There is no way I will do this story justice but here goes...
On Tuesday morning, Mitch was filling up Rocky's water dish and he noticed that the siding under our eve was loose and hanging a bit. He lifted the flap and down fell droppings. Yuck! He thought they were from a rat or something but didn't have time to investigate further because he had to get the kids to the Lingners' and get to work. He did some investigating online and found out that rat and bat droppings look about the same and that there are bats in our area. Vampire bats even...they like to bite.
So Thursday afternoon after he had laid the kids down for nap he prepared for battle. He took a ladder and a tennis racket and took a look. He lifted the flap and right in his face, there it was, a bat just staring back at him. He slammed the siding back down and started banging on it with the tennis racket.
Thinking he had at least stunned if not killed the bat he lifted the siding again. This time the bat was staring right back at him, teeth gleaming and hissing. It was go time. Mitch tore the siding off and started whacking at the bat. A fierce battle ensued but the bat gave flight and hid in a tree. Mitch was victorious!
He cleaned out the area and then hammered the siding back tight. No more freeloading bats allowed.
So proud of my husband for taking on a bat and so glad that I wasn't there. Bats...gross.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Ambien Experience
Not sure how to spell that medicine's name but I am sure of one thing...It Works!
I didn't sleep well at all on Saturday and Sunday night, so by Monday I was really tired. My nurses had told me that I could have an ambien anytime I needed one, so I thought, Why not.
It was midnight when I took it and I usually sleep till 8am so I thought it would work out great...Not so much. I woke up groggy, ordered breakfast, and fell back asleep. Woke up when my food arrived 40 minutes later, ate, called the nurse to be put on the fetal monitor, and fell asleep. Woke up, was put on the monitor, and fell asleep. Woke up to be taken off the monitor and fell back to sleep. Heard my housekeeper Wanda come in to clean, tired to say something to her...no words came out, didn't even know if she cleaned the room because I was sound asleep. Finally woke up at 11:30, ordered lunch, took a shower, ate lunch and then took a two hour nap! Woke up at 4pm.
After that I was awake for the rest of the day but had slept through most of it.
So crazy. I have never experienced that kind of knock out. Won't be doing that again anytime soon :-)
I didn't sleep well at all on Saturday and Sunday night, so by Monday I was really tired. My nurses had told me that I could have an ambien anytime I needed one, so I thought, Why not.
It was midnight when I took it and I usually sleep till 8am so I thought it would work out great...Not so much. I woke up groggy, ordered breakfast, and fell back asleep. Woke up when my food arrived 40 minutes later, ate, called the nurse to be put on the fetal monitor, and fell asleep. Woke up, was put on the monitor, and fell asleep. Woke up to be taken off the monitor and fell back to sleep. Heard my housekeeper Wanda come in to clean, tired to say something to her...no words came out, didn't even know if she cleaned the room because I was sound asleep. Finally woke up at 11:30, ordered lunch, took a shower, ate lunch and then took a two hour nap! Woke up at 4pm.
After that I was awake for the rest of the day but had slept through most of it.
So crazy. I have never experienced that kind of knock out. Won't be doing that again anytime soon :-)
31 weeks on 8/25
Well we made it to 31 weeks and all is going well with baby Wyatt. I am a bit stir crazy but knowing that we only have 3 weeks max makes it seem more doable. Who would have guessed I'd live in a hospital for over 7 weeks of my life? And I'm not even sick! Life is crazy sometimes but it is all good. I've been reading a lot and found some great quotes about troubles.
"There must be a trial. For as long as the flesh has everything agreeable and according to its inclinations, the soul will never wholly and with power cling to the Lord." Andrew Murray
"Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended- to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles." Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
God really has used this time to draw myself and Mitch closer to him and closer to each other. I didn't think it was possible to love my husband more than I did. But it is and I do. We may be farther apart in location but we are closer in spirit than we have ever been. Walking through this trial together has really challenged us to cling to God and to support each other in all things. And we have already come out stronger. I find myself loving more and more of his character every day. So thankful to the Lord for revealing more of the fabulous qualities that he has put in my husband. Am so blessed to be his wife.
