playing the waiting game

I wanted to keep chronicling how our midwinter break was going but I think that this took precedence today. Although, I am sure that there isn't going to be any shocking revelations or any big answers that will help us to understand what is going on better, I need to take a few moments to focus on today and what I learned.

another for the vaults

1. Its pretty difficult to get a full night's sleep when you know that your baby is undergoing testing in the morning. Its even harder when your baby keeps waking every hour on the hour to boob. And its difficult NOT turning off the alarm clock at 645 when you know that you need to get that one last feeding in before the three hour cut off time. 

It IS a good thing though when you can't fall back asleep because of worry and you find out that when you "thought" you had reset the alarm clock, you didn't manage to turn it back on.

2. Giving yourself an hour to get four kids ready for a hospital trip is not feasible. Two hours would be better... or four. But not an hour. It will occur to three of the four that they are STARVING that morning when any other, you have to hog tie them down to get them to eat breakfast after waking.

3. Ultrasounds should be done in imaging. Unless you have an infant or a toddler... then they are done in another whole separate wing of the hospital. One you can access quickly by going outside in below freezing temps or you can access by a 20 minute trip through multiple floors/wings of the hospital. The choice is yours.

4. A little guy who has had a few hospital visits WILL remember the white  anklet/bracelet... and will try his hardest to remove said offending item at every chance. Complete with sad faces when it doesn't magically come off. Said little guy will also exhibit signs of PTSD when confronted with a bed with a white sheet on it. Sad faces, wailing, tears and contortionism also will not help.

5. Mama will not get to see a single image from the ultrasound because of number 4.

6. Once you are done, the little man will not want to boob because he is worked up about the testing. He will then become tyrannical because you are not boobing him and he is starving. He will then bite said boob for being in his face while he is obviously upset. While trying to comfort him, he may bite shoulder too because he really wants the boob.

7. Treating kids to pizza when you haven't eaten all morning and cannot have dairy is not a good thing.... because it means that mama will break down, have a piece and then deal with a crabby toddler for the rest of the day as a result.

Good news is that radiology should have their report done by tomorrow and will be sending their findings to Porker's doc. I am not sure when we will hear the results but I am praying for a phone call before the weekend.