I'm Hospitalized and I Miss My Baby

Aww...I am sad for both of you, but hope you get better real soon so you can all be healthy and together!

Skype on the computers and cell phones, but since she is so little, the computer on her end would be better??

Best wishes!

Hopefully it'll only be for a few more days.
If it's the kind that's contagious be glad no one else in the family got it.
Just concentrate on getting better.
If I have to rest up and my mind isn't too foggy, I like a good book to help pass the time.

I was thinking meningitis... you poor thing :(

Can your husband bring in a blanket or something that smells like her?

When my son was born, H1N1 flu was out of control... I was in the hospital for 3 days and they wouldn't let my girls visit me :( I was so sad, I missed them and they missed me and I know they wanted to meet their baby brother! BUT, it made it soooo much sweeter when we got home all together again :)

She won't remember this. It's tough now, harder for you than her, trust me, but all this time apart won't even be a flicker of memory once you're together again :)

FEEL BETTER SWEETIE!! Have your hubs bring something that smells like your baby :)

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Can you have a lap top?
If so, then via "Skype" (which is free), you can 'see' your daughter via the computer etc.
www.skype.com
At home, your Husband would need an eyeball camera on the computer, and your lap top would need a camera too.
They you can both Skype each other and 'talk' and see each other.

I am sorry you are sick and away from your daughter. Try to remember that it is much harder on your than on her (she is still so young), and you definitely don't want her to get sick. Just know this is best (although hard) and you only have a couple of days left. Hang in there!!!

Aaawww, this sucks!

Sending lots of happy healthy vibes your way.

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Hi,

I am sending a big hug....I know how you feel. It is AWFUL to be away from your little ones. Hang in there and get better! She will be just fine when you see her and until then, keep calling her and letting her listen to your voice on the phone. GL

M

Hugs going out to you... I've never been in your shoes but I just wanted to let you know that I pray this time goes fast for you, that all your test come back negative so you can go back home.
Again, hugs going out to you!

My dad had to do this sort of thing, (he had cancer), it was very rough on him. We would make him pictures or little paper flowers and my mom would decorate his room with them. Since your little girl is still very young, maybe you can have a little plush or something of hers to squeeze when you miss her. Bring her pictures up there. Is there any way you can be wheeled down to the main floor cafeteria and have lunch with your little girl? It's understandable she shouldn't be in the main hospital, but if you can leave the floor, why not go there? She should also be allowed in the waiting room, and you can visit her in there. I lived in hospital waiting rooms for years as a child, so I know it's possible. I don't know how contagious your meningitis is, so that is the ultimate factor.

Send her e-mails! Send her two or three every day. Of course she can't read them, but Grandma and Grandpa can read them to her. If you're not glamorous-looking enough right now to send her a picture of you, send a little drawing or something cute. Ask your husband to let her dictate an e-mail for him to send to you. It may come out silly but, hey, it's communication.

Be very thankful that your little girl has grandparents and a daddy who can give her lots of love while you're being taken care of. Pray for all of them.

I hope you'll be fixed up and feeling better soon. You're being a good mama to get this checked out now, instead of waiting, as mothers are always tempted to do, until you're at (God forbid) death's door. This is a *good* time to be apart if it means your little girl will stay healthy.

I echo the thoughts of calling your friends and talking with your in-laws (maybe you can hear her in the background).

It must be really tough for you. I would be reacting just as you are, if it were me. I hope all the tests come back negative!

I would ask if there is something of your daughter's that you can hold onto for a while, a favorite blanket? a next-favorite blanket? something that smells of the shampoo you use to wash her hair?

I think that would help me the most if it was me in the hospital. Holding my baby's pillow would be (almost) heaven.

Best of luck getting out of the hospital asap!

Do you have a window? Have your hubby take her into the parking lot and tell her to wave up. We did that with my mother in law and it cheered her up big time.

The best think you can do for her is to get yourself better. Just relax - you'll be back home and in the daily grind in no time. And know she is fine without you. I had to leave my daughter at 20 months to go help my mom after surgery and she was fine.

Feel better soon!!

can you skype or what ever that is over the internet where you can viedo chat or video call. get your hubbs to take videos doing silly things or even daily things. also get him to record you and let her watch it on the computer. he can also record her watching the video you made. sorry your stuck in the hospital . relax and take this time to heal so you can get back to life.

My twin daughters just turned one and in the last year I have been hospitalized three times for a total of 11 days. The first time they were only two months old and I was exclusively breastfeeding. I also have a son who just turned four and is Autistic. We learned when I was in this hospital after the twins' delivery that it is too hard on my son to visit me in the hospital and have to leave me there, so he doesn't come to see me in the hospital. My daughters have once each hospitalization since to nurse, but with the IV lines and not being able to sit on the floor with them, it was just too difficult. So I pumped and pumped and pumped. This last time my doctor kept me a couple of extra days "just to be safe" and I was murderous! The last day I was there, I had a breakdown because it was getting to be the end of the day and I had not yet seen any doctor and I had expected to be home already. Oh, and my husband was deployed so my Mom, Dad and brother had been taking care of all three of my kids for the five days I was in the hospital that time. No fun at all.

Enough venting, here's what I did: I have been keeping journals for all three of my kids since I found out I was pregnant each time. While I was in the hospital, I used the opportunity to catch up on my journal writing and tell them how much I missed them. They won't get these journals for many years yet, but it made me feel closer to them to share my feelings and experiences with their future selves.

I hope you get better soon and get back to your baby.

aw how sad. If you don't have a picture of her maybe you could have someone bring one to you that way you can see her beautiful face since she can't be there with you. Right now you need to focus on you and getting better for her and going home to her and your family. When I had my little boy 11 months ago, I had a c section and didn't get to see my 2 girls for 3 days. I hated it and I missed them so and they weren't allowed to come onto the floor I was on because they are too small. But I had a family picture there and I didn't like to talk to them on the phone because they would cry. Your little one doesn't cry because your family probably tells her that you are okay and she's little still so she doesn't understand yet. But don't feel bad. Soon you will be home with your little one just take care of yourself and get better. Good luck to you!

Hoping you have a picture of her by you! I know its hard, but will be a great reunion when you get back...I'm sure she's missing you too. :)

For what its worth, my FIL had this similar thing happen to him. They thought it was meningitis. But then the tests did not confirm...it took some days but they found out he had West Nile. Not saying yours is, but apparently meningitis and West Nile have similar symptoms or did for my FIL.