The last few days have been frustrating. Every time we get ready to pack up and come home something comes up. First it was a bout of jaundice which needed seeing to. Now the pediatricians are being abundantly cautious about a twitch she has while she’s asleep. This has extended the sentence by at least another 48 hours which is really aggravating. Having a quite day or two to myself to potter and get the house ready is one thing, but at this rate I’ll have burnt all my paternity leave before my child gets home.
I feel bad for abandoning Fliss who keeps patiently sending me home to get another good nights sleep. I know it will be all right in the end but it’s definitely making me aggravated. I would like my family at home please!
Sympathies from here Alex – James was in the SCBU for his first week as well and it drove us nuts. In the end we decided to discharge ourselves.
We feel your frustration, but better safe than sorry.
Love to you all from Lancaster
ps. Jeff wants to know if you’ve used the “baby voice” yet?
We were in the process of self discharging when they noticed the twitching. Still we know it will be alright in the long run.
You can tell Jeff I’ve been having nice long nonsense conversations with myself in a deep baritone as it keeps Ursula calm
Totally know where you’re coming from. We were only in hospital with Roman for 3 nights, and I found going home on my own really really strange.