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33w2d
And let the whining begin! I have been truly miserable. No sooner did I spit out my last entry than I got to feeling not-so-well. I just felt kinda "off" all afternoon last Monday. When Tommy got home from work, we headed to the grocery store for all of our holiday food shopping. We got there around 7 pm, and after half an hour, I was just in agony. I told him if I weren't so proud, I would have gotten one of those motorized carts to ride around in. I felt truly uncomfortable no matter what I did. I tried sitting and resting and it didn't help. I tried leaning on the buggy and it didn't help. I tried walking around paying attention to good posture and it didn't help. What I really wanted to do was just curl up on the ground right there in the middle of the store. I just felt a lot of abdominal and flank pain - I felt doubled over. We got home, I took some Tylenol, and Tommy unloaded and put away all of the groceries. I laid on the sofa for a little bit, but that wasn't very helpful either. So I tried a hot bath. I am one of those people who loves baths - if a nice bath doesn't help me, I really am not doing well. I got out of the tub, and immediately went to bed. I tossed and turned and writhed and just couldn't get comfortable, no matter what. I came back to the sofa, laid relatively still for maybe half an hour, then Tommy and I went back to bed together. I gave it maybe 15 minutes before giving up and calling the OB. By this time, Tommy had *just* fallen asleep and it was midnight. I knew what I *thought* was wrong, I just didn't want to face the music. I've had kidney stones before... So, I told the OB that I was 32 weeks pregnant, and if I was more sure of exactly where my kidneys were right now, I'd be even more sure that was the problem. He sent me on to the ER and told me to pack a bag. I guess this is a perk of being pregnant - they checked me in and immediately sent me to L&D - no having to wait around being miserable with the broken bones and flu victims in the ER waiting room. They hooked me up to monitors, where we were able to see all of my Braxton Hicks, as well as the nice strong heartbeat of our baby boy for a couple of hours. They drew blood, inserted an IV, and did their preliminary tests. Then they gave me Nubain, a drug that must truly be a gift from heaven. It took effect immediately upon injection. I have no idea what time it was in the middle of the night/morning when they admitted me upstairs at the postpartum floor. I stayed all day the 23rd. The Nubain was such a huge help, but I know there was still something not right, because the pain was still there when the drugs wore off. Finally late that afternoon, they did an ultrasound of my kidneys. Sure enough, there were stones in my left kidney, and my right kidney was inflamed. There was also the standard bladder infection, so I had an antibiotic cocktail added to my IV at 3 hr. intervals. Turns out that there was no radiologist available to read my ultrasound results until the next morning, so I spent another night. By Christmas Eve morning, I was in tears. I just wanted to go home. My parents were coming back in town with my kids that morning, my grandparents were coming, my stepkids were coming the next morning, and... let's face it - it's Christmas! Who wants to be in the hospital? Luckily, the Dr. made rounds fairly early that day, and I was released right around lunchtime. I came home plenty weak and still hurting, but that's to be expected, and there was really nothing more that could be done. Now, I just have to pass the stone(s). They gave me Darvocet, and as long as I take it before I am REALLY hurting, I'm doing okay.
This episode has really done me in though. I was tired (sure...) just from being in late pregnancy and having two toddlers. But now I am just wiped out and can't seem to catch up. Only 5w2d until our scheduled induction date and we will be able to meet Baby Jay! I am truly ready.
Aside from the misery of kidney stones, our Christmas was really wonderful. The kids, of course, racked up. Toys galore. And Dylan was dazzled by his bouncy horse from Nana and Pap-pap. This kid is now on cloud nine. They all had a great Christmas, as did Tommy and I. He surprised me with diamond earrings, a bath mat that makes a whirlpool (remember I love baths!) and a Sirius radio for my car. I'll be able to have more than 100 stations nationwide at just the push of a button, no matter where I am. And then there's a home docking kit, too - I can bring it in and listen at home too. Really cool and completely unexpected!
There are Christmas pics up at www.babiesonline.com/babies/h/hewittfamily
I am going to end for now, and hit the hay soon - I am tired!
Hope the holidays were good for everyone, and I wish all of you a Happy New Year!
Cara and crew
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