Day Three–Thursday

a parvum opus penned by Queen of Everything, on December 27th, 2008

Thursday morning came similar to Weds. Awake off and on during the night, waking up early and then dozing until breakfast. By Thursday’s breakfast I realized an awful truth: hospital food is horrible! Wednesday’s meals I overlooked because #1 the vegetable lasagna (recommended by nurse jane) was tasty and #2 I thought I would appreciate any meal I didn’t have to prepare myself. Boy was I mistaken! By Thursday I realized that the hospital food was not very tasty (see pic). I was looking forward to the eggs and toast and coffee I had ordered but was disappointed with its taste. I didn’t eat much of it and I wasn’t sure whether it was because I didn’t have much of an appetite or because of the quality. As the morning wore on I learned the hospital routine: breakfast early, meds, doctor’s rounds, washing up, and then visiting hours around 11am. I also discovered another awful truth. I still wasn’t passing ANY gas at all which meant I couldn’t go home. ARGH. That’s when we kicked everything into high gear. My mom was on her way across the state to help out and I didn’t want to not be at home for that. Plus the kids were emotionally needing me at home and I’ll admit I was too. So I started ingesting anything I could get my hands on that I thought might make me pass gas. I had DH get me coffee from the cafeteria; I sent him for a bean burrito from Taco Bell (almost threw up, but no gas) and tried to eat all the veggies I could find. Still no luck.

By dinnertime it was obvious that I wasn’t going to pass any gas nor was I going home. But nurse jane, ever the optimist, kept my hopes up! A couple hours after dinner DH, the kids, and the parents were in my room visiting me. I knew then that I wasn’t going home that night. Oh well, I had pretty much resigned myself to another night of no sleep and weird noises. And so it was. Despite the irregularity of the night, I did manage to eek out a small surprise; I passed gas, Woo hoo! At approximately 12:20am I managed the small feat which happened to coincide with the administration of pan meds, so I was able to tell nurse mike and get it written down on my records. The night (and the gas) improved steadily throughout. By morning I was excited because I knew for sure that I was going home.

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