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Starting to think about what to do while ds is in the hospital

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He'll be in for at least 3 days including surgery day. I can and plan to stay with him the whole time with the exemption of maybe stepping out to eat or shower if I can't there. Hell have a private room. I imagine he'll be drugged up because of pain and they won't want him very mobile so he can heal. Any ideas of what I can do when not holding and snuggling with him? I'm not much of a book person, don't sew or do crafty things. I might ask about this again when surgery gets closer, it just happens to be on my mind now. Surgery is May 7th. Tia
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Re: Starting to think about what to do while ds is in the hospital

  • 3Girls3xsTheFun3Girls3xsTheFun member

    Our Children's Hospital has free wireless, so I used my laptop to surft the net & watch moveis via Netflix. I als had a ton of magazines that I looked through and a book.

    DD2 was a newborn when she was hospitalized and I couldn't hold her much because of all the wires and stuff, so I just watched her a lot. I only stepped out to eat & shower and the nurses were good about staying in her room until I came back. I didn't want her to be alone.

    GL -- hopefully the time flies by and your back home quickly!

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  • mesrmesr
    if you bring a laptop, you could work on a photobook with digital photos.  that could be fun.  as for DS, you could bring stacking cups or blocks, something he could tinker with while still in the bed.
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  • MrsPBNJ0220MrsPBNJ0220

    Bring some quiet toys for DS, some blocks, stacking cups, books, etc....  As for you do like everyone else said bring your laptop.

    I have been MIA a lot lately what is your DS having done?

    Good Luck!

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  • RClaffeeRClaffee

    When the girls were in the NICU, I would bring my laptop. The rooms were wireless, so I could access the internet. My friend gave me some great puzzle books. Those were great.

    I also really liked reading to them, so I might bring some books for him. 

    I hope the surgery goes really well. I can't believe how close May 7th is. The girls are turning one the next day. Time sure is flying.  

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  • egpitt22egpitt22 member

    Liam was in Children's Hospital over the summer and had a private room; it had its own bathroom and shower.  Not sure if you're BF'ing or not, but since I was, all of my meals were included with his stay since I was his "food".  So that was nice, I didn't have to leave the hospital to get anything (and the food was actually good!)  I got 3 meals/day and an afternoon snack.

    The hospital was wireless, so I was online quite a bit, watched some shows on Hulu and just watched the regular TV in the room.  There was a lot going on, I felt like dr's and nurses were constantly in & out of his room for much of the 3 days, so there were never really long stretches of time that I had to fill.

    I hope that helps!

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