OB' was on call, and she asked for a favour - admit kim immediately, and get us a private room. I guess, as protocol has it, we SHOULD have gone to emerg/urgent care, waited for several hours, only to be then admitted and stuck in a general ward (unless we requested semi-private or private - at which case we would have to pay the additional $240 per night). But, because we have the 'best ... doctor ... everrrr', we got a to bypass all that, and get a private room FOR FREE! mmmm.... milking the ohip teat!

So, as a result, we are able to have not only myself (or sharon) stay in the room, but also Gordie. We would have had to bring him up to the room every time he needed to feed had we been stuck in general ward... ugh!

Out of ALL the crap that we go through, we must have some really good Karma, because we end up with the best result out of the worst of all situations. Bite my tongue though, as we are not out of the woods yet. Kim was put on an antibiotic drip, IV, and Ibuprofen drip. They are not entirely positive that it is an infection, but if it is, the antibiotics should kick in by tomorrow (saturday). If it is not helping, they will look into a few other things via x ray, blood work etc.

So here we are, 1 week after arriving at the hospital for the first time, Kim's back in the hospital, I'm at home (cause I need to work tomorrow, and it made some sense that I get home for some sleep, as sharon wanted to be with kim - I will be doing the 'night shifts' from here on out as I am off work after tomorrow for the next week - less a day), and I miss my boy.

... i'm seriously considering heading back to the hospital tonight for a quick peek, hug and burp...