Arrival at Childrens Hospital - Columbus

Tuesday, April 21

Talk about a long drive, so I was so glad when she finally fell asleep half way there! When we first started out, she couldn't really see out the back window very well because she was so low, but for some reason was trying to pick out sites that she recognized to see where we were. We were right down the road from one place I knew she'd know, so I pointed out her friend Savannah's house. We read a George book, then about the time we picked up 33 around Huntsville, she fell asleep. I chatted with the EMT for the rest of the trip. We talked about how you don't know how strong you are until you are faced with a challenge, you do what you have to do.

I was very impressed when we got to the hospital. When they wheeled us in, the gal knew exactly who we were and where we were going. Those wheels on the stretcher never stopped once from the door till we got to our room! On the way through the hall a male nurse or intern gave Ellee a beanie baby! Once we got up to our room, we got El settled into her new bed and the nurse checked her stats and sugar so that she could go back to sleep. After she went back to sleep, the nurse briefly explained what all will happen. We had 5 people that we had to meet with and 5 "classes" that we had to take. she wrote every thing up on the dry erase board with a line to x them off as we did them.

Josh got to there shortly after we did. I was exhausted so I laid down on the couch to get some sleep. I remember a nurse coming in to check her sugar in the middle of the night and Josh was up helping her. After that he couldn't get back to sleep in the chair, so we switched places.