Room With a View

We have finally made it to a room of our own! Lilly was moved out of CICU about noon today to a room of her very own. One of us has to be with her all the time now. It's like "real" parenting. I'm a little nervous too since she is still hooked up to some monitors. We do have nurses come to check on us every so often and they are stationed just across the hall, but it's still a little scary having her to our self.

We are very glad to be here though. It's our 3rd building to occupy at UAB. Lilly has made the rounds and so far all the nurses she encounters tell us she is very good. :) The floor we are on now is the kids area. I have seen more than I ever wanted to see this week. In the RNICU there were so many sick babies. Some had been there for months and still were tiny. Then we were in the CICU where everyone was a cardiac patient and Lilly was next to a 2 month old girl and a few older kids. That is sad because the visitation is so restricted I felt sorry for the older kids missing their moms.

Now we are surrounded by more older kids. I'm sure they are all here for different reasons. I have seen them "playing" in the halls on special riding toys with IVs attached. There is a playroom down the hall and currently there is popcorn popping. They try to make it "fun" for everyone. I am just very grateful that Lilly won't remember any of this and hopefully there won't be any trauma about going to doctors.

Taylor was up here with us some last night and on the way home he was singing. He was singing something about "it's OK to be afraid. It's OK to go to the hospital." I asked him who sang that and he just said he did. I thought he might have gotten some of it from a cartoon. He sang it all the way home like it was his own little mantra. He will get to come to this room tonight and hopefully see Lilly more as a regular baby. They have social workers who help with explaining things to siblings so they
won't be scared.

Here is a picture of Lilly's new "crib". :)