Solomon had a good night!

I just took a walk down to NICU - still not able to visit the little guy because my fever won't go away - but I got an update. He slept well through the night since they put him on his tummy and gave him a tiny tiny bit of sedative. His sugars were an issue again last night, but not like they have been - yesterday they would swing wildly from 34 to 200. I am told that 40ish is normal for an infant his age. Today, they are going as far down, jut getting a little too high at times. This is normal for for a preemie at his gestation though.
I want to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I know I've been unavailable a lot as I've tried to fight this infection that was passed to me during the events of last week. I was told it could have been life threatening if we'd waited another day to deliver - both for Solomon as well as myself. I told Mama that I must hve pikced up some kind of exotic bug or something that no one's ever heard of which is why I can't seem to kick the infection no matter how many antibiotics I take. :)
Finally, a lot of people have asked about sending flowers for Rafe's burial. We would much more appreciate, and think Rafe would have agreed, donations to the March of Dimes in his honor.

We saw a heartbeat today!

What is it with me and blood clots??? We had a scary night last night... rather de ja vu like, with me deciding to bleed like crazy. My OB brought me in for an ultrasound this morning to see what was going on. I'd been spotting since the pregnancy test on the 3rd, but everyone assured me that was normal. Well, what do we see first on the ultrasound? A huge blood clot which was the source of all my problems! We also saw 3 sacs though. One was empty, one was progressing nicely and already showing a beating heart, and the third was too small to tell at this point. It has a chance of making it, but will need to fight hard to catch up to where it needs to be. So, after lots of drama yesterday, I now know what's going on and will not be so freaked out if it happens again. I've been put on light duty for a while, and we'll go back next Monday afternoon to see how things are progressing.

Me and Britney Spears

so, I had myself a Britney moment on Friday morning around 12 am. This is embarrasing to say, but I woke up in a pool of what I thought was pee, and thought to myself, "didn't I grow out of this phase?" Now you know more than you wanted to know about me, I know, but it gets worse. I then ran to the bathroom because I had the urge to go again REALLLLLY bad, and low and behold, once I finally got the lights on, I realized I was actually covered in blood. I could have made my own horror movie in my bathroom!

Stupid me, my first thought was not to call 911, it was to get my drenched nightgown off and take a shower. Only, I never made it in to the shower, because I passed out at the door. I came to with Sami beside me asking if we should call 911... guess he's the only smart one in the house. Then, as I'm talking to the lady at 911 central, I realize I am naked and there are people coming to see me... oh no, that was not going to happen, so then I started freaking out about getting a gown on. Thank God Sami was there, because he saved the day once again by bringing me my black night shirt. Luckily, when the 6 SEXXXXXXY as hell firemen showed up, I was not naked, just sitting in a pool of blood instead. They assured me, they'd seen it all.
The cutest one decided I needed an IV, only I was so dehydrated at that point, that it would have taken forever to find a vein, so they got me up and onto a stretcher and I had my Britney moment. They strapped me down in my black nightgown and wheeled me out to the ambulance. I told them I felt like Britney and they assured me that the flashing lights from the other 2 trucks (yes 2 firetrucks accompanied the ambulance because there's nothing to do on a Friday morning in Little Elm) were the paparazzi. Oh my God that Tracy's shameless!
So, I spent the night in the hospital where I proceeded to lose lots more blood before they figured out how to stop it. Luckily I had a lot extra in my system because of the failed pregnancy though, or I'd have had to get a transfusion. They gave me 2 choices, another D&C (which would mean we wouldn't have a shot in hell of having kids) or to take the meds and hope for improvement. Guess which one we chose!? I finally checked out of the looney bin around 10 yesterday morning, and I have to say, I am doing a whole lot better today. Just a little week still, but that's to be expected.
And, lastly, for all of you wondering about Sami's clean freak gene, I sent him home for a couple of hours EARLY Friday to clean the murder scene from our bathroom. He's such a sweetheart. And props to the firemen who had actually stayed back while I was being carted out and tried to help him clean some of it then!
But really, have we not been through enough? I need a vacation and a gun to shoot that damned monkey that seems to have lodged itself on our backs!

January 24, 2008

Hope you all are doing well. My bronchitis is recovering nicely thankfully. I actually slept through the night last night which is a first since I've been pregnant. Whooo Hooooo. Why do I still feel tired then? LOL
We go for our first Dr visit next week. Can't wait to see how baby Khoury is doing!
We are expecting our first winter storm of the season tonight. I hope it blows over, because I have a lot of driving to do for work tomorrow. :) If it's icy, my but will be staying warm in Casa de Khoury.
Have y'all figured out where you are going to spend your taxes yet? It's looking like ours will go to paying 2007's tax bill... go figure. :)
Stay warm out there!

I’ve got bronchitis and it sucks!!!!!

Seriously though! Enough with this shit. I went to the hospital today becuase I'm not getting any better (urgent care is located there). They said, yeah you have bronchitis, and you need to quit smoking... uh, duh! I don't smoke. Guess my cough sounds like a smokers cough. LOL I bet I was asked about smoking 5 times before I left. They gave me a z pack though, because they don't want to mess around with me being preggers and all. And the lady was kind enough to point out that I was there this very same day last year due to food poisoning. Okay, I seriously hate January 20th now. 2 years in a row???
So, it's bed rest for me for a while. I've been in bed for 2 days now anyway. At least its a holiday weekend for me so I won't have to miss work Monday. I just hope I'm better in time to fly on Wednesday since I have to go to Oklahoma City.
And can someone please kick New England's ass? I am so tired of watching them win win win... boring. I'm ready for someone to take them down a peg or two. Maybe NY will be the team. I guess I'll be watching the game alone this year though because after our dr appt on the 31st, Sami is jetting off to Vegas. I wish I could go, but Vegas is no place for a pregnant lady. Sami will just have to win me tons of money to make up for leaving me here all alone.

I threw my back out tonight!

Which sucks for real when all I was trying to do was pick up a trashbag off the floor. The @$%$ thing wasn't even heavy. So it's happy meds for me tonight. Now we have 2 cripples in the Khoury household. LOL
We met with our fertility doctor last week, and we should be beginning the process again in a couple of days. Hopefully, we'll get a better outcome this time.
Sami is getting ready to go off to Vegas on his own the first week of November. Hopefully he'll make us all some money. I on the other hand, have to save my vacation days for Christmas so I'm staying my sorry but home this time. I'll be in NC the weekend before Halloween though. I can't wait to see everyone!
Plus, I have to bribe Braydon to tell me Hickory Dickory Dock.... :)

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just wanted to remind you all that daylight savings time is this Sunday. Great news for all of you going out to celebrate Leebug's bday! :) Wish we could be there, but we'll see y'all at Thanksgiving instead. Hopefully we'll have some good news by then. As of yesterday, we have 10 eggs, not quite a dozen, but as the Dr says, we are still "recruiting". Lol Our surgery is set for next week and we'll know for sure what's happening Thanksgiving week.