Sorry there was no post last night, but Jeni and I made our first trip to Winnie Palmer Hospital Last night. Oh my goodness this looks like a very nice hospital. Unfortunately we had to find that out on a bit of unfortunately news. Last night Jeni was having really bad cramps so we called up the nurse hotline our physican told us to call after hours. The phone nurse basically said it was probably nothing but to be safe we should probably go the the hospital to get it checked out.
Jeni and I grabbed some stuff, put Kye in her crate and headed off to the hospital. My first reaction was, wow, I have no idea where that is, so I googled it, Google please forgive me. I found directions and was off. Arriving at the hospital I couldn’t find parking, seems that vallet is the preferred method of parking for $5, and $4 gets you a day in the garage. Mistake 1: I didn’t grab the cash off my end table before we left, luckily Jeni had cash.
After parking we j-walked across the street cause it was quicker than back tracking to the cross walk. First impressions are important, and Winnie Palmer definetly achieves this goal. The building looks amazing, and then as you walk into the hospital you are surrounded by a wall of water. This is followed up by an exteremely courtesy desk directing us to exactly where we need to go. Followed by a personal escort to the appropriate waiting room. Finally we sat for three and a half hours waiting to be called back.
We passed the time with some Nintendo DS, and tiny naps. But waiting 3+ hours in waiting room between 8p – 12p is not exactly fun. Jeni got a little frustrated with me because I went and had a chat with the recepionist about the priority of patients. I completely understand that some people need to be treated ASAP, however I think if someone (charge nurse) is making a decision about the order, and somebody (me) asks what that order is, or where I fall in it. Then the receptionist shoudl ahve that information available. And here is my reasoning. They are obviously doing a quick decision as to who has the most severe condition. All we wanted to know was if everything was all right for the night, we could have very easily waited till the morning to talk to our doctor. All I am saying is, if there is a list, then it should be posted so people can anticipate how long they will be waiting.
So now the part you have all been waiting for, what was wrong. Well you have to wait cause we did too. We got called back and the nurse was very nice, she had Jeni lay on the bed and put some listening devices, similar to what Dr. Bischof uses. She asked Jeni questions about her symptoms and told us it didn’t seem like early contractions but we will let the monitors run for 20 minutes and check. Twenty minute went by and the nurse didnt’ show up. Jeni and I started to drift off, and right as I was getting into a good sleep the door opens. I looked at the clock it was 12:45 at this point, and she basically just looked over everything and told Jeni she could take off the monitor. The nurse left and came back 5 minutes later.
And now the moment you have all been waiting for…Nothing was wrong. As we suspected it was just the growing pains of child birth. The nurse did say it was good for us to come in though cause it is better to get it checked out and be sure. She explained it was a welcomed break for her to see a couple who cares about there pregancy and is just checking, cause she has had alot of women come in who were strung out on crack and wondering what was wrong. When she said this I was like OMG, women do that.
Anyways, I realize this post is getting extremely long and if you have reached the end you are a trooper. I hope you have enjoyed my more frequent updates. I enjoy writing them.
