SSTU: Surgical Specialty and Transplant Unit. It was here on the 5th floor of the University of Utah hospital that I was relocated and settled. They set us up in a room in the far corner of the surgical floor that was pretty isolated from everything else; a fact I was very thankful for. The room was small and had a tiny window, but by the end of our stay it'd been decorated with multiple bouquets of flowers, get well cards, and pictures from the kids. The staff of the SSTU agreed that Olivia could stay with us on the floor as long as I was not the primary care taker. I could not be left alone with her. It was now Tuesday evening and I hadn't seen my newborn in over 24 hours. Joe picked Olivia up at Lone Peak around 5:00 pm, ran home to grab clothes and baby supplies, took her to his parents house to see the kids, and then finally I was able to hold her again around 8:00. One of the first things I did was feed my baby a bottle. It had taken the nurses at Lone Peak about 7 hours ...
If you can smile when things go wrong And say it doesn't matter, If you can laugh off cares and woe And trouble makes you fatter, If you can keep a cheerful face When all around are blue, Then have your head examined, bud, There's something wrong with you. For one thing I've arrived at: There are no ands and buts, A guy that's grinning all the time Must be completely nuts. ["Smile, Darn You, Smile," as quoted by Jeffrey R Holland, "The Will of the Father," Jan,17, 1989.]