Jacob is settling in to his new surroundings and pulling the same tricks he used on the nurses at CHONY. He puts on his I'm-just-to-cute act and the staff just caves in to his demands for attention. He has already become accustomed to hanging-out at the nurses station. Due to the unavailability of a bed in the nursery, he is on a floor with older patients. His roommate, Solomon, is 24 and already highly protective towards Jake. I think Solomon is a permanent resident at St. Mary's. That being said, I have seen that my child's case, while undesirable, is nothing compared to the problems the other children here face.
Jacob will soon be moving into the nursery with all of the other all-to-cute babies, so his celebrity lifestyle will be coming to an end.
St. Mary's is such a welcome and quiet change of pace from the big noisy New York City hospital. It has a calming effect on me. I feel less stressed out when I am visiting him there. I get the feeling that he is well cared for and at peace (not that he wasn't cared for at CHONY). The only downside is that I don't get to make the bad jokes anymore like: "My son goes to Colombia University" or "one of my kids is on Broadway every night." As horrible as that seems, not joking around and making light of this serious issue would drive me to madness. We all have our devices that help us cope.
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