What a Blog of a Day

Today started as any of our other hospital days except Sascha and I weren't to come home tonight. So what went wrong?

We were packed and ready to go well before we needed to leave at 9am. Sascha slept beautifully in the car. We got a car park relatively easily and cruised into admittance right on 10. We then just had to keep the girl happy until her surgery at 2. There's heaps of toys in the waiting area and Craig and I were playing tag on keeping Sashi happy. We'd filled in all the forms and were ready to go. Unfortunately Prof David came in at 1.45 to tell us it was likely our surgery wouldn't happen. The surgery in the morning had turned out to be more difficult than thought and the neurologists were having some trouble. He told us to hang on for half an hour and he'd see what he could do.

An hour later Prof David came back with the good news that her surgery would be done. He was going to have a cup of tea while they cleaned the theatre and then we'd be in. He returned at 4 to say that it was definitely off. Talk about a roller coaster day! One of the cleft palates that had been repaired in the morning had begun to bleed so they, obviously, got priority on the theatre. The nurse in admittance took us to the day surgery ward and got Sashi some custard and formula as she hadn't eaten for eight hours by this stage.

And now we're home again watching mind numbing tv to try to take our minds off it all. We're hoping to get in next week as the theatre is free but they're short on intensive care beds so it's a bit unsure. The other problem with next Tuesday is that it's Huey's birthday. I think we'll move his birthday to Monday. He won't know the difference.

I'm hoping to get through the week with my sanity intact and without unpacking my hospital bag. The chances of either of these happening is pretty much nil!!!