Sunday, January 31, 2010

*there's snow!

About 6 inches!
Chris looking out of Will's window at the hospital family garden as it started to snow Friday:
 
  
We were trying to take pictures from our moving car. We finally got stopped at a red light next to the Union Station hotel.
 

  

  
Katie in our back yard Saturday:
  

After a lot of discussion about who might get snowed in where and for how long, Chris and I decided to stay home together with Katie Friday night. Today we were able to drive to the hospital to visit Will.

Because of the staff schedule, every two weeks Will has a different attending doctor and every month a different fellow. The fellow is a doctor that is already a pediatrician but is completing a fellowship to become a neonatologist. The rest of the team includes a handful of medical students. [Correction: I learned after posting this that the rest of the team is all doctors who are completing residencies in the pediatric speciality. Since Vanderbilt is a teaching hospital I have assumed that everyone around me was a student! That, and the fact that most of them are standing around looking bored during rounds.] Our fellow for January is the same doctor in the room when Will was born (so I'm told) and was on his team the whole month of November. She was the doctor that talked us through all of his health concerns in the beginning and the one that broke the news to us that Will had TOF. We really like her. Since tomorrow begins a new month the whole team will be new to us so I'm staying the night to ensure that I can be there for rounds to meet the new team. 

Chris rocking Will under the (ceiling tile) stars:
 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey guys--thank you for the detailed updates and the adorable pictures--I know how much you must love this little guy--I have his picture right by my computer--I am praying for Will and strength for
you all that only God can give and wisdom for the doctors--Love to the three of you--Karen Skagfield