The hospital floor had just been scrubbed with a pungent disinfectant and as we walked down the sterile hallway my nostrils burned. Her room was the last one on the right hand side and I called her name before stepping in, to ask if she was decent or if she was looking for a few more moments of privacy while her baby suckled herself to sleep. She was dressed and laying down with her one day old daughter, Olivia Faith, who was sleeping at her side. She had changed so much in a single day…less red and puffy from the journey down the tight Life Chute, and looking more like the sweet angel she was.
"How are you doing," I asked my friend.
"Good. But bored. I’m so glad you’re here," was her response.
I was glad too.
We cracked open the bottle of diet coke we had brought along for the journey and I stole a pitcher of ice chips from the hospital kitchen corner to make our beverages crunch with coolness.
"Do you want some wine gums?" she offered.
"Maybe just a few, thanks," I accepted. Then pretty much ate the whole bag.
We gabbed for a while then looked at the clock and noted that we had best be on our way since we needed to make it home in time for our favourite smutty television drama.
"Wait a minute. Do they have cable in the hospital waiting lounge?" I questioned, before darting down the hall to check for myself.
Indeed they did.
So we treaded down the hall, pushing Olivia in her clear basinnet, to the lounge where we settled in for an hour of hospital drama. During the commercial breaks we read old People magazines and got caught up on news of Ashlee’s botched nose jobs, Britney’s post-partum weight loss, and Nicole Ritchie’s peg legs.
The night was perfect.
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That does sound like a great night! You guys are blessed to have each other. :)
You are such a good friend, Amanda.
Jealous.
Jealous.
So glad you could spend time with her. It sucks being stuck in the hospital and bored. You ARE a great friend :)
Sounds like a great night. I agree with April, jealous. Oh, and.. yummmm wine gums!
Great episode last night, too.
I watched the very first Gray’s Anatomy in that same lounge with my little baby Ben and took him back to that same room 205.
You had a great night indeed, and it takes me back to a very similar one 19 months ago!
It’s true, you’re so blessed to have each other!
So fun! I bet Christy loved it!
I find your description of the hospital smell so funny. I hear it often. I guess spending as much time there as I do, I don’t smell it anymore. Glad you were able to commandeer the lounge tv for Grey’s!You will have so much fun as your girls grow up together.
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