I called the OB office yesterday to find out about my results. And good news, I am immune. So sometime in my life, probably as a child I have had Fifth Disease. That is all I needed to hear. Like the saying goes, No news is good news, was true.
My second OB appt. went great. I didn't gain any weight, even though I am showing. My blood pressure was good 100/64. The doctor explained how in his 13 years of practice that he has had only 1 case of a mother getting Fifth Disease while pregnant and that complications did occur with the baby. But what usually happens is that we have had this sometime in our childhood years. He said my blood work looked good. I did ask him about him not being able to go the bathroom. My bowels just really don't want to work properly and are giving me trouble. He told me this is a common problem and that some cases are more severe than others. He has even had to put some women in the hospital because it gets so bad. He told me to take a colace twice a day everyday and I can use a Fleet laxative only if I really can't go. I also need to drink plenty of fluids. And see if this helps. I sure hope it does. As gross and embarassing as is it is to talk about bowel problems I am glad I did and now just hope all this helps.
The hips have been pretty quiet but this week they have really felt more unstable and my right has been slightly wanting to give out more. It isn't eye popping but it makes me feel unsure about it. The right one also was bothering me a bit painwise. It didn't last long or wasn't severe so I was thankful for that. I have been feeling lefty grind. It doesn't hurt. Otherwise they aren't bad. It is all tolerable.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
I Can't Believe It
Last week was a very busy week, with dance recital practices on Tuesday and Thursday and ball games. And I happy to say that the hips held up. They did get the usual stiffiness but otherwise pain level was way down. And I was happy for that, I didn't need them getting excited too.
I was thankful that I didn't have to bring all the other kids with me to run Arianna around to her recital practices. His grandma watched the kids on that Tuesday and my mom and his mom on Thursday. It made it that much easier. After the practices, we would head back across town to Hannah's t-ball/softball games. I felt a little rushed around but it was survivable. Arianna's dance recital was Under the Sea- based on the Little Mermaid. Very good. I thought Arianna did wonderful for her age group and level. I was very proud. And to make it even better she came out on the stage with a big smile. She didn't look a bit nervous but that was probably because I had all the nerves for her. Crazy that I would feel that way but I did.
Well on that Thursday evening when we got to Hannah's game I noticed that Emma had this funny looking rash on her arms and legs. I thought maybe heat rash but different that I am used to seeing but it made sense to me since it was hot outside and sunny. So I didn't think twice of it and by Friday morning it had disappeared.
It wasn't until this week that I became concerned. His grandma was talking about how her granddaughter had a rash and was diagnosed with having Fifth disease and how they thought it was a heat rash also. So I paid a little more attention to Emma's rash and by Wednesday I was making an appt with the pediatrician to get her rash looked at. It was going away and looking worse especially in the sun and heat.
The doctor looked Emma over and said at the end of the exam, that he would go get some info. on what this rash was. He stepped out and came back in with a piece of paper, handed it to me, and across the top read the words FIFTH DISEASE. I chuckled a bit to myself. The doctor explained to me that kids may or may not have symptoms prior to getting the rash ( which Emma didn't). But that once they have the rash it is no longer contagious. And the last bit of info. he pointed out to me was to avoid exposure to pregnant women.
I called that OB once I got home and left a message with the nurse. The nurse called me back shortly after asking the name of the disease again that Emma had, and that she would call me back because she had to ask another doctor in the group since mine was out of town for the week and wouldn't be back until Monday. Well she called me back about 45 minutes later and told that they wanted to do a blood draw to check for immunity or if I currently have it now. She told me that if I had it has a child, you only get it once and then are immune to it. She wasn't sure either if the results would be back before the weekend but hopefully by Monday when I go for my appt.
I went in for my blood draw Thursday morning and it looks like I will be waiting through the weekend. So now we all get to wait in suspense for the news. DUNDUNDUN.
I was thankful that I didn't have to bring all the other kids with me to run Arianna around to her recital practices. His grandma watched the kids on that Tuesday and my mom and his mom on Thursday. It made it that much easier. After the practices, we would head back across town to Hannah's t-ball/softball games. I felt a little rushed around but it was survivable. Arianna's dance recital was Under the Sea- based on the Little Mermaid. Very good. I thought Arianna did wonderful for her age group and level. I was very proud. And to make it even better she came out on the stage with a big smile. She didn't look a bit nervous but that was probably because I had all the nerves for her. Crazy that I would feel that way but I did.
