Roomies

I usually call the hospital the day before admittance to request a single room for Nathan. One of the LPN's tipped me off that people do that all of the time so I joined the ranks of parents who request rooms. For the most part we've been successful in our request but this last time we got a roomie which is unfortunate. And I'm not saying it's unfortunate because we have to room with someone, it's unfortunate that the floor is so busy right now, meaning so many children are here sick with cancer.

Being in a double room here is different, if you're in the back it's pretty private if you're in the front there's no privacy. The curtain layout is wrong, so anyone coming in the room can see you and if your roomie goes to the bathroom they can see you. Usually when we shared we were in the back, but this last time we ended up in the front. So I got creative and pinned the curtains together and it was really private. I was quite proud of myself. The nurses and I were laughing cause they'd never seen that done. We parents get really creative. It's not uncommon to see beds moved around etc. (we move those too:-) and the staff is really nice about us rearranging things.




I may be biased but children with cancer are some of the sweetest children ever. It was late and Nathan kept sneezing and the little boy kept calling out 'God Bless you' it was funny cause I didn't even realize he was awake. They're not perfect, I met a few tyrants but for the most part they've been very sweet.

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