Well at least BWH has very sweet nurses...

So its Sunday night and I am here at the hospital with Steve. We have been here since Friday night. Well he has anyway. I did sleep(sort of) in my own bed last night. The antibiotic they prescribed for his infection has not been a good experience. Thursday when he went for hydration they were concerned enough they considered keeping him but decided against it. Friday when it was time to go for more hydration he did not have the energy which indicated that he was becoming worse. They told us to take him to Brigham and Women's to be admitted through the ER. I thought that sounded simple enough. They know he is coming. We should be on the oncology floor in a couple hours. Not so easy. First of all, the ER of a city is very different from Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. There are like 80 beds, crazy people yelling. chaos all around.So they put him in a room pretty quickly and started some fluids but then the waiting begins.We were in the little cubicle for 6 hours. Poor Steve's 6'1'' body is a tad(a lot) bigger than the stretcher he was on. He didn't complain though, just curled up in a ball. The nurses were very nice and kept apologizing and trying to make him comfortable. We finally got in a room around 12:30 am. The only thing that made sense was for me to stay the night so I did. I am very glad we brought him in because he was more dehydrated than I realized. His blood pressure was very low and they said it was because he was so dry. I am sure learning about a lot of things I never wanted to know. Going in to this little visit I thought they would just put a couple bags of fluid in him and we would be outta here. Its a little more complicated than that. After 2 days, its not clear that he will even be going home tomorrow.He has had the same day nurses for the past 2 days though that has been a huge blessing.They have been very kind and patient and for that I am so grateful.
Matthew and his family has driven 30 hours in 2 days to spend the holidays with us.I can't wait to see them. They will arrive at my house in about an hour. I will wait to see them until tomorrow though. Tonight my sweetheart does not want me to leave his side. And so I will not. If my sleeping in a chair next to him brings him comfort. I will do it for the rest of my life...

I do want to add a postscript to this. I have, as I believe my whole family has keenly felt the prayers of so many. We have an amazing ward family and so much extended family that let us know that we are not alone and never will be. I am so incredibly thankful to know that my Savior is with me and loving me. He is my strength!