Getting Settled...maybe?

After four nights in the hospital, 6 nights at the hotel, I'm now moved over to David's House.  I'm not so sure how I feel about it yet.  It's convenient, that's for sure.  I just don't feel comfortable here yet.  I know it may take a day or two...or more.  I like it, don't get me wrong...it's nice to have this option at a MUCH lower cost per night than a hotel.  There just aren't people I've seen here yet that I feel I can relate to.  The people I've seen around are creepy...for lack of a better word. :-S  Not that I'm going to be here to do much more than sleep and maybe eat now and then, but it's just kind of weird feeling.  *sigh*  To top it off, they called us and told us we had a room here at 8:30 last night...kind of late when we had to let the hotel know by 1:00 PM!  So we checked in last night anyways...but then when I got here this morning, I had a note in our mailbox asking me to speak with the house manager.  Since our room didn't look used they were all concerned that we hadn't stayed here last night.  Well no duh...not going to pay $150+ for a hotel room just to pack up in the middle of the night (instead of spending time with my sick baby) and move over here...but at the same time, if we hadn't taken the room last night, we weren't guaranteed to have it tonight and we couldn't pay for the hotel again.  I feel bad because I know that they just want to make sure people actually need the rooms, but it just felt very weird to me.  It kind of gave me a bad vibe, I guess.  I dunno.  Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.  I like the idea of not needing to commute.  I can literally walk and be to Sammy in 10 minutes if I want. :)  It's a really nice walk, too, actually.  I'd like to transition to being home at night, but I just can't get myself to do it yet.  And to pay for the gas just seems stupid...then again, the gas would be cheaper than the suggested donation for David's House (though we aren't REQUIRED to pay, I don't feel right not doing something!).  I dunno...I'll stay through the weekend, I think and then see how I feel.  I might start staying at home at night just for the comfort factor.  Or taking advantage of the many friends that have offered a place to stay as well...

Cam is home tonight for the very first time.  And to top it off, the doctors told us today that they thought Sammy was stable enough that us being at home would be okay if we wanted to.  In other words, things won't go so wrong so fast, in their opinion, that we can't be 45-60 minutes away.  I just can't be that far from my baby yet...I'm not ready!

Other than that, Sammy is doing pretty good today.  As far as we know (no news = good news), his blood and urine cultures didn't show anything so no infection. Yay!  And then they lowered his PIP on his respirator and he tolerated it really well.  So they lowered it AGAIN and he still tolerated it.  They lowered it again one last time before I left and we may have hit his last stop because he didn't seem to tolerate it as well.  His blood pressure was also kind of dipping a bit more tonight.  My poor baby. :(  They didn't start his medicine for his heart valve today because they want to see how his tummy is doing.  We got in and his little belly was quite bloated.  But it is still soft! His X-ray showed that his bowels look a little funky, but they are hoping that it's just him working on moving them a bit.  We will see what tomorrow brings for that.  Basically they don't want to start his medicine because it can affect his bowels (perforation) if they aren't starting to work yet.  Ultimately, they can still cause a perforation, but if his bowels are working right, then it is less likely.  Again, never thought I'd be so excited for my kid to poop! Here's hoping there's a good poopy diaper when we get in in the morning.  But other than that, we had a fairly uneventful day.  Yay, Sammy!