We had our first official meeting with the transition nurse today. The magnitude of how much work Zoe will be for the next few months is finally hitting me.
Zoe will be discharged with an immune system that is not even as strong as a newborn's. It will be up to us to monitor her for fevers and other signs of infection, give her medications, take her to multiple clinic visits a week, keep her out of germs' way, and maintain a sense of normalcy for her and for us (ideally).
We are definitely up for the challenge--and it's just something new to wrap my brain around. I've been so focused on pacing myself through this current, acute, hospital internment that this glimpse of the road ahead seems a little daunting.
It's a cross-country run when I've only been training for the short, mad dash.
A volunteer came today to play with Zoe while Jeff was off at work. I got to take a walk to the nearby nature preserve under a warm sun and brilliant blue sky. No eagles today--but I did see seven turtles sunning themselves on floating logs, their little heads all pointing the same way.
North. Home.
Coincidence?
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