A Trip to the Hospital and a Baby Shower!!!

Man, what a week! I got word back from Dr. Phillips that I had failed my 1 hour glucose test. Guess I shouldn't have eaten the Ultimate Breakfast Jack from Jack in the Box and some coffee with creamer that morning! Oops! So I had to schedule a 3 hour glucose test for last Wednesday morning. This time the drink was red and had like 3 times the sugar as the last one I drank. I had to have my blood drawn 4 times that morning, every hour. Just so you know I have already gotten word back from the Doc that I passed and everything is ok...YEA!

Thursday at work (Oct. 23) I was coughing, as usual, trying to get all the flem up and suddenly felt this sharp pain in my chest that lasted about 15 minutes. It made me get light headed and dizzy and very clammy feeling. I had to leave my classroom and go into a room next door where our reading recovery teacher was. I asked her if I looked pale and she said yes and went to get the nurse. Because I had said the words "chest pain" and "shortness of breath" she decided to call 911, which landed me in an ambulance and on the way to Clear Lake Hospital. Once I got into the ambulance I had already started feeling better and wanted to turn around and go back. Not happening!!! I got to the hospital and my mother-n-law and Robby met me there. I had a lot of tests run: xrays, Doppler on my legs (checking for blood clots), Cat Scan, etc. Everything came back fine except the Cat Scan. It showed what they thought might be possible pneumonia in the lower left lung area. Well, I had been coughing for now over 4 weeks, so it makes sense. They went ahead and admitted me to the hospital and I had to stay over night. They started me on 2 different antibiotics Thursday night. Friday morning a had more tests run: an EKG and an Echo. Both came back fine. An internal medicine doctor came by to see Robby and me and discussed what he thought it was and decided to put me on oral meds instead of IV meds. The nurse went ahead and took the IV out. They monitored the baby's heart beat several times while I was there and he had a great heart rate every time. Dr. Phillips came by, said she wanted me to stay one more night (Friday night). I tried to explain to her that my first baby shower was the very next day, Saturday, in DALLAS!!! That didn't seem to bother her and still wanted me to stay, even though I had NOTHING hooked up to me and ALL my tests came back good. Friday night I asked the nurse what time the Doctor on-call would come by in the morning to release me and I told her my situation with my Dallas shower. She said she would try to do what she could. A couple hours later she came back into the room, said she talked to the doctor on-call and the doctor said I could go ahead and go home. I started to cry, I was sooooo happy that I would make it to my Dallas shower. My mother-n-law took me home and came to pick me back up Saturday morning and we headed to Dallas. I don't know what I would do without her. Thank you Cindy!!! I am still taking my antibiotics and actually feeling much better. The cough is finally coming to an end.

Well, I had my first baby shower in Dallas this weekend. It was wonderful. My Aunt Karen put the shower on for me and it was beautiful. I received lots of goodies. My nieces where there and were a big help too. I have lots of pictures below of the shower.

I also went to my 2 week OB follow up appointment today. Everything is measuring good and the baby's heart beat was 140...good! I did get into a little trouble because I had not gained any weight for 4 weeks. She told me I needed to be gaining 1/2 a pound each week from this point on. I guess being sick for the last month has kept me from gaining weight...because I am eating!!!

I go to Dr. Rowe to check the placenta Wednesday after school, so hopefully it has moved. I'll blog then to update y'all.

Enjoy the pics!
Kelly


My best friend Ruth, and me!



The Mimi's. This is my mimi and Robby's mimi.



The soon to be grandparents!!! My mom and Rob's mom.




The Host, Aunt Karen and me.


Cheyenne and Sierra were a BIG help!



My Mimi made this football quilt with Anthony's name on it.



I received lots of personal items with Anthony's name



Got to love the Activity Gym!



All my wonderful goodies!!!

Glucose Test, 28 Weeks/7 months!!!

