SuperBern Sunday

INR at 2.7 and nosebleeds or not, we will be discharged as soon as possible which hopefully means we can be home by dinner time!! Yippee!

 

Yesterday we spent time touring the hospital and I ate with the girls in the cafeteria. In riding around, Bernie loved it when the girls would run ahead of the wheel chair and hide behind corners in the halls. Bernie also spent a considerable amount of time browsing the gift shop. 

 

 

 

 

Once again, our heart family here at Mott continues to amaze us with their skills, patience, and dedication to providing the highest quality specialized pediatric cardiac care. Bern really is something of an anomaly and there is no other place in our state or even in the Midwest to which I would trust caring for her cardiac needs. FYI, Mott is currently ranked #7 in the nation for pediatric cardiac surgery and care by USNews and World Report. Detroit Children's Hospital is approximately #47. DeVos is not even ranked. Please know this information even if you don't think you need it, especially if you live in Traverse City/Northern Michigan. If you or a small loved one ends up in trouble from a heart standpoint, you can get here from Northern Michigan usually by request only. If there's one lesson I have learned through all of Bernie's affairs, it's that you have to be your own and your children's own best advocate. You shouldn't have to fight or request to get the best care, but you do. And you don't have to be born with a heart defect to need this type of care either. Just take that tidbit of knowledge and tuck it away where you can find it later if you need it. 

So the last IV just came out and here's the fist bump to prove it. Now time to shower and get out of here. See you in the north!