The Cubby Chronicles VIII

Note: Kristin was admitted to Duke University Hospital the evening of Monday, May 5 2008 for leaking amniotic fluid. The following are updates, notes, & observations on hospital life.

Its Wednesday which means that the Cubby has grown another week. We're currently sitting right at 27 weeks and as the doctor said this morning, every new day makes a difference to a potential preemie. So we're happy & thankful to have today even as we dream of being here for many more weeks.

Living at Duke day by day means settling into a routine and doing a fair amount of clock watching. Hospitals seem to be in a unique world line where the principles of time operate independently from the rest of the world. Occasionally the minutes crawl by while at other times you'll look up and can't believe that so many hours have passed.

The hospital really slows down at night with much of the staff & visitors gone. The security lights dot the halls and after dinner we usually end up going to bed pretty early as there's not much going on. We don't watch much TV (Kristin finds that shows like American Idol aren't nearly as tolerable when one can't fast-forward through the fluff) and we learned the hard way that we're not ideal Scrabble players. However, being here at the hospital has allowed me to watch almost every game the last 10 days or so of the NBA Playoffs which has been nice. We're hoping that the Cubby will be 'The Playoff Baby' and stay in there at least until the finals are over....