Sick House

Jeremy and I went to Utah this weekend for a family wedding and to visit my cousin and meet her new baby girl. On Friday night, Addie wouldn't sleep at all and at 3:00 am starting throwing up everywhere!! It was so sad, she was sick every 20-30 minutes until about 7:00 or 8:00 that morning. So needless to say, we weren't able to visit my cousin and her new baby since I wasn't sure what was going on with Addie and didn't dare expose a newborn to such a bad stomach bug. She still wasn't herself on Saturday night and so we were very happy to be home on Sunday afternoon. She is feeling better, still not much of an appetite, but is getting better every day. Poor girl!

And apparently whatever Addison had was contagious because I have been sick all Sunday night and Monday. I got so sick that I started having regular contractions, which was very scary considering I am only 30 weeks along. After I called my midwife, she said having the stomach flu can set off preterm labor and that I needed to get fluids to see if that would stop the contractions.

So Jeremy spent the day with me in the hospital - not fun. They monitored the baby and saw that I was contracting. Before ordering an IV of Terbutaline (a drug that helps stop preterm labor symptoms) my midwife wanted me to get fluids and anti-nausea medicine through an IV. I swear like 5 minutes after the IV was placed I felt so much better. And luckily for everybody the contractions stopped with the fluid and I was able to go home this afternoon. My midwife gave me a prescription for some anti-nausea pills (the stuff works great) and when Jeremy picked it up at the pharmacy, without insurance the prescription would have cost over $300. WHOA. We are very blessed to have good coverage to take care of our family.

Thanks again, Jentry, for watching Addie while we were at the hospital. I am feeling WORLDS better, still pretty nauseated but so much better than this morning. Jeremy has been taking great care of Addison, who was very stressed out this morning when I wasn't up and playing with her and couldn't pick her up. He is also taking great care of me and keeping our house clean and sanitized. He's really been helping out - I can't thank him enough!

Can't wait to feel normal again but am glad that everything is OK with the baby and that we are hopefully on our way to a happy, healthy home again!