Nurse Elena adjusted her wire-rimmed glasses and tapped her pen against her clipboard three times in a fast, steady drumbeat.

“The infant pods are strictly locked to everyone except parents after eight,” Elena said.

“The equipment sensors are set to alert the desk the moment an unauthorized person steps near the beds.”

“This is a financial trust set up by my younger daughter’s in-laws,” my mother said.

“They wanted the paperwork logged before the Sunday celebration.”

Nurse Elena shifted the thick clipboard under her left arm.

“Administrative paperwork is handled downstairs in the foundation office on Monday morning,” Elena said.