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lisa cuddy, mary ellen winchester, ~amy fitzwilliam, ~aruraliel, ~juliet sully, ~rachel sully, ~steve rogers

Though it's a little bit early, in honor of mother's day this year, and all of the new arrivals and soon-to-be arriving, I've decided to declare the children's ward in the hospital officially open. It's been over a year in the making and I've had a lot of help, but I think it's come together really well. With some luck we won't need to use it much, but hopefully when we do, having a place just for them will make it all a little less scary (or boring) for the kids.


To put the ward together I took over the back wing of the hospital, which we weren't using yet, so to get there you can head right to the back side of the hospital and use that entrance. I hope to make a proper sign for it at some point, but it's not hard to find.

In total there are eight patient rooms: three of them are brightly colored with beautiful murals painted by the Steves, two of them are a little bit more mature and subdued for older kids, and the last three are for labor and delivery. Each room has a patient bed, a comfortable chair and a bench that can pull out in to a guest bed, a television and connecting bathroom. The bathrooms in the maternity rooms also have large birthing tubs and, in the room itself, there is a bed side cot for baby and bigger beds to accommodate mom and her partner to be close pre- and post-delivery, if they'd like.



In addition to the patient rooms there is a small NICU and a nursery to accommodate any babies who might not be in mom's room but don't need the ICU. There's also a family waiting room with space for extended families, it's got plenty of comfortable seating as well as a few activity tables for other kids, there's also a TV, small media center and library here, with lots of kids DVDs and books for anyone in the ward to borrow.



Finally, just inside the main doors there is a big daycare room set up. Right now, I plan on being available to watch any siblings or other kids who's parents might be staying with anyone sick, but I figure that if I can get some help, it'd be a great place to set up a regular daycare center so there will be one place you can always bring kids, rather than trying to find separate babysitters. Could probably act as a preschool if we get enough help too.



I really hope this helps, and if anyone has any ideas for anything else you think we might need, there are still a few rooms that need some working on that I have no concrete plans for yet.