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Hey everyone! Hope all is well out there. I have been MIA for a little bit.
Little Miss Sadie was born on April 5th, 2011 via C-section. She weighs in at a whopping 5lbs 14oz and only 16 1/2 inches long! Healthy as can be, just a very little touch of jaundice. She's our perfect little midget!! We love her very much. :Karl:
Here is my story of my last week and how Sadie came a few weeks early:
Sadie was scheduled to be born on the 18th of April via c-section, but we've been having some problems. Last Friday evening, April 1st, I woke up in the middle of the night with these uncontrollable shakes/shivering, vomiting, aches/pains, and a lot of stomach pain. I wasn't having any contractions, I just thought I caught some type of bug. Over Saturday and the course of Sunday I kept getting sicker and sicker. I called my OB on Sunday evening an he told me to just rest and drink lots of fluids because there was a nasty GI bug going around right now. So I did what he said, knowing I had my 37 week appointment with him that very next morning.
I went in on Monday morning for my check-up and they basically took one look at me and after weighing/taking my blood pressure heart rate admitted me right to the hospital for IV fluids and pain meds. At this point, my heart rate was up to 167 (faster than baby's!!)
I was admitted and a bunch of blood was taken, as well as urine, and vital signs... all of that good stuff. About an hour later doc comes in and says that all of my blood work was so unstable that we were delivering the baby the next morning. She was doing okay, but I was getting so sick they wanted to be safer than sorry.
I had a horrible night that night and paced all night and was in so much pain. I felt so unbelievably sick. They hurried and took me into surgery to delivery the baby and then sent me on my way to recovery and to run more tests. They thought I would just get better once they delivered the baby. My liver (AST) was up to 190 and rising and my platelets were dropping, potassium was dangerously low, and other electrolytes were falling.
To make an already long story a little shorter, in the end they ruled out that I have Cholangitis AND pancreatitis. The cholangitis threw us for a loop because I haven't had a gallbladder for a few years, however, even though you don't have a gallbladder you still have bile ducts that can get clogged and or get stones in them.
I am so excited that Ms. Sadie is here and doing amazingly well, but I am also so down in the dumps, because I just want to be a good mom and I can barely even hold my own child sometimes. I am in so much pain, its worse than any flare I've ever had before. The pain is even worse than the bowel obstruction that I've had.
I am so blessed to have this gorgeous little girl!!! I am so very thankful that she is healthy and happy. I know I will get better eventually and will be able to take care of her like I want to, but for now it is just hard to not be depressed about it.
There's my very very long update on what's been going on. I could use lots of prayers if you have them in you. I hope that you, my friends, are doing well and staying healthy.
Little Miss Sadie was born on April 5th, 2011 via C-section. She weighs in at a whopping 5lbs 14oz and only 16 1/2 inches long! Healthy as can be, just a very little touch of jaundice. She's our perfect little midget!! We love her very much. :Karl:
Here is my story of my last week and how Sadie came a few weeks early:
Sadie was scheduled to be born on the 18th of April via c-section, but we've been having some problems. Last Friday evening, April 1st, I woke up in the middle of the night with these uncontrollable shakes/shivering, vomiting, aches/pains, and a lot of stomach pain. I wasn't having any contractions, I just thought I caught some type of bug. Over Saturday and the course of Sunday I kept getting sicker and sicker. I called my OB on Sunday evening an he told me to just rest and drink lots of fluids because there was a nasty GI bug going around right now. So I did what he said, knowing I had my 37 week appointment with him that very next morning.
I went in on Monday morning for my check-up and they basically took one look at me and after weighing/taking my blood pressure heart rate admitted me right to the hospital for IV fluids and pain meds. At this point, my heart rate was up to 167 (faster than baby's!!)
I was admitted and a bunch of blood was taken, as well as urine, and vital signs... all of that good stuff. About an hour later doc comes in and says that all of my blood work was so unstable that we were delivering the baby the next morning. She was doing okay, but I was getting so sick they wanted to be safer than sorry.
I had a horrible night that night and paced all night and was in so much pain. I felt so unbelievably sick. They hurried and took me into surgery to delivery the baby and then sent me on my way to recovery and to run more tests. They thought I would just get better once they delivered the baby. My liver (AST) was up to 190 and rising and my platelets were dropping, potassium was dangerously low, and other electrolytes were falling.
To make an already long story a little shorter, in the end they ruled out that I have Cholangitis AND pancreatitis. The cholangitis threw us for a loop because I haven't had a gallbladder for a few years, however, even though you don't have a gallbladder you still have bile ducts that can get clogged and or get stones in them.
I am so excited that Ms. Sadie is here and doing amazingly well, but I am also so down in the dumps, because I just want to be a good mom and I can barely even hold my own child sometimes. I am in so much pain, its worse than any flare I've ever had before. The pain is even worse than the bowel obstruction that I've had.
I am so blessed to have this gorgeous little girl!!! I am so very thankful that she is healthy and happy. I know I will get better eventually and will be able to take care of her like I want to, but for now it is just hard to not be depressed about it.
There's my very very long update on what's been going on. I could use lots of prayers if you have them in you. I hope that you, my friends, are doing well and staying healthy.
