Monday, April 28, 2008

Wrapping up the semester

Things have been busy, as usual, these last few weeks. After I had that weird episode a few weeks back, my mom came up for about a week. That was a big help and Lydia loved having so much attention. Frank only has one more day of studying before his first PhD comprehensive. I am trying to take my Biblical Counseling final early, so we can head to SC after Frank finishes his last comprehensive next Monday. I also have an appt with the OBGYN that day, so we'll likely end up getting a hotel Monday night and driving on home Tuesday.

Lydia has starting saying, "No" quite clearly now (as compared to her previous "Naaaa" which I thought was quite cute. She is also repeating everything she hears! I am eager to see how she will act with family in SC. She has not seen everyone (except my mom) in months.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Wednesday

I have a few things to blog about today, as the last few days have been pretty busy. On Sunday we were on our way to church when my vision got a bit blurry and I started getting a headache & nausea. About an hour later I still wasn't any better and I realized my lips and the left side of my chin & cheek were numb...also the tips of my left fingers. After a little deliberation, a couple of church members took me to the hospital (as Frank had to preach). We waited quite awhile, and by the time Frank arrived, I still hadn't been seen. Another church member happens to be the director of the ER, so she called and "pulled strings" so I was finally taken back. The doctor didn't want to do a CT scan because of my pregnancy, so she gave me a bag of fluids and then discharged me. She said if it happened again to come back. Duh. It was a wasted trip. The only thing that I felt good about was that they were able to make sure my eye wasn't hemorrhaging, which has happened before and left me with a small blind spot.
Needless to say, we missed Sunday night church.
I do have to brag on Lydia though. We were there for about 7 hours and she was awesome. She didn't cry, even though her daddy and the church members didn't think to change her diaper and she leaked out of it...Frank said it weighed 10 lbs when he took it off. Also she wasn't allowed to get down, so she remained almost the entire time in laps!
Monday I had an appointment with my OB. The heartbeat of the baby sounded great and everything seems fine, so far. No more word on what all that bleeding could have been.
Yesterday we took Lydia to the park, where we had a picnic and let her play on the playground. She loved swinging and sliding and had a fit when it was time to go.
Today my mom is on her way up, so I'm busy cleaning!! She'll likely be here by around 7pm. Lydia is napping now and Frank is still in bed!! (He stayed up late watchinng a movie from RedBox)!
Frank will take his comprehensives in just a 2 1/2 more weeks! Yikes!