Update on baby Noah

Thank you all for your prayers and concerns. My friend is putting up this update for me, since the hospital computer thinks this is a "dating" service. Noah is stable and has been moved to a room for stable babies. We don't know much more than we did before and hope to have more information later after we get a plan of care from his doctor. They have repeated the ultrasound of his heart and kidneys, and as far as we understand they have come back fine. Yesterday the did an ultrasound of his brain and further renal studies. His blood pressure is still high, and he is getting medication for that. They would like to find the reason for the blood pressure being high and think that his kidneys may have some sort of blockage which is confusing his body into making his pressure higher. His high red blood cell count is still a concern, and I'm not sure what his platlet level is. I will try to udate later. Rick and I are staying at the Ronald McDonald house and the kids are with Maureen.

Calander of recent events to catch you all up

April 24-26 my dad came down from New York to visit. I made a kick ass roast for dinner Friday night, Saturday we went mini golfing and went to Carrabbas, Sunday afternoon he headed back home. It was a nice time and I hate seeing him go, but am excited they he will be bringing my Marge in the fall.

April 26th at 2 pm was my baby shower. It was great! I was so surprised with all the people that came. I was also surprised by the thoughtfulness and generosity of all my friends and family. We received almost everything we needed for the baby and what we didn't receive we were able to buy with cash and gift cards.

May 1st we went and saw the Charlotte StoneCrabs, the local minor league baseball team. My work has season passes and makes them available with a parking pass to employees from time to time. The seats were right behind home plate in the first row. It was a great experience for the family.

May 4th I took a day off from work. I got the kids ready for school and went back to bed until 10:30 am. I took my shower and headed off to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. After that I stopped to visit Fran and grabbed some drive thru lunch. I then headed to Sarasota to give my deposition against my ex husband. It was emotionally draining, but I did what I had to do. I treated myself to a little retail therapy at Babies R Us on the way home and purchased Noah's swing.

May 5th I had my appointment with my perinatologist. Noah weighed 4 lbs 14 oz, the same Kaylin weighed when she was born. I was 30 wks and 4 days pregnant, but Noah measured 31 wks and 5 days. He is measuring big and ahead of schedule.

May 6th Brandon had his Dr Hubbard appointment. We got there at 8am, got called back after 10 and saw Dr Hubbard in the hallway for 3 minutes. Believe it or not it was a tiny bit productive. His insurance changed and Dr Hubbard's Arcadia office doesn't take the new insurance, but her Bradenton office does. So I now have him set up in the Bradenton office. The good thing about that office is that the appointments aren't quadruple booked for every 15 minutes. If he has a 8am appointment, he will been seen at 8 and we can leave right after that. I can also drop him off at school on my way to work instead of finding someone to watch him.

May 8th I saw Dr Gregush and all is well.

MMMmmmm....dinner

Yesterday we went mini golfing with my dad. We had a lot of fun, and the kids did good. Brandon was, well Brandon, and that was okay. Rick came home from work and we all went to Carrabbas for dinner. It was totally frickin awesome. Brandon was amazing! Kaylin ate WAY TOO MUCH and was suffering the rest of the night. It was an awesome meal. Dad will be stopped by this morning and leaving in the afternoon to go see my grandma. It went by super fast. I will def. miss him, but can't wait until he brings my evil step mother down in the fall. I haven't seen her since I moved to Florida and she has never met Brandon or seen Kaylin since she was three. I REALLY like her and miss her A LOT.

Yea! My Dad is here.

My dad is here. I missed him a lot. We ate a kick ass roast with potatoes and carrots. We visited awhile. Brandon did OKAY, had a few moments of jerkiness, like when he decided to put dirt in magic Grandpa's soda. He also decided to say HELL, which got him some soap in his mouth. I think a lot of it had to do with him being excited and he also had a field trip which over stimulated him. Hopefully tomorrow will go a little smoother. My dad brought me a video camera thingy called flip video. It is really, really cool. You down load it onto the computer and can share videos online, or save on the computer, or burn on a disk. This is really cool since we have the baby coming soon. Tomorrow we are going out to dinner when Rick gets home from work tomorrow.

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Finally, and oh crap!

I finally got through to the state attorney's office. My baby squirrel does not have to go to court and testify, or give a deposition. They made a mistake. Whew! Boy can I breathe a little better now. I still have to go, but that is okay.

In other news...
My step dad was feeling dizzy at work and having elevated blood pressure. My mom made him go to the doctor, and this time it was good that she did. They did and EKG and it came back abnormal so they made him do the stress test. The stress test came back abnormal too. They did some nuclear studies and found out that he had a heart attack and has some scarring/damage to his heart. Friday they go and see the cardiologist and see what's next.

Breastfeeding class and some complaining

Tonight I somehow talked Rick into going to my breastfeeding class. I am proud to say that he behaved himself. We learned a lot, but it also left a lot of decisions to be made. One of them is how long do I do it for, and how will I handle pumping at work if I choose to do so after my maternity leave. I guess we will play wait and see. There are a lot of factors that influence this big decision. Kaylin and Brandon went to my moms. Kaylin is horrified that I will be breastfeeding. She calls it booby sucking and states that it is the most unnatural, inhumane, disgusting thing to do. I told her to get over it...

I saw Dr. Gregush today, and everything is going well. I am 29 weeks and 4 days. Noah weighs about 3 lbs 8 oz and looks to be a week ahead in size. My blood pressure was higher than usual, but no one was concerned. Dr. Gregush was also very excited and happy about my cervix. I know you're jealous that my cervix is so awesome.

I've also been irritable about some different things going on in life. I will just make a list;
1. Possible court thing for daughter.
2. State Attorney's office won't call me back (see #1)
3. Pissed at Tori about her sucky attitude and nasty comments
4. Pissed at girls at work about time off issues
5. Annoyed at Rick (as usual) for being lazy and not motivated
6. Not liking the neglected feeling
7. Nervous about baby shower (I don't like to be at the center of things)
8. People aren't RSVP-ing for shower
9. Tori is being a bitch about my shower
10. Mom is being nutty
11. Self esteem has plummeted to an all time low
12. My house if a mess

Just for shit's and giggles I will make a list of good crap;
1. My dad is coming to visit
2. My maternity leave is a few short months away
3. My pregnancy is going well
4. I have two great kids
5. I have a boyfriend who is nice
6. Excited about baby shower
7. Proud that I quit smoking and am sticking to it
8. I have only gained 16 lbs during my pregnancy
9. I have family and friends
10. I have a job to pay my bills
11. I am grateful