#1

Apparently I’m far better at being Nice than I am at updating a blog. Sorry to those who are following. However, do not believe that do to my absents online that I’m not out there being wonderful to the world. I am!
I’ll post this true blog style, even though I’m typing this all in one sitting I’ll post it as if I did it next day fashion.

DAY #1

This first task was an easy one for me. I had already planned on this one prior to the operation NICE website finding me. I just now had more motivation to do it and no have it hit my list of “wish I would have/ should have” things. As I admitted earlier I’m a huge thank you card giver. But they have always been directed toward someone I personally know. This time I sent out a thank you card to a group of people that I only knew in shifts and for only 5 days anyhow. The thank you card was sent out to the Maternity ward at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay. Where I delivered my sweet super premature surrogate twins. I was so scared about the situation to begin with let alone the side order of scare for not knowing any of the doctors, nurses or staff, and piled high with a topping of being in an unfamiliar place and the fear of c-section. To my grateful surprise the nurse were wonderful. Talked to me in pain English and help me feel relaxed in a tense filled situation. They joked around with me when they couldn’t get the monitors to work for me. They chatted with us while they did some tests and were brutally honest with telling me what was going to hurt and what not.

*note to readers NEVER take steroids, they hurt like no pain I’ve ever felt before! Honestly!

Ayhow, the doctors, I saw 5 of them (only 2 sort of 3 of which I truly remember) but the information that the doctors provided us with was Amazing. They didn’t keep anything, they didn’t sugar coat anything but they surly didn’t make us panic either. They were straight forward and helped us to make decisions with a clear mind. Also, when I felt the first 2 contractions they couldn’t see them on the monitor but took my word for it and checked me on the 3rd contraction and set me right into get those babies out. They didn’t over doctor the situation but listened to me!

So, the NICE thing- I sent them a thank you card. Along with that I filled out the hospital standard survey about your “visit“. Which I never fill out, but I figure that these were great people doing great work, I was in a clean room with decent food (actually some great breaded mushrooms-who would have guessed) I was checked on frequently, they babies were in wonderful hands, my meds were given to me as I needed them and well, I guess this is one of the times I felt that I should fill out the survey and praise them.
1 down 28 to go :)