The Precious Lamb of God: Jaeden's Story: November 2008

Sunday, November 30, 2008

November's Update

Overall, this month was great! We had a few events, but nothing to cause alarm, for now. No news is good news.

Jaeden did not get sick this month. Thank God!!!! His sleeping pattern is much better for mommy's health these days. He has been going to sleep by 11 pm and waking up at around 8 or 9 am.

To be continued.........I have to put Jaeden to sleep!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Happy Election Day!!!

What a historical day?? This is definitely it! History in the making and we are all SUPER EXCITED to be a part of it all.

Today, as a family, we all went to vote! Soooooo EXCITING!!!!! The process was so quick. We were in and out. There were no issues at all. The machines worked and there weren't any lines. Of course we live in a small town and there are numerous poll locations.

Now we just wait and see, who wins this election. I can tell you one thing.....This family is pulling for Barack/Biden....ALL THE WAY!!!

(Resting up before I go to vote!!!)

(Coming out the booth with Daddy, We dit it!!!!)

(Just Chillin', Waiting to see what happens now)

(I did my part, Did you do yours??)

(We helped make history, now we're going home to wait for the results!)

Saturday, November 1, 2008

That Synagis Shot!

Damn!!!! These preemies go through so much. Sheesh!!!

Jaeden's appointment for his Synagis shot was today. The needle goes in deep and they inject the medicine SLOWLY!!! Jaeden doesn't need to be able to speak to let me know that the shot hurt. If it feels anything like the steroid shot I got when I was pregnant with him.....Hmmph! I know that things is painful. Just the thought. He cried a little but for the most part, what can I say, he IS a trooper. He fell asleep, instantly, afterwards. He had to stay in the doctor's office for 15 minutes after the shot to make sure he did not have a reaction to the shot. He did well. There is some redness and puffiness around the injection site. But thank God, nothing else. He definitely caught up on some sleep but is very cranky when awake. He fidgets a lot while he is asleep, but he is sleep, nonetheless. We've been giving him Tylenol every 4 hours and will continue to do so for a 24 hour period.

To think we have to do this again on December 1. Jae has to get this shot for the remainder of this RSV season. This shot today was one in a series of six. One down, five more to go. April cannot get here soon enough.

Just a reminder, his MRI is this coming Friday, please keep us in your prayers.

The pictures above are when we left to go to the doctor's office and these two below are afterwards. Notice how he holds his thigh. That's where his boo-boo is. :-(

How we got here!

It all started in December. I was sick as a dog. I had a cold, a cough that wouldn't quit and the headaches didn't stop. I remember coming home from work on a Friday feeling like crap. This was completely unrelated to the fact that I had missed my period and was wondering why. When I got home, I took a home pregnancy test but it came back negative. I was cool with that. This was already the third day I was feeling as if I were coming down with a bad cold or the flu. I go to bed Friday and stayed in the bed all day Saturday. My husband kept saying, C do you want to go to the ER. They may be able to give you some antibiotics or something. I thought I would be ok with some OTC medicine. I wake up Sunday, now I'm feeling worse. I finally take my husband's advice and we go to the ER. The doctor's asked me if I was pregnant, I said No. Remember I just took the home test two days before. OK. They said I had some type of upper respiratory infection but they could not give me anything because when they took my urine it came back positive for pregnancy. Of course, I felt like a deer caught in headlights. What do you mean, I'm pregnant? Hello, I just took a test that said Negative. Arthur and I were shocked, but happy at the same time. We discussed having a baby, but the timeline we had in mind, was a little later than this. God had different plans.

Nothing about this pregnancy was easy. Arthur and I were back and forth to the ER. There were episodes of bleeding. I remember leaving work with my sister, rushing to the ER and spending all afternoon and all night, to be told that I may not carry this baby past the first trimester. There was no heartbeat. There was the waiting game to see if a heartbeat would ever show. On another occasion, I went to the ER in my hometown, for them to tell me the same thing.

Finally, an ultrasound showed a heartbeat and we were in business. I was told I had to take it easy. That I did. In mid-March, I had the cervial cerclage placed and was placed on bedrest for a couple weeks. I went back to work and knew instantly that I was not going to be able to continue to work if I wanted to have this baby. After trying to work for two days, I went on disability. I was on bed rest with bathroom privileges for the remainder of my pregnancy. The only time I left the house was to go to the doctor and to have my ultrasounds done at the hospital. In April, there was noticeable shortening of my cervix. This continued to happen. In May, after one of my ultrasound appointments, I was put on strict bedrest in the hospital with NO bathroom privileges. Everything I had to do, had to be done while in the bed. I was away from my husband and away from my daughter. It had to be done for the safety of the pregnancy. I was given Steroid shots for the maturation of the baby's lungs. Dear mother of God, how those shots hurt. I cried each time I got them. Thank God, you only get two. Trust me that was quite enough. On Thursday June 5th at 3:00 am, my water broke, better known as Premature Rupture Of Membranes (PROM). Now there was cause for concern regarding infection. I was put on IV and given antibiotics to fight off possible infection. The next morning I was feeling down because I was worried about the continuous leaking of fluid. Worried if my baby was going to be ok. I cried and I prayed and cried and prayed. I fought to get my spirits up. But I managed to do so. Later on in the day, around 4 something, I started to feel pain. I didn't know what it was. I wasn't sure if it was contractions because the nurse said nothing was registering on the monitor. Everyone thought I was crazy. Hell, my husband did too. I knew I was feeling something and I knew the only person who would believe me was my own doctor. I made them call him and he came running. He ordered them to prep me for emergency c-section. In less than an hour, when my doctor arrived, and he checked me I was already 7 cm dialated. The mad rush began to hurry and get my baby delivered. By no means was it an easy delivery either. The surgery was difficult for me and for the doctors. But Jaeden made his debut into the world on that Friday June 6, 2008 at 28 weeks gestation. I thank God, that my husband was able to fight through Friday evening traffic and make it in time to support me and to see his son arrive. What a blessing!!! I thank my mother-in-law for being at the hospital, I thank my sister and my daughter. I thank my doctor for believing me and for acting so quickly. He said he ran five red lights. Hope you didn't get any tickets. I will end this by saying my son is truly a miracle child. It was later determined when my placenta was tested, that I suffered Placenta Abruptio. If my doctor had not believed me and he did not work as fast as he did, there would have been a different story to tell. Boy am I grateful, that my son was given a chance at life and that God did not find it robbery to bestow this awesome blessing upon my husband, and I and our family.

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