Luxury never felt so good...

Since we arrived in Philadelphia, we have had less that comfortable accomodations. The Ronald McDonald House is such a wonderful thing and I am so glad that we had the opportunity to be able to stay there - but our room this time was horrible. We were right next to the laundry room where they have the industrial washing machine and dryer.. and right above the teen room where they have a loud juke box and we could hear the thump thump of the base. They have beds at the Ronald McDonald House that are supposed to be top of the line and really comfortable - but we just don't like them. They are sleep number beds and for the life of me I can't figure out my number! The first night we stayed there, Elijah slept on the majority of my half of the bed - My back hurt so badly the next day! The next two nights I slept on a chair bed in the hospital with a led sheild between Elijah and I. Truthfully, it was almost more comfortable than the sleep number bed!!! In both locations, we had to travel in order to bathe. At the Ronald, we had to walk down the hall and pray there wasn't anyone else using the shower room. At the hospital, we had to get on the elevator and go from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor - then walk through the lobby to another set of elevators and then ride up to the 8th floor to get to the shower. Most of the time you could shower in the patient room, but because of Eli's radioactivity, we had to go use the parent resource center. The parent resource center itself is WONDERFUL - but the journey there was pretty inconvenient. Elijah was released from the hospital today. I feel like I am in heaven now. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation took care of our hotel room and put us up in a lovely hotel. We have two double beds in our room - with big fluffy white pillows, a view of the Philly skyline, and a bathroom right in the room.. I just soaked in the tub. It was wonderful. Britt, Elijah and I are all in the same room - which hasn't happened much in the past few days. Anyone who knows us, knows that we are usually always together. Things feel more normal now, even though we are still in Philadelphia. We really like Philly and would probably love it more if we could spend more time seeing stuff.
Tomorrow we are going to go to the zoo! I want to take lots of pictures while we are here..More soon!