Emergency Room Scramble

I'm sorry it's been a while since I have written. This past week has been simply crazy.

To start I was home alone Wednesday afternoon and started to have a pain in my left side, a pain which very quickly had me doubled over on the bathroom floor. After several phone calls a friend of mine came to get me and take me to the hospital.Matt and dad were waiting when I got there. 6 hours later they tell my I have a little bit of a Urinary Tract Infection and possibly a Kidney Stone, and that the baby has Gastroschisis a condition where the baby's intestines are on the outside of its stomach. My regional hospital does not have the equpiment or expertise to handle this situation.  

Gastroschisis Article

Yesterday I started having bad pains again so I had mom drive me to a state hospital. We got there at 3pm and at 11pm were admitted to a room. 3 hours after that we are told that yes I do have a little bit of a urinary tract infection and a small kidney stone.  The only thing that made that trip worth it was that they prescribed new antibiotics and stronger pain pills.

The Bright side of all this is that we were not going to have an ultrasound because they are so expensive. 

If I had not had the kidney stone we would never have known about the baby's condition. 

 I do have some ultrasound pictures to show !  They said at the hospital that its a boy! 

                      I love his little smile in the first one!  He looked right at the camera and smiled hello!

This photo shows the Gastroschisis 

Averys Angels is a group that supports and raises funds for Gastroschisis 

http://www.averysangels.org/

Please pray that the baby's intestines grow back in, or that they are undamaged.  Also the smaller amount of intestines exposed the smaller the risk of complications. 

Quote of the day:

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”