Saturday, May 14, 2011

bedrest can be boring

I am finding it harder and harder to get out of this bed - hospital beds do all this ergonomic positioning, leaving my butt lower than the rest of me....and my growing belly (and slowly-giving-up abdominal muscles) are making it challenging to get out of that hole.

This is a good thing. Another sign that while I'm really pretty sick (though I don't appear to be as sick as I am, it's taking a lot of meds to keep me this way), Leaf is still growing, and that's what Leaf needs most right now.

Still, it's somewhat boring here. It's not that I don't have things to do, it's that I have zero motivation to do any of it. I'm losing track of time - losing whole afternoons sometimes. I have friends who've offered to come visit, but I can't hold the thought together long enough to actually tell them when they can come. I've been relegated  to an hour or so a day with my family most days - between work, bedtimes, sleep, and Acorn's limited tolerance for hospitals, there's not much choice.

I'm starting to think we're confusing the doctors though - they seem surprised  every morning that things aren't getting worse. The nurses all ask why they didn't just send me home. But apparently you can have pre-ecclampsia without issues, as long as you can control the symptoms, and that's where we are. Because of my history, and because of what it took to get things under control, they're still not comfortable turning loose. I guess on the plus side, the longer we can give Leaf, the better.

7 comments:

  1. Good luck mama! I remember when I was hospitalized, I was all doped up and I don't remember some things. I guess no news is good news as far as "cooking" Leaf goes.

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  2. Well, I'm glad they are keeping it under control--even if it is boring the pants off of you. I have friend on bedrest and I've been worried sick because she hasn't updated FB in a few days--I'm going to hope she's like you and just too bored to even bother.

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  3. Bedrest really does suck. Sidelines.org is a great support resource, but there's just not much you can do. And of course it just makes you tired, all that doing nothing. Still, I'm glad you're keeping little Leaf in there where s/he can grow and get stronger before heading out into the world. I hope they let you go home soon!

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  4. I can't imagine how boring and strange it is to be confined to a hospital room for that long and not be able to be in the real world with your family. Know that I am thinking about you a lot and sending lots of love to you. I am still planning on calling you sometime soon. Hugs and love.

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  5. Protect the Leaf, Momma. Protect the Leaf. I know how boring that is, and I know exactly what the bed does to a person. It's that weird hole that seems to suck you in and you can't seem to ever get out of it!

    Know I am thinking of you...a bunch!

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  6. Protect the Leaf, Momma. Protect the Leaf. I know how boring that is, and I know exactly what the bed does to a person. It's that weird hole that seems to suck you in and you can't seem to ever get out of it!

    Know I am thinking of you...a bunch!

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  7. I can't imagine how boring and strange it is to be confined to a hospital room for that long and not be able to be in the real world with your family. Know that I am thinking about you a lot and sending lots of love to you. I am still planning on calling you sometime soon. Hugs and love.

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