Aug 29, 2012

Seriously...

I have these grand plans in my head sometimes...
and lately they just say there...
in my head...
and die.

The last 2 weeks have been crazy and unpredictable.  We were surprised by a visit from my parents last week, my moms last hurrah before school started again and she had to go back to the life a teacher.  The day after my parents left, we went to central Washington to visit Jon's side of the family.  The trip had been tentatively planned for a while, I was going to go hang out with my sister-in-law to help her out.  She is pregnant and has been a on bed rest for a few weeks...and starting to lose her mind...not being one who likes to hold still.  I had lovely plans of cooking, cleaning and being an overall joy and delight in her life.
ahem.
again, these things don't always happen as planned.
Instead, merely 2 hours after we arrived I found my self doubled over in the bathroom, hugging the toilet.  I will spare you the nitty gritty details, lets just say this bug was an awful spawn of the devil that decided to crawl inside me and push everything out, violently, painfully, horrendously
We though it was food poisoning.
We were wrong.
2 days later, after I started feeling better, everyone else started living in the bathroom.
This included JJ, which was heartbreaking to see.

It would seem that we were not, in fact, a blessing to my sister-in-law.

We are home now, and mostly well, but entirely exhausted.  Somehow in all the chaos I lost my computer charger.  I can not find it anywhere, or perhaps I just don't have the energy to actually make my eyes see it. 
So I write this before the computer dies.
I have no idea when I will be back.

I'm sorry for the story, being unpleasant and all.  I, too, wish there were  a happier one to share!

On a side note, I would like to thank all of you for the kind words, thoughts and prayers concerning our little girl, they have been so nice to hear!  We ask for your continued prayer and support for all the unknown that awaits us.  That being said, she is still doing very well, even after this weekend!  I am a little more calm about it this week, I guess my emotions are leveling out.
We are in the process of looking for a new midwife or OB that is experienced with SUA though, its so sad to leave a midwife I love.  I know these choices are made for the benefit of my little one though, and that makes it okay.

2 comments:

  1. Alyssa, One of my patients this week delivered a babe with a "2 vessel cord" (1 vein, 1 artery). All was completely normal and perfect! Anyways- the maternal fetal medicine docs through Legacy Health are very experienced with higher risk pregnancies. http://www.legacyhealth.org/MaternalFetal

    That is one option for you in Portland.

    Best of luck finding the right provider for you and your baby.

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    1. Oh Jenna, your awesome and encouraging to me! We are actually looking into Legacy right now, have a meet and greet in a few weeks with the midwives at legac. Since we are not yet classified as high risk, we are sticking with them for now but feeling more comfortable about being over there if we need to be, or if we turn into a high risk case. My current midwife said they are great and the NICU is awesome. Do you work at legacy?

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