Hospital Day 4

So we are still at the hospital today, D4. It has been a really long week, longer than either Cicely or I could have imagined it would be. Everything is fine with baby and she is getting along really good. The problem comes in when we start talking about her poor mama.

Momma

Unfortunately because Cicely had such a severe case of preeclampsia the day she delivered we are pretty sure that that is the reason that she is still retaining water days after birth. It's making it really tough to figure out exactly what is wrong with her and how we can fix it.

Last night about 4:30 in the morning we had to go down and have chest x-rays done to see if there was any fluid in her lungs. Unfortunately when the test results came back they did show that there was fluid in her lungs. Fuck! She does not deserve any of this crap! I wish I could take it all away for her.

As it sits now we may be there yet another night. That is okay of course as long as Cicely is good afterwards. My only fear is that it's going to take more days that and that would really suck. She is so miserable from getting poked and prodded day & night. I know how annoying and claustrophobic it can get.

Run Home

So I decided to leave the hospital while Cicely slept for a little while and check on Oggy and get myself some breakfast and take a shower. I don't know how long we will be there so I figured it would be in my best interest to get freshened up a little bit and get ready for a couple more days at the hospital.

While at home I figured it was as good of a time as any to go ahead and try and get about an hour to an hour and a half nap to get my mind straight. Things were already starting to sway a little bit at the hospital from lack of sleep.

This plan sounded better than it actually went over. After I eat my breakfast I lay down and within 15 minutes the doorbell rang. Any other day I would've been so excited and happy to have a delivery of flowers for babies arrival but today it was just one more interruption.

Once I got Oggy settled back down I laid on the couch to try and snooze again. Well the balloon that was attached to the flowers decided to start moving when the heater kicked on. This startled Oggy and he started barking and woofing at the balloon. This means I was asleep once again for about 10 minutes. I got up remove the balloon from the basket and put it in babies room. There's two things out-of-the-way.

Next I decided I had about one half hour left of my 1.5 hours possible so I went into the bedroom and tried to lay down there. This work some-what except Oggy kept wanting to get up and down from  the bed as he usually does it only one of us are home.

I think I managed to get a little more sleep, maybe 45 minutes total if I combine it all but definitely not what I need to start feeling like myself again.

Back To The Hospital

Well now it's about time to head back to the hospital. I plan on taking a nice warm shower getting dressed and then getting Oggy some food ready for the night and for breakfast tomorrow.

I hope Cicely was able to get some rest and is eating some food. I really need to get back there so I can go up to the nursery and see baby. I feel so bad because we have not seen her since about midnight last night.

Anyway that is about all my brain can handle four today. Starting to get little delirious and days and events are running together. It's off to the hospital for me once again and hopefully bringing the girls home tomorrow.

I sincerely hope that your week is going smoother. But even if it is, I have a bubbly bouncy new baby so yea, I win!

Photo: My boy Oggy being very independent and such a good boy during all of this. He has nearly been home a week all alone and we feel terrible. I hope my check-in's with him have helped break-up his days. Such an amazing little boo!