Well on that Thursday evening when we got to Hannah's game I noticed that Emma had this funny looking rash on her arms and legs. I thought maybe heat rash but different that I am used to seeing but it made sense to me since it was hot outside and sunny. So I didn't think twice of it and by Friday morning it had disappeared.
It wasn't until this week that I became concerned. His grandma was talking about how her granddaughter had a rash and was diagnosed with having Fifth disease and how they thought it was a heat rash also. So I paid a little more attention to Emma's rash and by Wednesday I was making an appt with the pediatrician to get her rash looked at. It was going away and looking worse especially in the sun and heat.
The doctor looked Emma over and said at the end of the exam, that he would go get some info. on what this rash was. He stepped out and came back in with a piece of paper, handed it to me, and across the top read the words FIFTH DISEASE. I chuckled a bit to myself. The doctor explained to me that kids may or may not have symptoms prior to getting the rash ( which Emma didn't). But that once they have the rash it is no longer contagious. And the last bit of info. he pointed out to me was to avoid exposure to pregnant women.
I called that OB once I got home and left a message with the nurse. The nurse called me back shortly after asking the name of the disease again that Emma had, and that she would call me back because she had to ask another doctor in the group since mine was out of town for the week and wouldn't be back until Monday. Well she called me back about 45 minutes later and told that they wanted to do a blood draw to check for immunity or if I currently have it now. She told me that if I had it has a child, you only get it once and then are immune to it. She wasn't sure either if the results would be back before the weekend but hopefully by Monday when I go for my appt.
I went in for my blood draw Thursday morning and it looks like I will be waiting through the weekend. So now we all get to wait in suspense for the news. DUNDUNDUN.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Don't Want That Again
On Thursday May 13th, I was getting Emma our from the bathtub. I steeped back with my left leg to give me more stability but instead it gave out on me. It hurt so bad at the time and was more then just eye popping pain, I let out an "OWWWW." I also put Emma back into the tub because...
1.) It hurt really bad
and
2.) I felt like I might actually fall if I held on to her.
This is the worst I have ever experienced this. I have always been able to stabilize myself no big deal but this time I didn't think I was going to be able to. It scared me. And I am not the vocal one when I am pain. I hold it in so for me that also was a first. But when it does this it just catches me off guard and BAM just like that your eyes pop open wider and then most times it is gone or rapidly decreases. Now sometimes the pain will linger but there is no gradual onset or warning, it just hits suddenly.
This happened since. Well I mean to this severity it hasn't. I have been able to cope with it. Somedays they feel very unstable and like they aren't going to support me. I feel like the wrong move or step will set it off. I feel like I walk with caution those days but those days so far have been tolerable besides feeling like I am walking on ice. But the days when it is unexpected is what gets me and that tends to be the eye popping BAM! What bothers me is that I can't control or know when it is going to happen or how bad it will be until the moment it is happening.
I have also noticed that on the unstable days, it is hard to hold the younger two while standing. I feel like I am going to collapse. I know that this could be from the pregnancy hormone that relaxes all the joints.
Dusty has been great and very understanding. He helps me as much as he can when he gets home from work. I understand that he is tired but what he does for me is very much taken to heart and dearly appreciated.
1.) It hurt really bad
and
2.) I felt like I might actually fall if I held on to her.
This is the worst I have ever experienced this. I have always been able to stabilize myself no big deal but this time I didn't think I was going to be able to. It scared me. And I am not the vocal one when I am pain. I hold it in so for me that also was a first. But when it does this it just catches me off guard and BAM just like that your eyes pop open wider and then most times it is gone or rapidly decreases. Now sometimes the pain will linger but there is no gradual onset or warning, it just hits suddenly.
This happened since. Well I mean to this severity it hasn't. I have been able to cope with it. Somedays they feel very unstable and like they aren't going to support me. I feel like the wrong move or step will set it off. I feel like I walk with caution those days but those days so far have been tolerable besides feeling like I am walking on ice. But the days when it is unexpected is what gets me and that tends to be the eye popping BAM! What bothers me is that I can't control or know when it is going to happen or how bad it will be until the moment it is happening.
I have also noticed that on the unstable days, it is hard to hold the younger two while standing. I feel like I am going to collapse. I know that this could be from the pregnancy hormone that relaxes all the joints.
