Update on me

I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is good. I have to keep taking my vitamins and get one that has a little more folic acid. The one I am currently taking has 400 mcg of it and I need 800 mcg. So I can either get a prescription (which cost less), buy a single bottle of folic acid, or buy the Women's One A Day Prenatal (which is around $14). So I may just use up what I have and then check on getting a prescription for it.

Some of this may be TMI, but I wanted to write about it so I will not forget it in years to come.

She told me to give my body one or two periods, to make sure things are going great in that department.

When I do have a positive pregnancy test. She wants me to call and come in for blood work and the typical pregnancy confirmation stuff. If I have a positive result she will start me on some medicine. I am not sure what it is or will be, but I assume it is something to keep things going good. She also wants to take blood work for a couple of days to make sure my hormone levels are going up and not down (miscarriage).

So, it was basically a good visit. I kinda figured she would tell me all this anyway.

Other news:
We finally got our rock bed finished. It looks so good. I do have two pictures to post, but those will have to wait until I get them off my phone.

We have been needing a new ADS sign. So I contacted them and they actually sent us two! They are very nice and fast people.

Our parents and Chris' sister (and family) came on up on the 10th. Chris grilled steak and we had potato salad and black eye peas. We all had a good time, except for Alabama losing against Texas A&M.

I am so ready to start putting our Christmas stuff out, but we need to celebrate Thanksgiving first. We like to start putting stuff out the weekend after Thanksgiving. Since our rock bed is done, we may put our lighted, spiral Christmas trees out. I do want to change our lights in our windows. I have been using a single candle in each window, but Chris likes the tier ones. So, I may be changing those...not sure.

I am also doing the Marshall County Christmas Coalition buying again this year. It is such a blessing to be able to go and buy for others.

Miscarriage

I thought hard about how to title this post, but nothing came to mind except the truth.

On October 28th I took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive. I stayed in the bathroom for about 10 minutes just walking, thinking and thanking God for our blessing. Chris was still asleep and I kept trying to get him up to tell him to good news. At one point I just sat there on the bed and thought, "If he knew what I was about to tell him, he would get up."
So I did a few things around the house until he got up. When I heard him up my heart starting beating so fast, I just knew a heart attack was coming on.  So I let him sit down. He had no more sat down in his recliner until I told him the news.
That day was a special blessing to us. Excitement, joy and tears! I was going to have a butt!

Monday came and went. That night as I went to bed I knew something was wrong. I had started bleeding. (TMI!) It was a sleepless night. As soon as my doctors office opened I called and they told me to come down as soon as I could. After several test, it was determined that I was either real early or it was a miscarriage.

I called Chris to let him know what was going on and what the doctor had told me to do. So for the rest of the day I layed on the couch and prayed that everything would work out. I kept asking the Lord to please let everything be okay. So around 4:30pm I just could not take the emotions anymore and I asked the Lord for His will to be done. 30 minutes later the bleeding was worse (TMI...sorry). I called my doctor and she said it was probably a miscarriage. I still had blood work that needed to be done later that week and we would confirm it then.

Chris came home Tuesday evening and stayed for the rest of the week. He went with me to my doctors appointment on Thursday morning for bloodwork. I needed to compare my levels to make sure they were going down (miscarriage). I went into work, to try and get back on a normal schedule, but Chris had to come and get me. My sugar had dropped, I was throwing up (TMI) and shaking. So after two phone calls to my doctor we still had no idea what was going on. I started feeling better once I got food in me.

Chris and I both took the rest of the week off to just be together and make sure I was going to be okay.

I will probably be changing doctors. I didn't receive the type of care we thought I should have received. I know doctors are busy, but nobody called us back or called to check on me. I even had to call and get my bloodwork results. Them being busy is not a reason to let your patients be scared or worried. I understand this happens just about everyday. But a little care would go a long way.

So we are both back at work and just taking things one day at a time.

I could not have asked for a better husband during this time. He kept saying he was spoiling me, but I just brushed it off. Now that he is back to work...I can agree with him.

I came across this Bible verse a couple of days after I came back to work.

“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV)

Mom's surgery

Mom had vascular surgery done on her left leg yesterday at UAB Hospital. She previously had her right leg done at the same place. One of the nurses or doctors came out and explained to us what all they did and how things went. Mom will have four scars on her leg (Just like her right leg). Shorts are out of the question! But mom never really wears them anyway, so maybe it will not be a big deal to her.
She done great. Had some small bleeding, but that was to be expected due to the medicine she is on.

When we all left last night around 7:45pm she was still in la la land. Here are some crazy things she did:
•Put a bedpan on her head, then she threw it in the floor.
•Kept talking about her dad who passed away several years ago.
•Said they were supposed to take her to CCU. (Still not sure if she was correct on that or not)
•Kept talking about a scanner and there being a 10-50 (which is police code for a wreck)
•She said some more things that are private, but she was funny to say the least

Oh and I got her on video, so she can see what she was like. I just wish I had caught the bedpan incident!

So thank you to Dr. William Jordan at University Hospital in Birmingham!

Fall Wedding!

Saturday Chris and I went to his cousins wedding near Fort Payne. This may sound crazy, but it was the first outdoor, fall wedding I have been to and I really enjoyed it. They got married at a place overlooking a pond. The reception was held nearby.

Some of her decorations were so nice and fall looking! She had her aisle decorated with Mason jars with different fall color flowers inside, hanging from iron hangers. Her reception tables had the same Mason jars and flowers but they were sitting on Burlap and wooden pieces. The dance area was surrounded by hay bales and mums.

Sunday we just laid around and watched television and did our normal laundry.

One more thing...I have been helping our neighbor cut his grass. He is having some health issues, so Chris and I agreed we would help him with his yard. He is a nice guy and helps us keep the road clear of trash.

One thing that bugs me is people who just throw trash out while you are out there working. I was mowing Friday and some nut, came down the road and threw a coke can out the window! I mean...can you get anymore less respectful? Stop being lazy and throw your own trash away.