Lots of visitors.

Yesterday and today have been good days with lots of visitors. Last night my aunt and uncle stopped by for a while until my parents got here with dinner. We had O'Charley's again. I think I am jinx when it comes to food. O'Charley's can't even get my order right and one day last week Cracker Barrel got my order wrong. Oh well, at least both places are better than the hospital food any day. Mom stayed with me last night. I didn't sleep very well at all. I took a benedryl for the rash I have on my arm around 10:30 and thought I would sleep good with just taking that. Before Phillip had left he helped me change my sheets on my bed and we decided to turn off the air mechanism on the bed because it was annoying me. Well, when I decided to go to sleep the bed was too firm for me to get comfortable. I tried to deal with it until midnight and I couldn't handle it any longer. I got up and figured out how to get the bed softer without the air thing staying on all the time. I thought for sure I would be able to go on to sleep without the ambien at that point. Boy was I wrong. Before coming to the hospital I have never taken Benedryl by itself so I didn't know how I would react to it. Well, benedryl alone does not put me to sleep. At two the nurses had changed duty and the new nurse came in to check on me. I was awake at that time so I told her I was going to need the ambien so I could get some sleep. She brought me the ambien and went ahead and took my vitals. I soon was asleep but not for long. At four the nurse came back in to take my blood, so I had to wake up and tell her that the only veins they have been able to get blood out of is in my right hand. She was in here just a few mintues and then I was able to go back to bed. I woke up a little after eight because I just wasn't resting well. I ate breakfast when it came and then I went back to bed for about 2 hours. The nurse was so sweet that she didn't even bother to wake me up for by blood sugar reading and waited until I woke up on my own to take it. She then put me on the monitor and as soon as she was finished mom took me down to the cafeteria for lunch.

After lunch we went up to the gift shop to look around. Phillip called us while we were checking out and told us some of our good friends were coming over to see us and would be here in about 30 minutes. I told mom we had to hurry back to the room so that I could take a shower before they got here. I ended up being in the shower when they arrived. It was so good to see them and we had a very good visit. Mom had her work Christmas party tonight so dad came to get her about 3:30 to take her home to get ready. Phillip had arrived here a little while before mom left and our friends stayed with us for a little while after my parents left. When they left we decided that we were getting a little hungry so I called in an order to my favorite place, Longhorn. Phillip left to get it and not long after he was gone I had more visitors. A guy that works with Phillip and his wife came by. It was good to see them. After they left we ate dinner and now we are just watching Shrek on tv. I think my sister is still planning to stop by tonight after her and Scott get finished eating dinner. I love have visitors because it makes the day go by so much faster. So, thank you to all that have came by to see us. It doesn't matter if you stayed 5 minutes or 5 hours but I really appreciate the visits. I also want to thank you all that have sent cards. I have enjoyed reading each card and letter. Please keep praying for us as the amnio will be sometime on Monday. They can't schedule the time until Monday morning so it may be Monday afternoon before they can work us in. Please pray that the little one's lungs are mature enough for delivery. I would really love to be home or go home on Christmas. Thank you all for the thoughts, emails, comments, and prayers.