Monday, February 18, 2008
Party of Three?
Now for the news that everyone has been waiting for: Mark and I are expecting. Totally the worst kept secret ever! So if you didn't know, now you do; and for those who did know, thanks for trying to keep a secret. We are happy that the first trimester is behind us and we are enjoying the second much more. We have great hope that this pregnancy will go well and have a positive ending. Thank you to everyone who was such a big help when I was so sick in the beginning.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The day and night that wouldn't end
Yesterday was a bad day. I started throwing up at noon and couldn't stop. I was still doing a client and had to keep running away to "do stuff." So embarassing! Thankfully it was a friend and someone who was very understanding.
Then, everything seemed to calm down, except then I started to spike a fever. It is a really scary thing to not understand why you body is reacting the way that it is. After many phone calls to family for advice we had decided to wait and see what happened. My fever started to go down and we thought that we were in the clear, until it spiked again and went higher than ever.
A trip to the emergency room ensued and we were rushed into a room. My blood pressure (normally 120/77) was 149/96 and my temperature and pulse were insane. IV fluids were pushed into me for hours and blood and other samples were taken. Eventually, it was like everything decided to be calm and our prayers seemed to kick in. My temperature dropped back to normal and my blood pressure went back down to 116/63. All the blood work came back normal and we were able to come home. We were so tired but we were so happy that everything was okay.
Poor Mark. He has a paper and two midterms this week, and I manage to make it impossible to get anything done. He is such a trooper and I love him so much. As I was throwing up I just kept apologizing for screwing up his day, but he kept assuring me that I was worth the trouble. Thankfully his professors were very understanding of the situation and gave him a little repreive.
Don't worry about me, I'm on bed rest for a couple of days and then I will be fine.
Then, everything seemed to calm down, except then I started to spike a fever. It is a really scary thing to not understand why you body is reacting the way that it is. After many phone calls to family for advice we had decided to wait and see what happened. My fever started to go down and we thought that we were in the clear, until it spiked again and went higher than ever.
A trip to the emergency room ensued and we were rushed into a room. My blood pressure (normally 120/77) was 149/96 and my temperature and pulse were insane. IV fluids were pushed into me for hours and blood and other samples were taken. Eventually, it was like everything decided to be calm and our prayers seemed to kick in. My temperature dropped back to normal and my blood pressure went back down to 116/63. All the blood work came back normal and we were able to come home. We were so tired but we were so happy that everything was okay.
Poor Mark. He has a paper and two midterms this week, and I manage to make it impossible to get anything done. He is such a trooper and I love him so much. As I was throwing up I just kept apologizing for screwing up his day, but he kept assuring me that I was worth the trouble. Thankfully his professors were very understanding of the situation and gave him a little repreive.
Don't worry about me, I'm on bed rest for a couple of days and then I will be fine.
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