My latest Adventure

Well, if you haven't figured it out by now, nothing that I do is small scale by any means! It all started Monday (the 3rd) night around 11:30. I woke up with this pain in my lower left back. I could not get relief! I was up all night. I went in the recliner and tried laying there, still no relief. I did sleep 1 hour when Matt made me take a Tylenol and put a heating pad on it. I had a Dr. apt that morning anyways, so I knew I just had to make it to then. I drove to the Dr.'s - in the worst pain and waited. The receptionist asked if I was ok - I told her no and they scooted me back. Well, the Dr. told me I had a bladder infection and sent me home with some pain relievers and an antibiotic. I got them filled immediately trying to get some type of relief. I called my sister, Nichole, to meet me at my parents to help me with the kids because I was in so much pain (our inspection on the house was taking place that morning and we couldn't go home). After lunch, I took them home (screaming and crying the entire drive - I don't know how I drove at this point) I put the 2 little ones to bed, and then sat crying not knowing how to get rid of this pain. Well, Mom and Matt had called at this point and both came to my rescue. I called the Dr. office to see what to do and they scheduled me an ultrasound to see if it was kidney stones. I could not wait for that appointment due to the amount of pain, so Matt and I took off and went to the hospital. We waited and got the ultrasound done and then mysteriously my pain subsided. Well, the ultra sound tech girl came and told me that I did have stones (2 on each side- at least they couldn't tell too well) and that I had to go up to labor and delivery. At this time, I felt good and I wanted to go home, but they admitted me and I spent the night. I got out Wednesday morning around 9:00 am. We then proceeded to make our appointment for that day and go pick out all the stuff for our new house. Right before we left, the pain kicked in again. I filled the pain killers, took one, and sat for 3 hours choosing the things for the house. (Our house may have carpet on the ceiling :) The pain was getting intense and I knew things were going to get worse. So at 7:30 that night, we called in back up and Matt and I went to the hospital. (I was about to leave the door unlocked with all the kids in bed and just leave them until my parents got there, but Dad arrived quickly) I was admitted and given pain meds. Thursday: pain all day, tried to figure out what to do. Spoke with a urologist and scheduled a surgery for Friday morning. Friday: Stint put in via surgery in the am and then I was ok that day. We thought we had the problem solved. Friday night, severe pain came in!!! I felt like I was going to explode! I felt like a growing tick! Pain killers weren't working so they had to put another IV in and I was given a clicker to click every 10 minutes to give me medicine. I woke up every 30 min for the rest of the night clicking for meds. Saturday: I was so drugged up that I just slept and we knew that we still had a problem. Sunday: They tried to get me on oral meds - I was given pills that were supposed to last 4 hours and after 1 I was in severe pain. We called the urologist and told him the Neph tube was what we would have to do. The best part of this day was that I had to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder and when the sweetest ultrasound lady scanned my bladder, the baby was just smiling away (ok, I just pretended she was smiling at me). It was the best to see her and know that she was ok in there and to see her little heart beating away. Next step:
Ambulance ride to Presby downtown where they would have to do the surgery. They brought me right to the operating room. The reason why all these Kidney stone issues were mysterious was because I am pregnant and they can't do all the xrays and regular stone procedures on me. They did have to xray me for this surgery but they said they would be fast and do as minimal as possible. Ok - so this procedure was horrific!! I had to be awake!! Sedated, but I felt alot! Now, it also had to be done on my STOMACH!!!! Yes, at 34 weeks pregnant I had to lay face down. I was on the stretcher and the PA guy said, we are just going to roll you like a log onto the table and he put down like 2 folded pillow cases down like they were pads. I was yelling!!!! Luckily they didn't shut the door and Matt came flying to my rescue. He took control and grabbed my bottom and they shoved pillows under me, then he said, "Becca your doing a pushup!" They then stuck more pillows and made a nice little nest. That was stressful! The medic guy even had to assist! What a production. As soon as it was over, I was put back on the stretcher and got a ride back to Presby Matthews. That night the pain was subsiding! Monday: Stint removal surgery. That afternoon the pain was all gone and Matt and I worked on getting me mobile. I was extremely sore and weak but no horrible pain!!! I left Tuesday - in the ice from the snow storm.

The Baby? Well she did great the whole time. Her heart rate was wonderful. I did have to get a shot twice to calm down my contractions, but that is probably just from all the trauma. So all in all, hopefully she will be ok from all the meds, but she is fully developed so that is a good thing!

We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. There were people supporting my troops left and right here at home. Dinner was brought every night so my Mom didn't have to cook and worry about that. Chloe asked me about it tonight and was wondering why everyone brought food. I explained to her they were helping everyone out and then she said, "And did they pray for you to get better Mom?" I love it! They know that I got better because of all the prayers - it is so great to know there were so many people out there praying for me! The kids were happy and well taken care of by Grandma and Grandpa. (I knew Mom would get in the grove, she is very qualified for the job :) I will have to admit, I was very scared to come home. I have this tube coming out of my side with a drain bag attached to it. (I will post a pic of this later once I am clean - I can't take a shower either so Matt and I are tackling this cleaning thing tonight!) It is hard to move around. I can't bend. I can't get out of chairs. But sitting at the dinner table together last night was the greatest!! Yes, I cried all night because I finally had time to react to everything, but now I am ready to heal! The big kids have alot of questions, but understand. Finley is a little off, but that is completely understandable for a 17 month old (not to say that she still has to spend alot of time on the naughty mat now to get back to reality)! I am so thankful to not be in that pain anymore! It was awful! So I will have this tube coming out of my side until I deliver the baby (not sure when they will take it out) and I just have to adjust how we do things around here for the next few weeks. But awesome thing is we don't have to move!!! We have prayed the past 2 years for the right people to buy our house, and these people are going to let us close on this house in 2 weeks and then rent it back to them until our house is built!!! God answers our prayers in the best ways, the waiting is just tough sometimes!! It is so great that in times like these, when it is all over, you can just sit back and reflect and smile because you know you were well taken care of in HIS hands! The healing process is going to be tricky because my belly is only getting bigger and the end of pregnancy comes with its own set of fun complications, but we sure are going to have a wonderful baby by the end of all this and I CAN NOT WAIT to hold her now especially!