Home Comfort

10/7/15 8:00pm-For being sequestered in one room, the days really go fast.  I'm sure Steven won't be saying that after he has been here a few weeks.  The entire 6th floor is for Bone Marrow Transplants. There are 36 private rooms divided into 2 wings and unfortunately, every bed is taken.  When one patient checks out in the morning, another lucky winner checks in in the afternoon.

We are allowed to decorate but can't bring any plants or flowers and only certain balloons are allowed.  Ashley and I came up with a system to hang cards.  You will quickly see that we didn't excel in engineering or physics.  It works but it isn't pretty!  I hear a collective snicker from all our engineer friends!!

One of the helpful things we brought was a power strip that looks like an octopus.  Ashley and Steven read that there are never enough plugs in a hospital room and recommended bringing a power strip.  Because after all, Steven has to charge his personal iPhone, work iPhone, personal laptop, work laptop and iPad.  Why we didn't buy stock in Apple products in the 80's, I'll never know but always regret!

The exact name of this contraption is a Power Squid Outlet.  Steven bought it for Boy Scout Summer Camp.  That confuses me since I thought the Troop was camping in tents and where was the electrical outlet???  Hmmmm...  I'll have to figure that one out later.  The awesome thing about this Outlet is it accommodates any size plugs.  It's a pain when you have larger plugs on a traditional strip and it covers more than one outlet.  This is pretty brilliant.

We also brought photos to remind Steven of happier times and good things coming ahead.