Sharron had a roommate for most of the three weeks she has been here. They both had very similar situations (She was a few weeks farther along). After about a week in they each got their own room, but that only lasted a day and they were back together. Dartmouth has been extremely busy with many nights having a couple of rooms double occupancy.
Late last night the roommate went into labor. We only have dribs and drabs of information but from what we can tell mother and baby are doing well. It took the team a couple of hours to shuffle everyone around before they could move her to a birthing room. Needless to say Sharron had a very long and emotional night. A happy visit from Rachel and nap later Sharron is feeling better. Sharron has moved to the bed near the window (Hurray sunlight :-). Note to those who have the phone number it has changed.
Tomorrow promises to be an interesting day. The doctors are threatening to start talking to Nashua about a transfer again. Tuesday is the earliest she would move, but it will be a nice conversation to have. I have already spoken with the NICU folks in Nashua. The main thing we loose by transferring is the instant access to a pediatric surgery team that we have now. We will have to weigh the risk of complications requiring surgery/transfer with the benefit of being 90 minutes closer to home. Between gas prices, travel time and the possibility that Sharron could go on like this for another 6 weeks it is starting to sounds like a no-brainier to me.
1 comment:
Hi,
Sorry to hear that Sharron no longer has her old roommate, but the talk about transfer is very exciting. It will be nice for everyone if she is closer to home. The good news is that Nashua has an NICU, and if something does come up, they can get everything stabilized and then you can pick where you want to transfer.
just my 2 cents.
~Abby
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