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An 🙄 kind of day

I've lost count of how many times I've used the 🙄 emoji in my texts to family today.  It's just been that kind of day.   Things started out on a happy note.  We were told at 10 am that Abby would move to the Pulmonology floor today.  Yay!  Progress!  It all went downhill from there... At about the same time, I noticed a custodian dress in an isolation gown and mask to gather our trash. I checked for the sign on the door and found out that Abby's roommate had been put on precautions for a respiratory illness!!!!! 🙄  Even if you don't know a lot about medical things, you probably understand that putting a child with 15% lung capacity with a baby with a contagious illness is a BIG no-no.  I went straight to the charge nurse.  I was polite, but firm.  She "rushed" the baby's transfer to a different floor, which meant it took about 5 more hours. 🙄 I was a nervous wreck the entire time, impulsively wiping surfaces and using hand sanitizer. ...