Home!

Well Ashley came home last night.  Glad to get her out of there (hospital) she actually came to our house for the weekend to rest and figure out life in the mean time with drains and how to keep the kids from yanking on them. We'll figure it out.  Sunday or Monday we'll get her home to the kids, everyone misses each other but are doing very well.
Yesterday was typical of this place recently.  Ashley had both kids at this hospital and throughout everyone and the care was exceptional.  This stay has been a qualified disaster.  Around noon she was told she could go home if she felt up to it.  Carolyn and I got there about 4:30 and her discharge paperwork was being "worked".  She also had to have her PIC line removed and was required to lay down for an hour before she could get up a move again.  Carolyn and I went to get a bite to eat.  We returned around 7:00 and still waiting on the paperwork. Her PIC line was removed around 6:15.  I asked the charge nurse on the status of her discharge and got the 1000 yard stare.  I took a deep breath and calmly and politely advised her I have had it with this place, who was responsible to get it done? why wasn't it done? and someone better get it done immediately.  The previous shift dumped everything on this shift and left! This is just a small minor example of the incompetence we've dealt with. 
Anyway, that's behind us, Ashley is slowly feeling better, has an appointment in a week and may get a drain removed then.  Once the Drs. think she's up to another surgery to attach her small intestine to her liver.