Last night we both slept really well. They swapped out my chair for one that reclines more and I put it right next to her bed so we could feel like we were right next to each other. The night nurses are more laid back and let Kristi sleep 4 or 5 hours at a clip before coming in to check her vitals. She's always on a monitor but they do manual checks as well. Even though they wake her up, it's only for a few minutes and then they let her go back to sleep.
We woke up at 7:30 this morning to the Resident on the floor coming in to talk with her. He said that her blood pressure had stabalized, her pulse was looking much better and overall she was doing very well. And he's right...if you look at her you can't tell that anything is wrong. She looks totally healthy. She looks dirty, but healthy. We spent the morning watching TV, talking to each other and waiting to see Dr. Bansal who was the attending on the floor today. We were so happy it was him because we are having a little issue.
It seems that our good friends, our partners in health care, Anthem Blue Cross are watching the bottom line a little to closely. They feel that Kristi is good to go home in her condition and come back on Tuesday for her surgery. Hunh? Never mind the fact that she can't walk for 5 minutes without getting weak or that all 4 of her doctors have told her not to leave. They were all shocked when they heard the insurance company wanted her discharged. The Nurse Practioner told her that when she's home, if she feels weak or dizzy to put her feet up and lie down. And to weigh herself on the bathroom scale to see if she is retaining water. That is nuts. Her doctors want her monitored, they have told the insurance company that she needs to be monitored and yet they may refuse to pay for it. Let's get one thing straight here, unless her DOCTORS say she is OK to leave, not some pencil pusher at Blue Cross, she is not going anywhere. Dr. Bansal confirmed that she gets weak under minimal exertion and thus gave us a medically compelling reason (that's what they need) to stay another night. I guess we will just have to confirm this every day. We will deal with the insurance company later. I hope they've enjoyed the premiums.
On a lighter note...our families were here today. Harrison still has a runny nose, so he stayed behind with either Kristi's Dad or my parents. Hudson got to cuddle with his mommy and I was able to take off for a few to shower, see Harrison and go to the bank. Her Mom and Ron, Kathy, her Dad, my parents and her brother and Tiffany all got some good time in with her. Her friend Candice also came over with her Mom and we all sat around, talking, laughing and playing with the baby. It is so weird to be laughing and having a normal conversation when we all know what she is going to have to endure in a few days. But I guess it makes the waiting more tolerable.
***sorry if the spelling errors were worse than usual. I am not only tired, I typed this whole thing on my phone***
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