Well, it's been awhile since I've blogged and I have a lot to say. At the end of September I went back to Dr. Rowe to see if the placenta had moved out of the way of my cervix...and the answer was NO. Still there!!! It didn't look like it had moved at all. Dr. Rowe seemed very confident that it still might and wants me to continue to come back each month to monitor it until up to delivery. If it does not move we will schedule a c-section probably sometime after Christmas but before New Years. So we will probably have a little baby boy for Christmas this year :) But cross your fingers and say a prayer that the placenta moves out of the way.

My mother in law has been AWESOME...thanks to her the baby's room is almost complete. We painted (or she did) the room two different colors divided by a chair rail. Cindy did all she could and then my father-n-law completed it. He painted the top of the room and installed the chair rail. There is just a little touch-ups to do then we can put the furniture in place. I can't wait for the room to look like a room!!! My first baby shower is Oct 25th in Dallas and I want to come home and be able to organized the stuff I get.

I went to my friends, Hayley's, shower a couple weeks ago and WOW...she got so much stuff...cute stuff for boys and girls. It kinda got me excited about everything. Her mother took a picture of us (which is posted below)...yes, my belly is getting big.

Everyone keeps asking me, "Are you ready for the baby?" ... Well, honestly NO. I couldn't imagine having a baby yet. I know it's a little TOO late and he's coming no matter what...but I'm getting a little nervous. If I have a c-section then there really is about 10 weeks left and the weeks are flying. I hope this is a normal feeling and I'm not a BAD mom already. I'm sure I'll be ready to meet him more in November or December...but right now...SHIT...what do I do? I have NO idea how to have a baby or what to do with him. I know I'll have a lot of help with Robby, and my mom and Cindy (mother-n-law). I tried to sign up for a "baby class" today with the cradle club at the Clear Lake Hospital, but all classes were full. So now I'm really nervous. The lady told me to try Women's Hospital, so I'll do that tomorrow.

Today I went for the glucose test where you drink that yummy orange drink and wait an hour and then have blood work. It wasn't bad at all. Everyone told me the drink was bad, but it really didn't taste that bad. I drank it in a few minutes and then as I waited I had my OB visit while I was there. Rob took the day off to go with me. Today's visit (28 weeks) started the 2 week appointments. So I will be going back every 2 weeks from now on. First thing Dr. said to me when she walked in the room was to go home and take my heels off!!! No more heels, only flats. I wish she could have written my a prescription to wear FLIP FLOPS to work the rest of the pregnancy...but I will wear them anyway. The baby's heartbeat was good, I think it was 130 (the lowest it's been), but in the normal range. My belly measured 29, so a little on the bigger side, but in normal range. Then she prescribed me vicotin...that's a whole other story...

About 2 1/2 weeks ago I started getting that drainage in my troat. Then I started coughing a little. Then it turned into that HACKing cough where I couldn't stop. It was horrible! I went to the doctor and she put me on several drugs over the counter that was safe to take...but nothing seemed to help the cough. I lost my voice and a few days of work. Then last Sunday (a week ago) I coughed so bad that I thought I had broken a rib or two. Man, it hurt so bad and I was in severe pain for about 3 days and decided to go back to the doctor. Thank God Robby went with me, because she sent me over to the hospital to have x-rays for my chest and ribs. The results came back fine...no cracked ribs and no signs of pneumonia...thank God. She gave me some cough med with a little vicotin in it for the pain. The cough has finally eased up, but the pain is horrible. I can't sleep at night, pick up my purse, turn to the side, bend down to scoop the dog food...nothing. So this morning when I went for my OB visit she gave me a pain med...yes, more vicotin. Surely she wouldn't be giving me meds that would harm my baby! I am a little worried about taking them, but the pain is so bad. Robby is afraid we are going to have a "crack baby". That's the first thing he said when we got in the car. I hope I start to feel better soon. Lots of people are saying their cough lasted a month...so I'm almost there!

Well, I hope I didn't leave anything out.
Will blog and post Dallas shower pictures soon!



The almost completed baby's room!



Hayley's Shower...and our bellies!!!