Dave, Athena, Momma, and Baby

I have been so busy lately, and I have felt like I have nothing fantastic to write about BUT I didnt want my next post to be me announcing the arrival of our baby boy soooo here I go :)

ABOUT DAVE: Dave has been doing his usual, he is the busiest person I know! He has his internship with the sheriff dept, full time school, and when he has time he works on his dads farm. He still finds time to help me clean the house, and take me out on dates though :) He is the sweetest! I lovehim!

ABOUT ATHENA AND PUPPIES: Athena has all her puppy energy back (she lost it all when she was pregnant and nursing)!! She is always bouncing around and playing and wanting to play with her pups, she is not the most gentle dog when it comes to playing with her puppies so when they get tired of it we yell her name so she calms down. :) The pups all weigh over 20lbs! SO BIG! They are fun, The ones that are sold are almost ready to leave us and its been emotional for me :) (cause im pregnant im sure!! (;  !!)

ABOUT BABY AND MOMMA: So I am 35 weeks pregnant.. wow only 5 weeks left to go (if I made it to my due date..) Not my whole pregnancy but this last trimester we have really really been struggling with my health, babys health and preeclampsia (pregnancy disease). My BP has been high but nothing to crazy, My feet have been so swollen and my hands and everything else, its so uncomfortable. Some days I dont have much swelling and I try to enjoy those days and take advantage of it :) I was feeling really icky one day at work so when I got off I called the on care doctor and they said go to Labor and Delivery just so they can do a check up, we (the doctor, Dave, and I) didnt think it was anything serious but we just wanted to be sure, and nothing to serious was wrong :). Just a couple days before this I got a pimple in my armpit and I thought I would just tough it out and it would go away, OMG it hurt sooo bad! So I showed it to my doctor 3 days after getting it (the day after I went to L&D) and she said OMG! She didnt think it was a pimple or an ingrown hair, so she prescribed me a strong antibiotic that was safe for baby and said if it got worse to call her ASAP (this is Thursday). (Sorry this part of the story is sooo gross ) So by now ive had it for like 3-4 days its like 3 inches long and is sticking of my underarm like a 1/4 inch, it looks like its filled with black, its so sore I cant even move my arm, shave, or put on deodorant! AWFUL! It was hard as a rock also :( So I called my doctor on Friday when I got off work and she said go to Urgent Care and have them lance it open. So I did. It was so painful, they numbed it up. The stick of the needle killed me since it was so sore and tight, the anesthetic BURNED, when he cut into my arm I could feel it :/ than he had to drain it.. So he squeeeeezzzeeedddd the EFF out of it owwwwyyyy! That he did a pack dressing so he had to pack it with gauze, than they bandaged me up, I could not move my arm for like 3 days... and the next 2 days were Lamaze class :) yay! SO they sent the 'stuff' off to be cultured and told me to keep taking my antibiotics and to keep changing the dressing and come back in 2 days to have the pack dressing changed.
So we had Lamaze! It was so fun, met some great people! Learned a lot, saw a lot of interesting videos, toured to Labor and Delivery, and the Postpartum wing of the hospital! Im so exited :) I chose a good hospital, but I didnt really question which hospital to go to since that's the one Dave 'lived' in. So now its Sunday and I had to go to the clinic to have them change my dressing so they laid back on the table and took off the bandage than pulled the dressing out of it, holy cow I had the biggest hole in my arm :( ick! Than they said "Oh we got your culture back and you have MRSA" Great.. and they also said its resistant to every drug except like 3 and one is class x for pregnant ladies, one was class c, and one was class d (safety classes). X causes big problems for baby, D most likely will and C eh? it might. Wow I was so worried about it. So I talked to my doctor before taking it and toldher it was MRSA blah blah. I said where the heck did I get it!? I lysol my walls twice a month, I vacuum everyday, I never have dishes in the sink, I wash the windows regularly, I clean my shower once a week, blah blah you get the idea. They said "who knows?" :) Oh thanks Doc! So when I went to my weekly appointment on Thursday, They did my weight and my BP and asked how I was feeling, and I happened to be feeling very icky that day. The doctor came in the room and talked to me about me MRSA and my antibiotics than she said "Im admitting you to the hospital" and I said ughhhh?? What? Right now? and she said "yeah Ill have you walk over they know youre coming and ill be over in a little bit". OHMGSH I was at the doctor alone and I was so scared. I tried so hard not to cry but hey, I have a lot of emotions right now! :) She sent me over cause she was worried I might finally have full blown preeclamsia. So they hooked me up to all the monitors and just took the best care of me :) when Dave got there I was in high spirits even though I was scared to death they would evict my baby from his cozy nest in my belly. Joked around with the nurses and tried to be fun, and not worried cry baby. So we stayed in the hospital until I stopped contracting and until my BP dropped. The doctor came over and said she wanted to try to keep him in til I was 37 weeks....ughh what ? thats in 2 weeks! OH! Because I have MRSA I had to be in isolation.. so there was a sign on my door and everyone had to suit up before coming in to see me, I thought oh great everyone is going to think I have AIDS or something :( I also got assigned to do a 24hour urine test... If you dont know what that is its when you get to save ALL your pee for 24hours and keep in refrigerated yummm Dont come to my house and drink out of containers unless you are POSITIVE its OJ or something ;) So the next day, Friday (2 actual days ago) I had to take my pee in to the hospital lab :) than my doctor called and said we might have to start seeing eachother TWICE a week now :) good thing she is wonderful and takes such good care of us! AND I get to do a 24hour urine every week now. To have full blown preeclampsia your urine has to score a 300, mine was 2XX (XX cause I cant really remember the number) But she said I was so close to having it and Im not to work anymore.... :( So I told my full time job that my doctor doesnt want me working and they are great about it and said to do what ever I needed!  When I have my baby I will also have to be in isolation and so no one can be in there with me :( SAD!
So here I am trying to keep it easy and relax since I have all this time to waste :)