"There must be a trial. For as long as the flesh has everything agreeable and according to its inclinations, the soul will never wholly and with power cling to the Lord." Andrew Murray
"Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended- to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles." Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
God really has used this time to draw myself and Mitch closer to him and closer to each other. I didn't think it was possible to love my husband more than I did. But it is and I do. We may be farther apart in location but we are closer in spirit than we have ever been. Walking through this trial together has really challenged us to cling to God and to support each other in all things. And we have already come out stronger. I find myself loving more and more of his character every day. So thankful to the Lord for revealing more of the fabulous qualities that he has put in my husband. Am so blessed to be his wife.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
True Sight
I was reading through a daily devotional that Mitch's Nanie sent to me titled, The Miracle of Sight. It was in reference to John 9:15 when Jesus healed the blind man. The woman who wrote it explained how Jesus heals that man's physical blindness and that He is powerful to heal our spiritual blindness as well. Through him we see ourselves as we really are. We are made aware of the sins that we might try to justify without his spirit leading us to repentance. She concluded by saying "Let's be sure to spend enough time with Him, allowing Him to remove the sin that blinds us."
It was a great reminder to me of why spending time with Jesus every day is so important. There are times in my life when I have justified sin or been totally blind to it until someone else pointed it out. Without a clean heart, right spirit and renewed mind, what chance do any of us have in making the right choices and not being hopeless slaves to sin? I fool myself when I think I can make it though a day without him. I pray that every day I will spend time with him so that I too can have true sight and walk in his presence.
It was a great reminder to me of why spending time with Jesus every day is so important. There are times in my life when I have justified sin or been totally blind to it until someone else pointed it out. Without a clean heart, right spirit and renewed mind, what chance do any of us have in making the right choices and not being hopeless slaves to sin? I fool myself when I think I can make it though a day without him. I pray that every day I will spend time with him so that I too can have true sight and walk in his presence.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Dr. Bobbie Bear
One of the best Patient Care Associates at this hospital is named Bobbie. I have had the chance to get to know her over the last 6 weeks and she is wonderful and sweet. She is a mother and grandmother and she takes care of me as well as my kids when they are here.
Last week she started letting Kennedi practice taking her temperature orally when I got my vitals taken. Both kids love to get their vitals now and almost always get their pulse and oxygen levels after I do.
Well, last friday, the 12th, Kennedi had a fever and we were stuck at the hospital not knowing what to do. We didn't have medicine here or a way to check her temperature. And who do you think walked in for the evening shift...Bobbie! She was an angel. She took Kennedi's temperature and it was just under 100 degrees. We told her we didn't have any children's Tylenol and she offered to go get some for us. The pharmacy won't sell it to anyone but hospital staff. So off she went and came back with two different bottles. She wouldn't let us repay her either. Then she said she'd be back in an hour to see how things were going.
Kennedi's temp had gone up slightly after an hour, but she was looking better and was not as upset. Bobbie said she knew just the thing to make her feel better and was off again. When she came back there was something hidden under her nurses jacket. She walked over to Kennedi and pulled out a stuffed bear complete with embroidered St. John's Mercy doctor's jacket. Kennedi's face lit up! Bobbie told her that she needed to name Dr. Bear and keep it with her over night and she would feel so much better in the morning! It was so sweet!
Well, Kennedi did name the bear, Dr. Bobbie Bear, and she has slept with it every night since. The fever only lasted a couple of days with no other symptoms. We were very thankful for that and that God made sure Bobbie was taking care of us that night. We wouldn't have made it through so well without her.
Last week she started letting Kennedi practice taking her temperature orally when I got my vitals taken. Both kids love to get their vitals now and almost always get their pulse and oxygen levels after I do.
Well, last friday, the 12th, Kennedi had a fever and we were stuck at the hospital not knowing what to do. We didn't have medicine here or a way to check her temperature. And who do you think walked in for the evening shift...Bobbie! She was an angel. She took Kennedi's temperature and it was just under 100 degrees. We told her we didn't have any children's Tylenol and she offered to go get some for us. The pharmacy won't sell it to anyone but hospital staff. So off she went and came back with two different bottles. She wouldn't let us repay her either. Then she said she'd be back in an hour to see how things were going.
Kennedi's temp had gone up slightly after an hour, but she was looking better and was not as upset. Bobbie said she knew just the thing to make her feel better and was off again. When she came back there was something hidden under her nurses jacket. She walked over to Kennedi and pulled out a stuffed bear complete with embroidered St. John's Mercy doctor's jacket. Kennedi's face lit up! Bobbie told her that she needed to name Dr. Bear and keep it with her over night and she would feel so much better in the morning! It was so sweet!
