Yea, Mark is home now. He still hasn't passed the stone, though - we'll see how that goes. Now he just has the caffiene withdraw headache and nausea and the been-laying-on-my-back-in-a-hospital-bed-for-three-days back ache.
Thanks so much for your prayers, as always, they are much appreciated.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
A prayer request from us
I can understand why the Lord hasn't allowed us to have a baby to bring home yet......Mark is in the hospital with kidney stones! He called me from the office yesterday morning around 8, asking me to come pick him up.
We ended up going to the hospital (this is round 3 for his ER visits). This was the worst pain yet. I felt so bad for him!
To make a long story short - he was admitted for observation yesterday morning for pain control reasons. He finally was pain free by the evening but was struggling with nausea and vomiting.
I figured that if he could get through the night without any more pain - we'd be home this afternoon. It wasn't to be - Mark called while I was getting ready to come to the hospital to say that he started having pain again about 6:30am.....and it's continued off and on ever since.
He's an inpatient now, the hospitalist is going to try him on some different medication to see if that helps pass the stone.
With that said, I'm sure that you can guess our prayer requests = 1) that Mark would pass the stone and 2) that I would NOT go into labor - which I don't think is imminent, anway. We'd be very grateful for your petitions.
Just to let you know, I do have a friend "on call" if I would go into labor.
We ended up going to the hospital (this is round 3 for his ER visits). This was the worst pain yet. I felt so bad for him!
To make a long story short - he was admitted for observation yesterday morning for pain control reasons. He finally was pain free by the evening but was struggling with nausea and vomiting.
I figured that if he could get through the night without any more pain - we'd be home this afternoon. It wasn't to be - Mark called while I was getting ready to come to the hospital to say that he started having pain again about 6:30am.....and it's continued off and on ever since.
He's an inpatient now, the hospitalist is going to try him on some different medication to see if that helps pass the stone.
With that said, I'm sure that you can guess our prayer requests = 1) that Mark would pass the stone and 2) that I would NOT go into labor - which I don't think is imminent, anway. We'd be very grateful for your petitions.
Just to let you know, I do have a friend "on call" if I would go into labor.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Still nothing going on in the baby department
My doctor did say that I would have him before Christmas - which I am expecting. Also saying that he's between 7.5-8 pounds now - that's quite enough. :o)
Attitude of gratitude
It's been a while since I've done this - figured that it was about time. I need to do this for my sake more than any other.
I'm thankful for a godly husband who is willing to let me have the bed all to myself when I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep. I'm thankful that we don't usually struggle with worrying about the same issues, either - we can help each other out - giving a better perspective.
I'm thankful that it's December - meaning - I WILL NOT be pregnant at Christmas :o)
I'm thankful that as uncomfortable as this pregnancy deal has been, it could have been much worse! My blood pressure has been fine, not a lot of swelling, Prilosec is my wonder drug, I still have food aversions - but no nausea anymore.
I'm thankful for a longsuffering God - Who is patient and merciful to me.
So many more things to be thankful for...........
I'm thankful for a godly husband who is willing to let me have the bed all to myself when I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep. I'm thankful that we don't usually struggle with worrying about the same issues, either - we can help each other out - giving a better perspective.
I'm thankful that it's December - meaning - I WILL NOT be pregnant at Christmas :o)
I'm thankful that as uncomfortable as this pregnancy deal has been, it could have been much worse! My blood pressure has been fine, not a lot of swelling, Prilosec is my wonder drug, I still have food aversions - but no nausea anymore.
I'm thankful for a longsuffering God - Who is patient and merciful to me.
So many more things to be thankful for...........
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Still waiting
Waiting for Matthew to decide to make his appearance - I ate jalopenos last night for dinner and had Mark rub my feet - no effect. Matthew still hasn't dropped.
Waiting for our computer to be done - should be able to pick it up today.
Waiting for our computer to be done - should be able to pick it up today.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Absolutely nothing!
That's what my OB doc said when he checked on Monday to see if I was getting ready to go into labor.
He didn't have to say it like that!
He didn't have to say it like that!
Tagged!
Our computer crashed on Saturday - I'm sitting in Mark's office trying to catch up on e-mails and blogs :o)
These things are always hard for me to do. 5 unusual things?? I guess I don't feel like there is that much unusual about me. Maybe these are just things that you didn't know about me :o) - here it goes:
1. If we didn't truly believe that we would be destitute and living under a bridge, Mark and I would move to New York City in a heartbeat. We loved it. We stayed on the Upper West Side - close to Columbia University. It was great not having to worry about a car and all of the things that go along with it! I think that the food is fresher there than at our local grocery stores - there are markets on just aobut every corner. We could walk to any type of ethnic/diverse restaurant that we wanted - and I do admit it - the pizza is great!
2. Being pregnant - to me - is like dating. I don't particularly like it - but it's what you have to do in order to get the desired effect. (Not including adoption, of course - but we can't afford that). Don't get me wrong - it's not that I'm not thankful - I really am. Maybe it's because these situations just reveal my tendencies to worry/doubt/fear. I don't like "not knowing".
3. I'm not a kid person. Yes, that sounds just as horrible as #2. Let's just say that, given the choice, I would rather spend an afternoon at a nursing home than a daycare center.
4. This may truly be the unusual thing about me: I always have red toe nail polish on. You can take the polish off my toe nails right now and see my perpetually orange toe nails - because I'm too lazy to put a base coat on.
5. If it weren't so bad for me, I would eat dessert and skip dinner. I'm a sweets girl! Twice I have ordered dessert for my meal at a restaurant instead of dinner when out with friends. I haven't done it much, because I just felt a little silly. Why get the dinner at O'Charley's when you know you would rather have their carrot cake?!
These things are always hard for me to do. 5 unusual things?? I guess I don't feel like there is that much unusual about me. Maybe these are just things that you didn't know about me :o) - here it goes:
1. If we didn't truly believe that we would be destitute and living under a bridge, Mark and I would move to New York City in a heartbeat. We loved it. We stayed on the Upper West Side - close to Columbia University. It was great not having to worry about a car and all of the things that go along with it! I think that the food is fresher there than at our local grocery stores - there are markets on just aobut every corner. We could walk to any type of ethnic/diverse restaurant that we wanted - and I do admit it - the pizza is great!
2. Being pregnant - to me - is like dating. I don't particularly like it - but it's what you have to do in order to get the desired effect. (Not including adoption, of course - but we can't afford that). Don't get me wrong - it's not that I'm not thankful - I really am. Maybe it's because these situations just reveal my tendencies to worry/doubt/fear. I don't like "not knowing".
3. I'm not a kid person. Yes, that sounds just as horrible as #2. Let's just say that, given the choice, I would rather spend an afternoon at a nursing home than a daycare center.
4. This may truly be the unusual thing about me: I always have red toe nail polish on. You can take the polish off my toe nails right now and see my perpetually orange toe nails - because I'm too lazy to put a base coat on.
5. If it weren't so bad for me, I would eat dessert and skip dinner. I'm a sweets girl! Twice I have ordered dessert for my meal at a restaurant instead of dinner when out with friends. I haven't done it much, because I just felt a little silly. Why get the dinner at O'Charley's when you know you would rather have their carrot cake?!
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