Dusty has been great and very understanding. He helps me as much as he can when he gets home from work. I understand that he is tired but what he does for me is very much taken to heart and dearly appreciated.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Happy Birthday Hannah.
Yes 6 years ago I gave birth to our sweet and sensitive Hannah Rose. Yesterday she and her daddy made chocolate cookies so she could bring birthday treats to school. She came home so proud and told me that her teacher loved them. It was really cute to watch them interact like that. Usually this is a mommy and daughter thing but mommy just doesn't feel good right now. Emma even helped. She would spoon out some cookie dough and ask daddy if she lick her finger. He would say no but drop it on the pan like this. So she would. Then she would get more dough and ask again. Yes the repeat question. Isn't it fun! But it was great for him to do this with the Hannah.
I made her a chocolate sheet cake today and added some pink and purple sprinles on top. We sang her Happy Birthday and she blew her candles out. Big sister Arianna wanted to be playful and add some trick candles. So we did. Hannah kept blowing them out. Emma even tried blowing the candle out. Brady wanted to blow but then it went out on its own so he was a bit upset but he will get his day in July.
Our sweet, sensitive Hannah Rose. We love you! Happy 6th Birthday!!!
I made her a chocolate sheet cake today and added some pink and purple sprinles on top. We sang her Happy Birthday and she blew her candles out. Big sister Arianna wanted to be playful and add some trick candles. So we did. Hannah kept blowing them out. Emma even tried blowing the candle out. Brady wanted to blow but then it went out on its own so he was a bit upset but he will get his day in July.
Our sweet, sensitive Hannah Rose. We love you! Happy 6th Birthday!!!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
My Hips and My Kids....Hmmmmm
The past few days have been really hard on me, ok probably the whole week. First my right hip and leg has really been putting up a fight. It was really bad at the start of the week but has calmed since. Even the left was acting up. I have also been feeling the giving out more and with it comes this new feeling of them being unstable, even if I am just standing. It feels as if they aren't going to hold me that they are really loose and wobbly in there. I don't really know how to describe thise feeling. I know that sounds like giving out but it isn't that. They feel like they aren't going to hold me. I think it might be due to the relaxin that is released during pregnancy. And maybe what could be happening is that the joints are loosening up and giving me this new feeling of being unstable and wobbliness.
I have also been battling the morning sickness but it isn't anything new except that right now it is winning. Yesterday I was unable to keep down breakfast and lunch. So I finally gave in called the doctor and left a message with his murse. Who called back within 15 minutes. She said she would call out dissolvable zofran 8mg. She told me that it works better than the pill form, which is what I was currently taking. She then asked if the zofran was even working. I told that it ssems to work when I take it in the morning and afternoon but by evening I am really fighting to keep down whatever I eat and find myself lying on the couch. And she said that she would call at some phenergan also. So I was instructed to take a zofran in the morning and a phenergan at night. The phenergan wiped me out last night. And I felt the effect into today. I like the dissolvable form because if I get sick no pill comes back up, it is already gone. But they are pricey little things. For 30 it runs over $200 so thank goodness for insurance to help pick up most of that cost.
Yesterday as I was getting sick in come Emma and Paylynn. They came right up to the toilet and were watching mommy get sick. They kept trying to reach their hands in what was coming up and out. I kept batting their hands away. I couldn't say much because that part was a little tied up. They never got the point and I had to keep shooing their curious hands away. Then Emma had to look up into mouth and see how I was getting sick. I guess it really fascinated her because later that night, while I was laying in the recliner I heard her back in the bathroom spitting and gag and then flush the toilet. I told Dusty that Emma was back there trying to get sick like mommy.
My hips and my kids...hmmmm never a dull moment.
I have also been battling the morning sickness but it isn't anything new except that right now it is winning. Yesterday I was unable to keep down breakfast and lunch. So I finally gave in called the doctor and left a message with his murse. Who called back within 15 minutes. She said she would call out dissolvable zofran 8mg. She told me that it works better than the pill form, which is what I was currently taking. She then asked if the zofran was even working. I told that it ssems to work when I take it in the morning and afternoon but by evening I am really fighting to keep down whatever I eat and find myself lying on the couch. And she said that she would call at some phenergan also. So I was instructed to take a zofran in the morning and a phenergan at night. The phenergan wiped me out last night. And I felt the effect into today. I like the dissolvable form because if I get sick no pill comes back up, it is already gone. But they are pricey little things. For 30 it runs over $200 so thank goodness for insurance to help pick up most of that cost.