Well, Kennedi did name the bear, Dr. Bobbie Bear, and she has slept with it every night since. The fever only lasted a couple of days with no other symptoms. We were very thankful for that and that God made sure Bobbie was taking care of us that night. We wouldn't have made it through so well without her.
30 weeks
Well we have made it 6 weeks. Never thought when I came it at 24 weeks that I'd make it this far. God is definitely bigger that the statistics!
I am praying for a full 4 weeks more but at least 2 more weeks. I really want to make it to 32 weeks now. That is the next "milestone" age and things get even safer after that. I know that Wyatt is in God's hands so I'm trying not to worry too much but all the reading that I am doing has convinced me to keep praying for at least 2 more weeks of growing time for him.
I signed my "birth plan" today so I know that it is in the file now that I am going VBAC! Very exciting. I don't know that it will work out but the last thing I want to have to do is fight with a doctor over how this baby is coming out. The paper work helps me know that they are all on the same page. No pun intended :-)
I was talking to a friend on Monday night and one thing that this process has shown me is that when you have a normal pregnancy there are hundreds of little things that you never are told about or have to talk about with the doctor. But when something goes wrong, in my care premature rupture of membranes, you are given all of those things to think about, worry about, learn about, and pray about. Lots of them have decisions that have to be made after all of that. It is a lot more taxing than a normal pregnancy. Makes me really thankful for the first two pregnancies going so well and grateful that God is the final word on all of this so even if my plan fails, He never does! He is never surprised, overwhelmed, or unsure. He already knows how this ends. And I will trust him to get me there.
Psalm 95-Psalm 100 say over and over again to sing to the Lord a new song, to worship him with joy, to tell of his salvation and marvelous works, to rejoice in the Lord and give thanks to His holy name.
I will join in that giving thanks to him for his protection and provision over the last month and 1/2. He is the one who holds Wyatt and sustains his life day by day. He made the earth and all that is in it. He is mighty and greatly to be praised.
Psalm 100:3-5
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
I am praying for a full 4 weeks more but at least 2 more weeks. I really want to make it to 32 weeks now. That is the next "milestone" age and things get even safer after that. I know that Wyatt is in God's hands so I'm trying not to worry too much but all the reading that I am doing has convinced me to keep praying for at least 2 more weeks of growing time for him.
I signed my "birth plan" today so I know that it is in the file now that I am going VBAC! Very exciting. I don't know that it will work out but the last thing I want to have to do is fight with a doctor over how this baby is coming out. The paper work helps me know that they are all on the same page. No pun intended :-)
I was talking to a friend on Monday night and one thing that this process has shown me is that when you have a normal pregnancy there are hundreds of little things that you never are told about or have to talk about with the doctor. But when something goes wrong, in my care premature rupture of membranes, you are given all of those things to think about, worry about, learn about, and pray about. Lots of them have decisions that have to be made after all of that. It is a lot more taxing than a normal pregnancy. Makes me really thankful for the first two pregnancies going so well and grateful that God is the final word on all of this so even if my plan fails, He never does! He is never surprised, overwhelmed, or unsure. He already knows how this ends. And I will trust him to get me there.
Psalm 95-Psalm 100 say over and over again to sing to the Lord a new song, to worship him with joy, to tell of his salvation and marvelous works, to rejoice in the Lord and give thanks to His holy name.
I will join in that giving thanks to him for his protection and provision over the last month and 1/2. He is the one who holds Wyatt and sustains his life day by day. He made the earth and all that is in it. He is mighty and greatly to be praised.
Psalm 100:3-5
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Breaking out of here
The last two days on our 45 minute outings we have made a run for it...Across the street that is. Yesterday Mitch asked our nurse if we could go across the street when we went outside. To which she replied, "I don't know where you go when you leave your room." Smile and wink. So we took that as a go for it. So we did. We went to Walgreens to pick up some pictures I ordered and look around for awhile. It was a lot of fun. We were quite a sight to be seen. Mitch had William on his back in a hiking pack and was pushing me in a wheelchair with Kennedi on my lap. No security personnel came after us so when I realized last night that I needed to pick up a few things I thought why not go for it again? Such a rebel I know. :-) The adrenaline rush was amazing! Teehee. I think it was really a reaction to leaving the hospital property after almost 6 weeks of being here. Nice to break things up a bit. We'll see what antics next week brings.
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