Advice needed: bringing NB to visit a hospice facility

Sniffer2.0

Hi ladies, I hoping you can help me out with a very difficult decision (we will also consult our ped once Jack is born).

We were told last night that my grandpa has about 2 months to live and is being transferred to a hospice facility.  His first great grandchild is about to be born at any point over the next few weeks.

He won't be able to leave the hospice, so the only way for him to meet Jack is for us to bring him in.  The hospice facility has only had 2 people there in the last 3 months (including my grandpa) and no one has been dying of a contagious disease.

If you could bundle up your LO, you were breastfeeding, and you only stayed about 5 minutes, would you feel comfortable bringing your week old NB in to this situation?  TIA.

Alli3586

Of course!

noimnotmarried

yes! 

kada626

If no one has anything contagious...I would have no problem taking my dd's there.

TheFannins729

yes, but regardless of where you take the baby, make sure everyone is washing their hands

ChristinaCT

Of course I would take them! & I would stay longer than 5 minutes.

azaretsky

I would also say 'yes' - especially considering how much this would mean to your grandpa. Another idea: perhaps your grandpa goes for walks, etc.? So maybe you could bring your LO to meet him outside? (that way you'll avoid the inside of a hospice).

Sniffer2.0

Thanks ladies!  We would of course make sure that everyone is scrubbed up before handling our baby.

Grandpa doesn't take any more walks, and will be hooked up to too many tubes to leave his room.  Even if he could get out, it's way too cold outside for grandpa to be out of the facility.

Thanks again!

Meg_Meg

Ditto everyone else.  I hope you go!

Sunny1inTucson

Yes, I would go.

LuLu38

I am sorry about your situation.  This happened to me the week Langdon was born.  My situation was a tad "easier" because my grandmother was in Florida and of, course, I could not travel with a week old child.  My thoughts:  yes, I would take baby.  But what I did was send tons of his pictures and my mother posted them all around her room.  Maybe you could visit once and the pictures would suffice when you leave?  My grandmother has since died, and my mom returned the pictures to me so that I could have them for Langdon when he is old enough to learn of his grandmother.  GL.  Hang in there.