Being Married

It's all fun and games until somebody gets sick. I am very blessed to have a wonderful husband who goes out of his way to do things to make me happy. We have been married 2 years and 2 months now and when I get sick, I still want my mom. Because Ryan is in medical school, he can't afford to get sick. This means that he takes care of me from a safe 5 foot distance. Whenever I got sick growing up, my mom was able to stay home with me all day, lay beside me, bring me food, medicine, rub my back, whatever I needed. I know...I was very spoiled. Ryan has way too much going on with school to be able to stay here with me (which I completely understand), but I hate being sick and alone!!! Last night he kept asking "What can I do?" and I just got frustrated because my mom never had to ask that...she always knew what to do! I didn't know what to do either! So, I think that all moms should write down detailed instructions of how to take care of their sick child and give the instructions to their spouse. I'm not complaining about Ryan at all, in fact, he just came home and brought me 4 cans of soup, hot chocolate mix, a huge package of crackers, M&Ms, and oreos. :) All I'm saying is that when you have the same person taking care of you when you're sick for 24 years and then suddenly a person your own age is supposed to take over that job, it's a tough transition. Does anybody else feel that way?

On another topic, Ryan went to the hospital in Roseau yesterday for the first time. He did an OB rotation in the morning and an internal medicine rotation after lunch. He got to listen to a baby's heartbeat (still in the Mom's tummy) using his stethoscope. I didn't even know you could do that. I thought you had to have an ultrasound to be able to hear the baby's heart. He also got to witness some unpleasant stuff and he has announced that he does not want to be an OBGYN. :)