Scenes From The 7th Floor

(By Mike Brinkerhoff - from Keeping Up With The Brinkerhoffs) - if you don't see the pics, just click on over!

Last night was a little rough. It started out positively enough...



That's Danee actually drinking a bottle. She hadn't done that since breakfast time Thursday. The problem is, about an hour after polishing off that bottle, she got a breathing treatment and screamed so hard she puked up the entire bottle. All over both of us. And only she had clean clothes...

The good news is that not too long after that, she settled in for a good night's sleep.



Well, actually it was a PRETTY GOOD night's sleep. She kept waking up to make sure Mommy was still there. I was there too until midnight when I admitted defeat and acknowledged there was only room for one parent to sleep in the room.

But this morning brought a slightly closer to well Daneekins... Here are a few highlights from her second day at the hospital.

First, she woke up and refused to eat. No bottles, no apple sauce, no nothing. I asked the nurse to bring in some Cheerios, since she'll almost always eat them. They didn't have any Cheerios (Too Healthy?) but she brought some Froot Loops, which were even better!

Oh wait... Let me check this out..



THESE AREN'T FROOT LOOPS!!!

Nope. We'll likely be paying this little visit off until Danee graduates college, but the fine folks at Mary Bridge are pawning off GENERIC CEREAL to their unsuspecting guests.

Luckily, Danee didn't care. She ate a few handfuls of cereal, then finally agreed to drink a bottle. And then another.

Then a nap, another breathing treatment, another bottle, and she was feeling pretty darned good!!



I finally came home for a shower, and to update the blog, but am now heading back to the hospital.

MAJOR THANKS to our wonderful friends from church who are driving our big kids all over creation, feeding them, and helping us out at the hospital. You guys are the best the Earth has to offer! :)