Yesterday as I was getting sick in come Emma and Paylynn. They came right up to the toilet and were watching mommy get sick. They kept trying to reach their hands in what was coming up and out. I kept batting their hands away. I couldn't say much because that part was a little tied up. They never got the point and I had to keep shooing their curious hands away. Then Emma had to look up into mouth and see how I was getting sick. I guess it really fascinated her because later that night, while I was laying in the recliner I heard her back in the bathroom spitting and gag and then flush the toilet. I told Dusty that Emma was back there trying to get sick like mommy.
My hips and my kids...hmmmm never a dull moment.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Almost Forgot...
Yes I almost forgot how bad the pain can be. But I have been reminded ever so much by the right hip and a little from the left. The right hip really started to bother me yesterday afternoon. I didn't do anything that should have irritated it or made it hurt that bad. But that is the thing, you don't have to do anything just open your eyes and the hurt, pain, stiffiness, and feeling is all there. And yesterday it was there in full force causing my right foot to turn in. So yes it was a bad day. I didn't do much moving. I did go outside and get some sun. That was really nice. Dusty worked in the garden to prepare it for planting. He also dug up a fence post that was used for our temp. fence. But now that we have up our permanent fence we don't need these extra posts. Plus they are just in the yard, a hurt waiting to happen from one of the kids running into them. But he did get it out after much hard determination. Now just a few more to go but I think the one did him in for a while. Oh well.
Today both hips are really bothering me. I almost forgot how bad they did hurt until yesterday and today. If I could take something stronger then tylenol I would today. They hurt that bad. My right is turning in really bad. ARGH. But I honestly can't complain they really have been good. A day like to day makes me appreciate the other days. I will get through this, whether the tylenol works or not. I know there will be more days like this. They aren't fun but I know that one day I will feel better. I can do this.
Today both hips are really bothering me. I almost forgot how bad they did hurt until yesterday and today. If I could take something stronger then tylenol I would today. They hurt that bad. My right is turning in really bad. ARGH. But I honestly can't complain they really have been good. A day like to day makes me appreciate the other days. I will get through this, whether the tylenol works or not. I know there will be more days like this. They aren't fun but I know that one day I will feel better. I can do this.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It's Just a Day
Today was to be my surgery day. In a way it is a relief to have it here and to let it go now. It saddens me a bit to know that I have to wait for another surgery day. But I will get that day and that day will be meant for me. This day just wasn't it. Last night was kind of a hard night for me, just knowing that today I could be in surgery and on my way to recovery. But when I finally woke for the day, I just had to let the day go and move on. I will get my day. I will get to feeling better. My hips won't give out on me. I won't stand up and feel like an 80 year old arthritic woman. One day I will be able to do things that I want to do. The simple things that everybody else around me can do- walk without PAIN, walk without FEAR.
I think the Lord is letting the morning sickness ease up today and yesterday. He knew I would have a hard time and that I didn't need to be so sick. It just is hard to know that I have to wait. I know there is a reason for this happening. But I just want to feel better. I just want to be able to go for a walk without feeling sore or hurting afterwards. I really am ok. I just need to let this day go. I will get mine. I will. Just not yet but soon. I just don't know when that day will be. It would make me feel better to have a day but I will get it in time. I just have to wait and be patient.
Today is my mother's birthday. So I get to be here for that. I am going to make her dinner- manicotti. My sister gets her ultrasound today and will find out boy or girl. How exciting. And what a day.
I think the Lord is letting the morning sickness ease up today and yesterday. He knew I would have a hard time and that I didn't need to be so sick. It just is hard to know that I have to wait. I know there is a reason for this happening. But I just want to feel better. I just want to be able to go for a walk without feeling sore or hurting afterwards. I really am ok. I just need to let this day go. I will get mine. I will. Just not yet but soon. I just don't know when that day will be. It would make me feel better to have a day but I will get it in time. I just have to wait and be patient.
Today is my mother's birthday. So I get to be here for that. I am going to make her dinner- manicotti. My sister gets her ultrasound today and will find out boy or girl. How exciting. And what a day.
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