Anyways, I told you all that we had some classic "adoption" moments at the hospital. The first one is the obvious question when we arrived via ambulance.
Nurse: "is there a family history of asthma"?
Me: ummmm *crickets chirping* I don't think so? but I'm not positively sure.....
Nurse: "can you explain?"
Me: I adopted Tigger and have some medical information but not very extensive so I don't think so but I'm not entirely sure
Nurse: "oh, ok"
Me: I have a goofy smile on my face....thinking....Oh Lord, this is just the beginning.
the classic shift change bringing in a Nurse that is highly conversational and intrusive albeit a highly "special" one (even though she was nice, she was just special let me tell you)
Nurse: Oh wow....mom mom where did baby get her curly hair?
S: squeezes my hand hard.....translation: you're not telling ms. busybody are you?
Me: smiling sweetly "oh it runs in the family"
S: laughs heartily
Room: laughter.....(I had about 6-8 family visitors constantly)
Nurse: oh runs in family...yeah I know....my granddaughters are twins....guess what? they are blonde BLONDE....(nurse is Asian)
Me: laughs out of hospital stress and just wanting Ms. Busybody and my well meaning family to exit the room so I can breathe and focus on Tigger
Later S says to me: "I'm all about honesty and stuff, but really....Ms. Busybody didn't need that information, good answer honey!"
Me: Thanks babe!
Saturday night, S spent the night at the hospital with Tigger and I and in the morning....oh Ms. Busybody nurse came in and was talking to S in this manner: "so daddy, have baby sit here with you"
Me: "......." I was a bit taken aback
S: Come here Tigger and sit with me
Me: mouths 'thanks honey'
Yes the weekend was full of reminders of how un-typical my family is.
2 comments:
It's kind of like the question "Are your twins natural?"
No, they're robots...... Sigh.
When you adopt, these situations are inevitable. On a positive note, think of the time you will save when filling out the family medical history forms (you have to keep a sense of humor!).
My AS has gastro issues. It became serious a few months ago. We had an appointment with a pediatric gastro doc. I couldn't answer any of his questions about family history. It is what it is.
I'm glad your little one is doing better :)
Eileen
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