Yesterday was a very frustrating day at the hospital. We received a phone call last Wednesday afternoon that they were going to discharge Dani Jo on that Friday. We got all excited, only to be disappointed the next day, when the hospital called back and said that they didn't want to send her home over the weekend and the New Year holiday. They rescheduled her discharge date for Wednesday, Jan. 2. When we got to the hospital yesterday, we were against disappointed. The doctor said that Dani Jo would not be allowed to come home until all of the at-home nursing was taken care of and lined up. She said that Dani Jo was healthy enough to come home, but she felt like it would be too much of a burden on Amanda and I to take care of her without a nurse. I had a lengthy, heated discussion with the doctor and told her that if my child was healthy enough to be discharged and we were ready to take her home, then it should be our decision as to what is too much of a burden on my family. Nursing care for Dani Jo will only be from 7 AM - 7 PM anyway. We will be taking care of her by ourselves at night. The doctor expressed that it would be unfair to Amanda and I to have to do it all on our own. I expressed that I thought it was unfair for someone else to decide what is a burden for me and my family. I explained that driving to Winston everyday and leaving Jordan and Jamie with different people was more of a burden than they could realize. I also expressed my frustration with the hospital giving us a definite discharge date of Wednesday if they knew nursing care wasn't completely taken care of. Long story short, the hospital is not going to discharge Dani Jo until the nursing agency has a full staff to take care of Dani Jo for 12 hours a day at home.
Please pray that they will find the nurses for Dani Jo soon, so that she will be able to come home soon. Thank you all for all your continued prayers. Happy New Year.
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I know this upsets you so much. I am right there with you. You have to remember that God has a reason for things to happen like they do. Hang in there and Dani Jo will be home before we know it.
Love you all,
Aunt Jenn Jenn
You are in our prayers. we had the same thing happen with Lacy and it was really hard. I sat in the conference room and just cried when they said that we couldn't go home because the nursing stuff wasn't ready yet! Trust me, soon this will all be just a distant memory and you will be going a million miles an hour with a whole new life...
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