Today is my 27th birthday.
I am still in the hospital, but to everyone's surprise not too upset
about it. It is not where you are, but
the people you are with and today many people have made this day special for
me....
Right when I woke up the nurses started coming in saying
happy birthday one after the other. The
respiratory therapist came in for my vest treatment and wished me one as
well. He then said he wouldn't torture
me with his singing voice and forgo the singing. Shortly thereafter he showed up with two
others and the three of them sang. He
said he didn't want to sing by himself so he had to find backup. Lol
After my morning vest treatment I laid back down in bed to take a nap
before Gram and Mom showed up. When I
woke up I found out that the nurses had put a birthday banner across the top of
my door while I was sleeping. Not too
much longer after that the head of child life came in and gave me a gift card
to target.
Mom and grandma showed up around lunch time and they brought
cake, taco dip and decorations, including a balloon. After everything was set up a bunch of the
nurses came in and they all sang happy birthday. The respiratory therapist was there again so
he got to do it twice. I then was able
to blow the candles and make my obvious wish.
This was all done carefully of course considering I was on oxygen. haha
We sat around and had the taco dip and cake while I opened my cards from
family. Later my friend Erica came by
with stuff for me. She brought a
balloon, gourmet cupcake and one of her handmade necklaces. She makes jewelry and is very good at
it. This one was a silver chain with two
flat charms which she had a quote stamped into.
On the first charm is said, "Though she be but little she is"
and the second said, "fierce".
I love it. It is a quote from
Shakespeare and awhile back a different friend had posted that on my wall
saying it fit me perfectly. I forgot to
ask Erica if she saw that post or if it just turned out to be a
coincidence. I will have to ask her. She also accented it with a blue gem. I knew she was doing something because she
asked me what my favorite color was. :)
Later that night Jay
and Courtney came over with some P.F. Changs.
Jason got me the shrimp with candied walnuts because it is 1800
calories. I could not believe that! It turned out to be a great choice taste wise
too. They also brought me a Mountain Dew
code red (my favorite pop) and an Arnold Palmer. If you haven't heard of those, it is a drink
that is half ice tea and half lemonade.
The golfer Arnold Palmer liked them and now Arizona makes them. Courtney made me one a few weeks back and I
loved it. They both gave me a card too
and stayed for a little bit to keep me company.
My present from Jay is coming later.
He is buying me the new Galaxy S4 when it comes out.
So as you can see, my day was pretty good. I wasn't sick and miserable like I would have
been had I stayed out of the hospital. I
am still tired, but coughing much less and feeling much more comfortable. Plus, I saw more people being in the hospital
than I would have had I not been in there.
It wasn't like going into the hospital was going to prevent a huge party
or anything. Today is a Wednesday. Not much you can plan. This weekend my dad is going to take me out
to a restaurant of my choice. Not sure
where I want to go yet, but I have a few places in mind.
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