One foot in front of the other. When we went to a differant hospital, i found counting down the days (and hours at one point) kept me sain. Hideing in the cafe and people watching or buying those nasty gossip mags to avoid reality. (i had an 'end date' due to the corse of ab's) i also got chatting to nurses too, any one i found scn.was easier to do that then peads/icu. But i also chatted a little on FB to ease the lonelyness.