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October 5, 2007

6 days left!

We're coming down to the wire, my c-section is scheduled for Thursday the 11th at 7:45am. So about now I would frantically be cleaning, you know taking all the shelves out of the frig and obsessively wiping stuff down that never gets cleaned. But instead I'm on restricted activity which has been a super good time. Here's the short version: on Tuesday morning I was bending down to pick something up on the floor to throw into the trash in the bathroom and I felt a sharp pain in my back that radiated into my hips. I yelled out and was leaning over the vanity while my sweet 4 yr old tore across the house to see what was wrong. I asked her to get the phone and I called Andy and asked him to come home. I couldn't put weight on my legs and was afraid to try to go anywhere because I might get stuck or hurt it worse. It felt like a bulging disc (which I had in college) or pinched nerve. And of course what dramatic story would be complete without some sort of potty accident happening right in the middle of it. I asked Lizzie to go check on her sister and she came back to tell me that she had a poopy diaper (only it wasn't a diaper it was panties). I thought I was going to cry- although I am laughing now. So I call to Julia and I hear Lizzie talking to her and she says, is it on the carpet Julia?!?! "WHAT! WHAT! Julia Ann Ross come here right now!" Poor thing I think I scared her with my frantic yelling but she did come into the bathroom and she undressed herself standing on a towel and put on a pullup that Lizzie brought her. So we survived that drama. Andy came home to find me in the bathroom still hunched over the vanity and he somehow helped me to the couch. That's pretty much where I stayed the whole day, not really moving and when I did he had to help me walk while I went on about why we never had handicap hand rails added to our hallway! On the recommendation of our Dr we ended up going to the hospital that evening to the labor delivery floor- this felt stupid but we went. A nurse was helping a new mom with her baby into a car so I scored her wheelchair and continually had to tell people that when I grimiced no I was not in labor I had pinched a nerve. LOL It was good to get on the baby monitor and realize that my stress and pain wasn't affecting her and we were also ordered to have an x-ray. This became a drama on its own. My Dr ordered it but when I was wheeled down to have it done the tech freaked out about how pregnant I was and acted like a complete idiot. I'll spare the details but it ended with me crying right in front of the x-ray machine not knowing what to do. He kept saying, we're going to shoot straight through your baby, why can't they wait till you deliver. UGH! It was drama. I compromised by taking a picture on my side with the metal jacket covering my stomach. I didn't want to take the risk but also wanted the x-ray because I was concerned that if I did something it would get in the way of or affect the spinal I get with the c-section. When we got back upstairs my Dr was ticked that they had done that to me and was going to go talk to them- oops.
Five hours later we left the hospital and were told that I strained my lower back muscles. As much as it put out my friends who rose to the occasion to take care of my kids I am relieved we went and that there wasn't a bulging disc or compression in my spine.
So now my kids have been with my mom or friends for the entire week and I have been trying to take it easy. To be on restricted activity I think I've done really well considering there are still newborn clothes on my bedroom floor that need to be washed and folded. I feel like I at least owe it to myself to try to heal before the c-section and I owe it to my friends who have stepped up to take my kids. If I hurt myself again because I can't stand the breakfast crumbs under the table then I'm not doing anyone any favors. (that's what I'm currently looking at, AHHH!)
I'm hoping by monday I'll be shuffling around the house with less pain and stiffness and that I get to enjoy some down time with the girls (still no lifting or nesting).
So now I'm catching up on my soaps, LOL! Nicky and Victor Newman are still married on Young and the Restless- SHOCKING! That was going on 15 yrs ago. I actually can't take the soaps and have watched lots of Law and Order and Crossing Jordan. It's party time over here. :)
Thanks to those of you who have called to check in on us, made us dinner and taken our kids. We didn't want Andy to miss work so early, so we appreciate your help!

| By JennR | 2:04 PM

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Posted by: erinjohnston at October 5, 2007 3:14 PM

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