This has been quite the week. On Tuesday I went in for a little "surgery" to get my kidney stone removed. I'm not sure why it's called surgery because there is no cutting, maybe it's because it requires sedation... It was suppose to be Monday but got put off until Tuesday afternoon. The Dr. went up through my ureter and into my kidney to remove the stone. The stone was bigger than expected so instead of just pulling it out he broke it up with a laser and then pulled out the bigger pieces. The smaller pieces were left behind for me to pass. I've spent all week dealing with that. It is really VERY painful, I'm surprised how painful it is. Doug has still been working the 12 hour days, 7 days/week so I've really had to rely on others- not easy for me, but necessary! My mom came and went to the surgery with me and stayed with me afterwords at home until she had to fly off to Virginia. My mil took the kids Mon. night 'til Wed. afternoon until she had to fly across the country too. The kids had a BLAST and Katie and Maddie got cute new haircuts! Then my sil, Juli, picked up the kids and let them play with her nieces and nephews until she had to leave them with Travis (yup, Travis was even nice enough to watch them). Alesa came up on Thursday and stayed with me and the kids. On Friday the girls went to the Richardsons and Bevan went to the Lewis's house. Thank goodness for all this wonderful help! I don't know what I would have done without all these wonderful people.
Today, I was feeling pretty good this morning, but this afternoon has been terrible! I hope it eases up tomorrow! We'll see. I guess the pain comes from the kidney and ureter being "bruised" plus I still have a stint in. Ahhhh, another learning experience... I'm finished with them, can I just say!?!
There was a very bright spot this week. On Thursday, Katie, Maddie, Dallin and Savannah decided to have a toy sale. They had a bunch of little toys (McDonald's etc...) and were even doing "Buy one get one free". Well, Katie decided that they wanted to donate the money that they made to Primary Children's Hospital. So, as they started telling people they were so generous. The kids ended up making $84 to donate to the hospital. I'm so proud of them. We will be making a trip to the hospital for them to donate that money themselves. (Alesa send me the picture!)
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
What a Week!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Details, details
Yup, you got it right, Bevan's going to be a big brother! Which means, I'm pregnant! Ugh! How does that happen? :) I'm due October 2nd, which makes me about 13 1/2 weeks along as of today.
It's already been a very long few months. I realized that I was pregnant the day before Doug got laid off- that lead to not telling him in a very good way, but that's a whole different story... Anyway, after him and I not talking about it for a few weeks, we finally decided that it's hard enough for me to get pregnant so if I was pregnant then it was meant to be. (I still hadn't taken a test, I didn't want to waste the $$ on it.) I started out with the normal tiredness and sickness I always get. We went to the Dr. had an ultrasound and everything looked good and normal. A week or so later I ended up in the emergency room with what felt like a kidney stone. They said they didn't think it was a kidney stone but a kidney infection. Because it's hard to treat while pregnant and I was throwing up they wanted to admit me to the hospital. But I cried and told them I wanted to go home so they sent me home making me promise I would see my OB and come back to the hospital if I had anymore problems. I talked to the OB the next day and they sent me for an ultrasound on my kidney. They found a large kidney stone still in my kidney. Finally, I decided I better start telling people I was pregnant- it was getting too confusing! More than a week went by and I was still really sick (couldn't hold down my drugs) and I was still in lots of pain. So, I was back at the ER. This time I was admitted into the hospital for a few days so I could have IV antibiotics, pain meds, and anti-nausea meds. A couple of days in the hospital and I was feeling a little bit better. They sent me home with 30 days of anti-biotics and told me the kidney stone was still there (by this time we'd had 5 ultra sounds, being able to see the little "cinnamon bear" on almost all them it was kind of fun to see growth from week to week). The hope is that the kidney stone stays in place until the pregnancy is over because it's so large that if it starts to move it will get stuck and there really isn't a safe way to get it out while I am pregnant. The only problem is that the stone makes me more susceptible to kidney infections. Thank goodness for Alesa (who only a few weeks after having her own baby) mopped my kitchen floor and helped with my kids, and for my mom who came running over twice while we went to the ER and spent much other time feeding and taking care of us!
Anyway, that's the long story, I'm doing better now, I still have kidney pain and probably will for a long time and I've got the normal barfing and tiredness that comes! Doug is so wonderful, he takes care of me and the kids and even cleans up when I don't make it to the toilet! (More than any husband should be expected to do!!!) In some ways I think it's been a blessing that he's not been working this last month or so, but it is probably time he goes back to work... The kids are so excited! When Katie found out she hopped around the room and Maddie asks everyday to feel the baby. Sorry, kid, ya' gotta' wait a little longer. When someone asks, Bevan says he's excited, but he really doesn't know or care. As a matter of fact I think it's gonna' be a shock when the kid comes!
It's already been a very long few months. I realized that I was pregnant the day before Doug got laid off- that lead to not telling him in a very good way, but that's a whole different story... Anyway, after him and I not talking about it for a few weeks, we finally decided that it's hard enough for me to get pregnant so if I was pregnant then it was meant to be. (I still hadn't taken a test, I didn't want to waste the $$ on it.) I started out with the normal tiredness and sickness I always get. We went to the Dr. had an ultrasound and everything looked good and normal. A week or so later I ended up in the emergency room with what felt like a kidney stone. They said they didn't think it was a kidney stone but a kidney infection. Because it's hard to treat while pregnant and I was throwing up they wanted to admit me to the hospital. But I cried and told them I wanted to go home so they sent me home making me promise I would see my OB and come back to the hospital if I had anymore problems. I talked to the OB the next day and they sent me for an ultrasound on my kidney. They found a large kidney stone still in my kidney. Finally, I decided I better start telling people I was pregnant- it was getting too confusing! More than a week went by and I was still really sick (couldn't hold down my drugs) and I was still in lots of pain. So, I was back at the ER. This time I was admitted into the hospital for a few days so I could have IV antibiotics, pain meds, and anti-nausea meds. A couple of days in the hospital and I was feeling a little bit better. They sent me home with 30 days of anti-biotics and told me the kidney stone was still there (by this time we'd had 5 ultra sounds, being able to see the little "cinnamon bear" on almost all them it was kind of fun to see growth from week to week). The hope is that the kidney stone stays in place until the pregnancy is over because it's so large that if it starts to move it will get stuck and there really isn't a safe way to get it out while I am pregnant. The only problem is that the stone makes me more susceptible to kidney infections. Thank goodness for Alesa (who only a few weeks after having her own baby) mopped my kitchen floor and helped with my kids, and for my mom who came running over twice while we went to the ER and spent much other time feeding and taking care of us!
Anyway, that's the long story, I'm doing better now, I still have kidney pain and probably will for a long time and I've got the normal barfing and tiredness that comes! Doug is so wonderful, he takes care of me and the kids and even cleans up when I don't make it to the toilet! (More than any husband should be expected to do!!!) In some ways I think it's been a blessing that he's not been working this last month or so, but it is probably time he goes back to work... The kids are so excited! When Katie found out she hopped around the room and Maddie asks everyday to feel the baby. Sorry, kid, ya' gotta' wait a little longer. When someone asks, Bevan says he's excited, but he really doesn't know or care. As a matter of fact I think it's gonna' be a shock when the kid comes!
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