New Years Eve my blood pressure decided to be naughty again and spiked up, so the doctor had me head to the hospital for some monitoring. They were having problems getting it under control so the doctor ended up admitting me. They finally had a high-risk doctor review my chart and do a few tests. We got to see our little guy on ultrasound again. The doctor measured him and he is doing great. On Friday he was 5 pounds 11 ounces, so he is going to be a good sized boys. Originally they thought I was going to need to deliver over the weekend, but they finally were able to get my blood pressure under control a bit better with some new medications and bedrest. I finally got to come home today around noon. Sure is good to be home. Hopefully my blood pressure will behave itself and we can get a few more weeks of "cooking" for our little Quinn. Joe's mom offered to come help, so she is coming down Monday and staying for most of the week to help with the boys and make meals, etc. I am officially off work now, which is stinky since I don't have any paid time off...but I just have to trust that things will work out. We have some money saved for when the baby was born, but using some of that now is going to shorten my time at home with him. It is more important to have a healthy baby by far. Maybe we will be able to afford for me to work part-time for a bit once I need to go back to work. Other not so good news is that Dusty lost his job, so we will also be missing money from child support...sigh. When it rains, it pours, right?
The best thing, besides our baby being healthy, is that we have lots of great friends and family that have all offered to help out with the boys while I am home for the next few weeks. All of this would be much harder to deal with if we weren't so blessed.
Hopefully there won't be too much more excitement to blog about for a few weeks. Keep us all in your prayers:)
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Alright Teresa and Joe, it is now time for you to truly trust in your friends and family to help out. Many people will want to help but will not know how. I know it is hard for you to ask for things but PLEASE we want to help. Make a list of things that we can help with. Like, housecleaning, grocery shopping, meal preparation, taking Zan and Will out for a while, helping the boys with homework, doing a funny dance in a clown costume in your bedroom to make you laugh. You get the picture. WE WANT to help.
ReplyDeleteI will call you later but in the meantime, start your list :>)
Love you!