Home from the Hospital

Alexander and I got a nice surprise this morning when the doctor did his rounds. We got to come home! The results from A's RSV test came back and they were positive to the mystery of what virus he actually had was resolved. It turns out that he has RSV with a bacterial infection in his lungs. But the doctor cleared us to come home and just prescribed 2 more days of antibiotics. Without an actual prescription, just a note for our pediatrician to prescribe it for A. And orders to go for a check-up on Thursday to make sure that he hasn't had a recurrence.

Since our pediatrician is on vacation, P made a run to one of the doctors covering for her and got the prescription and an appointment for A's checkup. And let me tell you, A LOVES his medicine! He could drink that stuff all day long. I guess because it's sweet. Or at least it smells sweet. I haven't tried it to check.

Going back to the hospital, we had to wait 3 hours for our release papers and the last thirty minutes we were homeless. Yes, we were living in the hall with a baby crib and the rest of our stuff since they needed the room for another sick baby who had just arrived. If I can get my Blackberry to spit out the pictures, I'll post a picture sometime soon. Unfortunately, our roommates were sleeping when we left so I told the grandmother who was keeping an eye on the baby while the mother got some sleep that we wished them all the best and hoped that their daughter/granddaughter got well soon. Strange to leave so abruptly without saying good-bye when you've lived with someone for 5 days.

Anyway, we're back at home and feeling good for the most part. Isabella was happy to have mama back at home. She didn't express her feelings about Alexander's return.