Thursday, April 30, 2009
Happy Bloganniversary to me!!!
I've been posting on this blog for 1 YEAR now!!! I can't believe it's been that long. Sorry I don't post as often as many of you but I do my best.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Update on things 4/27
Dad update: Dad is currently at home getting hospice care there. He lives in a hospital bed on the main level of the house. A nurse comes out several times a week to help mom with whatever she needs as well as restock any supplies she needs.
Dad gets a fever quite frequently (daily or almost daily). Mom keeps on top of things and keeps it under control. The doc's don't have any idea why he has the fever (can't find the source of the infection).
Dad's dimentia sometimes gets the better of him. Most of the time he has his wits about him. He has had times where he can't remember anything from about 1960 onward. He met and married my mom in the mid 60's. It's sad to think that he doesn't know who she is at times. Mom is an AMAZING woman!!!
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Pregnancy update: I went in to my midwife today (34 weeks 2 days). Well... I have good news and bad news. The good news is I'm still pregnant and the baby is head down. The bad news is I've been contracting a TON and they are starting to dilate me. I'm 3cm dilated and 60% effaced (thinned out). I am hoping I can get to Mother's Day weekend where I will be 36 weeks. I could sure use some prayers about now. Contractions have been pretty consistant around 7 min apart since my appt. I've been trying everything I am aware of to get them to chill out but have yet to make a dent.
As I said... Prayers are not just welcomed but NEEDED and appreciated. I need to bake this little girl a bit longer. I don't want her to have to spend any time in the NICU. I've been there and done that. I totally hate having to leave a hospital without the baby I went in there with.
Dad gets a fever quite frequently (daily or almost daily). Mom keeps on top of things and keeps it under control. The doc's don't have any idea why he has the fever (can't find the source of the infection).
Dad's dimentia sometimes gets the better of him. Most of the time he has his wits about him. He has had times where he can't remember anything from about 1960 onward. He met and married my mom in the mid 60's. It's sad to think that he doesn't know who she is at times. Mom is an AMAZING woman!!!
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Pregnancy update: I went in to my midwife today (34 weeks 2 days). Well... I have good news and bad news. The good news is I'm still pregnant and the baby is head down. The bad news is I've been contracting a TON and they are starting to dilate me. I'm 3cm dilated and 60% effaced (thinned out). I am hoping I can get to Mother's Day weekend where I will be 36 weeks. I could sure use some prayers about now. Contractions have been pretty consistant around 7 min apart since my appt. I've been trying everything I am aware of to get them to chill out but have yet to make a dent.
As I said... Prayers are not just welcomed but NEEDED and appreciated. I need to bake this little girl a bit longer. I don't want her to have to spend any time in the NICU. I've been there and done that. I totally hate having to leave a hospital without the baby I went in there with.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Don't judge a book by its cover!
I can't embed this video so you will have to click on the link.
Great example of what happens when you judge someone based on their appearance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
Great example of what happens when you judge someone based on their appearance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
Friday, March 27, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
March 21st update
Yesterday the twins (dragon girl and jabber box) turned 9. I will post picts of the awesome cakes we made (hubby helped me with some of the details) later. I can't believe how fast time has flown.
Vehicles - We got the van fixed and put back into much needed use at the exact same time our truck died. Hubby has a theory that we are allowed to have only one working vehicle at a time. The truck had a very expensive problem - fuel pump went bad. Got that fixed so we now have two working vehicles. YAY!! Nothing in the bank account but we can at least drive to go visit our empty account. ha ha
Dad - Tuesday my parents and brother went to the oncologist. Dad had a 102.5 degree fever and had a very difficult time getting from the car to the doc's office. Thank goodness my bro went to offer a strong arm. Dad was leaning so hard on his walker that it wasn't moving very fast. The bad news.... Dad will NOT be getting chemotherapy. They were told that pancreatic cancer chemotherapy has a history of giving the patient an average of only 1 year of life and the person has to have been an active and fairly healthy person prior to being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Dad has 2 of the most evil cancers a person can get. Primary pancreatic cancer and secondary liver cancer. The docs have been very honest and have said over and over that dad is "a very sick man". Mom is trying to make things easier on him by providing as much fresh fruit and veggies he can eat. They are much easier on his digestion. She fixes him an egg or two or beans for iron since he's pretty anemic. It seems that we are basically waiting for the cancer to win. I enjoy being able to talk with him as much as I can right now. I feel that each conversation is a gift.
Baby - My contractions are down to a dull roar now. On their own. I have some meds that are supposed to calm them down if we have too many again. I haven't had to take any yet. I've been pretty much just laying down on the couch and being a slug. My FFN (fetal fibronectin) test results were negative!!! YAY!!! That just means that from the day the test was done the chances are high that I will NOT go into labor during the following 2 weeks. I have 1 more week of this "peace of mind".
So... there's the latest. I hope our lives continue to get calmer and calmer. I am looking forward to sharing picts of the awesome b-day cakes that we all enjoyed for the twin's birthday. We will be munching on them for several days. Next week is my hubby's 40th b-day. Wish we could do something awesome for that day. Seems that a quiet typical b-day party is what we will have to have.
Vehicles - We got the van fixed and put back into much needed use at the exact same time our truck died. Hubby has a theory that we are allowed to have only one working vehicle at a time. The truck had a very expensive problem - fuel pump went bad. Got that fixed so we now have two working vehicles. YAY!! Nothing in the bank account but we can at least drive to go visit our empty account. ha ha
Dad - Tuesday my parents and brother went to the oncologist. Dad had a 102.5 degree fever and had a very difficult time getting from the car to the doc's office. Thank goodness my bro went to offer a strong arm. Dad was leaning so hard on his walker that it wasn't moving very fast. The bad news.... Dad will NOT be getting chemotherapy. They were told that pancreatic cancer chemotherapy has a history of giving the patient an average of only 1 year of life and the person has to have been an active and fairly healthy person prior to being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Dad has 2 of the most evil cancers a person can get. Primary pancreatic cancer and secondary liver cancer. The docs have been very honest and have said over and over that dad is "a very sick man". Mom is trying to make things easier on him by providing as much fresh fruit and veggies he can eat. They are much easier on his digestion. She fixes him an egg or two or beans for iron since he's pretty anemic. It seems that we are basically waiting for the cancer to win. I enjoy being able to talk with him as much as I can right now. I feel that each conversation is a gift.
Baby - My contractions are down to a dull roar now. On their own. I have some meds that are supposed to calm them down if we have too many again. I haven't had to take any yet. I've been pretty much just laying down on the couch and being a slug. My FFN (fetal fibronectin) test results were negative!!! YAY!!! That just means that from the day the test was done the chances are high that I will NOT go into labor during the following 2 weeks. I have 1 more week of this "peace of mind".
So... there's the latest. I hope our lives continue to get calmer and calmer. I am looking forward to sharing picts of the awesome b-day cakes that we all enjoyed for the twin's birthday. We will be munching on them for several days. Next week is my hubby's 40th b-day. Wish we could do something awesome for that day. Seems that a quiet typical b-day party is what we will have to have.
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