staying medium

When Jim Zorn was the coach of the Redskins, he talked about "staying medium" - not getting too upset after a loss or too carried away after a win. After not getting great news yesterday, today we just wanted to stay medium.

Fortunately there is good news. Not only did I find a place near the hospital that sells and excellent Thanksgiving sandwich year round (turkey, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry), overnight they gave Jack the preemie car seat test (sit in a seat for an hour and continuously breathe on his own) and he passed. He is currently taking a 24 hour test for in depth monitoring of his breathing. This afternoon the doctor told us that so long as it doesn't show any problems, Jack will get to go home tomorrow or Saturday. We are very excited, although after having previously had bad news follow good, we are trying to stay medium. But it is hard to do so when we are on the verge of bringing him home.

And for all of my complaining, things could have been much worse. This morning a woman's water broke at the L'Enfant metro station and she supposedly gave birth on the platform. That happens to be Lelaine's stop for work. Glad that isn't where Jack was born (although if my kid were to be born at a metro stop, I'd want it to be on the green line).