Back again....

Well, I was doing pretty well at home over the past few days. But this morning around 2am, I woke up feeling quite nauseous. I went for a walk around the neiborhood hoping it was gas, but when I got back I was still feeling lousy. I asked Mike to run across the street to Walgreens to get me pepto and as soon as I got some in my mouth, I started throwing up green bile. As a nurse, I knew this was bad. I called the hospital where I work and spoke with one of the peds resident's who is a friend of mine. She suggested I come in to the ER and get some tests done. So at around 4:30am we arrived and I am still here. Thank the Lord that Mike's mom is here this week....we were able to leave Mackenzie at home with her. Well, I had a CT done, and it showed a small bowel obstruction. I have another NG tube and I am not allowed to eat or drink anything. I saw my surgeon this afternoon and he said we will just have to rest my bowel and see what happens. My body might fix itself, if not then I have to have more surgery. As you can imagine, that is the last thing I want to have to do. Please keep me in your prayers as I recover from this. If surgery is needed, the surgeon said it will be a little more extensive than before, so I would really rather sit here for a few days with my NG tube and get better with God's help, not the surgeons!

Finally Home!!!

Well, as some of you may know...I finally made it home from the hospital on Sunday afternoon. For those of you who don't know, my surgery turned out to be quite extensive! Instead of the quick 2hr surgery, it took about 6hrs! My OBGYN went in with a small camara to look around and try to figure out why I was having pain. They saw nothing!!!! My uterus and ovaries where PERFECT...but as he was about to pull out, he saw some adhesions in my small bowel! He then got a nurse to step into the hall and find a GI surgeon fast! She found one, and he graciously stepped in and took over the case. He told me it took him 2 1/2 hrs to clean out all the adhesions in my small bowel. He had to do a small bowel resection because it was damaged beyond repair...only about an inch though. He was definetely sent from God to be in that hallway at that particular moment. My OB told me that if they were unable to find anyone at that time, they would have to close me back up and wait for me to become obstructed and then it would be emergent and GI would then take me. Anyway, with all the anasthesia, it took them awhile to wake me up in recovery and they would not let Mike in...which did not go over well with him at all. I finally woke up at around 4:30pm and was alone and in a lot of pain. Overall, it was a pretty bad day for all of us, but God pulled us through and I am now home where I belong.
As some of you may now, I had adhesions removed about 10 yrs ago. The GI surgeon told me then that I would probably have them again in about 10-15 yrs...I was right on time. The surgeon went in the same incision, this time I got a drain which helped with the post-op pain, but let me tell you, it was not fun getting that thing out yesterday!!!!! I have a HUGE scab on the inside of my nose where my NG tube was, but that should heal too. Mike's mom and sister are here for the week to help me with the baby. My parents went home Sunday afternoon....thenk you to them for everything they do for us!!!
It's hard not being able to pick up Mackenzie and I hate that she doesn't understand. She is doing well though, lots of grandparents to keep her entertained!
Please keep our family in your prayers and pray for a fast recovery!
Some pics to come....

It's been awhile!!

I know it has been awhile...and I'm sorry. I do have a few new pics of Mackenzie, but I am at work today so I am unable to post them right now. She is doing great! We were at the pulmonologist office the other day and she weighed 16lbs 12oz! She is crawling around like crazy and she is into EVERYTHING!!!! She has two teeth now, and loving the fact that she gets some "big girl foods". I am not sure how much will be posted for awhile...I am having surgery on Tuesday of this week. Hopefully outpatient, but we will see. They say that I might need to stay for a 23hr observation. Anyway, please keep us in your prayers over the next few days. Thankfully, my mom is coming to keep Mackenzie for us so that is one thing I will not have to worry about if I end up staying the night. I work tomorrow until 3...I will try to get some pictures up when I get home. If not, I will post them as soon as possible.

Bills, bills, bills

Drinking Daddy's kool-aid....yummy!!!


Having a snack while Mommy tries to get dinner started!!

Here is what Mackenzie thinks about the bills!!!!!

A few new things...

Mackenzie has been doing a few new things lately. Sitting (briefly) on her own and TRYING to crawl. She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth, then plops down on the ground. She will be up and moving in no time!!!!!
PS...video to come! ( I have to use Mike's work computer to get it to download)

Tooth!!!

I finally got a good shot of Mackenzie's tooth!!!! It's really coming in, and there are more to come for sure!!!!!