Time has been flying by! Every time I want to sit down to update the blog, something else always comes up :-) And this is with Paul at home helping me.... he is going back to work tomorrow (sob!). Time is going to go by even faster when it's just me at home with the boys!
So couple of updates...
Last Friday we took the boys to get their portraits done. Joshua was just 1 week and 1 day old. We got some adorable shots though! One of my favs of the two boys together is above. I will post the rest of them soon.
Last weekend we went to Longwood Univerity (my alma mater), which was a blast because I haven't been there in 7 years and I have been dying to show it to Paul. For the most part everything was as I remebered it, but they have done a lot of great things to beautify the school/campus. The rest of Farmville remains largely unchanged :-) Pictures from that trip coming soon as well.
On Monday we took the boys to the National Zoo. It was Jake's first trip... I think this was a good age to take him. He seemed to really get a kick out of seeing the animals. Especially the big ones likes the lions, tigers, elephants, and monkeys. He got his very own (and first) lunch bag which he just looked so gosh darn adorable (and old!) carrying on his arm. I am such a sucker for him growing up into a little boy!
And then there was the very hectic beginning of this week which ended with my in the ER at Inova Fairfax Hospital... So the background is that when Joshua was 5 days old, I developed a 100-101 degree fever. No other symptoms though so I just watched it and figured it would go away. When I still had it after a couple of days, I called my doctor and he had me come in for an exam. They couldn't find anything wrong and chalked it up to maybe just being an elevated temperature from my milk coming in (breast feeding) or a minor infection from the c-section surgery. He sent me home with antibiotics and said to call if the fever doesn't go away. I took the antibiotics for a couple of days and on Sunday night, I developed a horrible stabbing pain in my right side all the way up to my shoulder. It was better the next morning so we continued with our plans to take Jake and Josh to the National Zoo. About halfway into the trip, I started to feel horrible and we had to leave early. My fever was up at 101 again and the pain was unbearable. I don't cry or wimper very often but this pain was worse than the c-section pain. I called the doctor again and of course they wanted me to come in. Since it was after hours, I had to go to the urgent care center in Falls Church (fun drive from Haymarket).... we dropped Jake off at Paul's parents and took Joshua with us so I could feed him. I arrived at 7:30pm and wasn't seen until about 9pm. They took x-rays, did bloodwork, and put in an IV. The doctor thought that my gall bladder was inflamed and wanted to send me to the ER for a CT scan to confirm. At about midnight, we arrived at the ER. I wasn't taken back to a bed until about 2am. Around that time, Paul and Joshua left since we were just going to be waiting at that point and because of the CT scan, I wasn't going to be able to breastfeed for 48 hours anyway. (Paul and Josh waited in the car at the urgent care center and the ER except for the one time at each place when Paul brought Joshua in for me to feed him. Didn't want him to be around all those sick people.) I was really upset and Joshua leaving since I hadn't been away from him yet and was equally upset about not being able to breastfeed him for 2 days. After sobbing for a bit, they gave me some morphine and I dozed in and out until about 5:30am when they finally took me back for the CT scan. They pumped me with iodine to do a scan with contrast and the iodine in my system is why I couldn't feed Joshua for 48 hours. (Did I mention the 30 oz. of super sweet, syrupy lemonade like stuff that I had to drink before the CT scan too? Yuck.) The CT scan was pretty quick and they checked from my chest all the way down to my pelvis looking for infections, circulation, gall stones, blood clots, tumors, etc. Around 6:30am, the doctor came in and said that everything from the scan was clean and they couldn't find anything that was wrong.... Which was a relief because the talk about blood clots in my lungs (can happen after surgery) was scary but at the same time, I almost wanted them to find something (minor) so we could fix it and move on... The doctor discharged me and Paul and I made it back home around 9:30am. Neither of us had slept for 24 hours so we spent most of Tuesday just snoozing and trying to catch up on some rest. Luckily Joshua is very cooperative about sleep and just slept with us while Jake played at his grandma and grandpa's house! The fever has continued off and on since then. It seems to be fine in the morning but then by late afternoon, it will be up around 100 degrees again. After the experience earlier this week, I really don't want to go back to the doctor's again. The pain in my right side is nearly gone except for some pain in my shoulder still. I am pretty much at the point of chalking that up to a pinched nerve. But the fever is worrisome. I very rarely ever get fevers and when I do, they usually last a maximum of 24 hours. For now I am just continuing to take the antibiotics and monitor my temperature. I'll have to go back into the doctor's next week if the fever is still hanging around. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
More pictures and updates coming soon!
Last weekend we went to Longwood Univerity (my alma mater), which was a blast because I haven't been there in 7 years and I have been dying to show it to Paul. For the most part everything was as I remebered it, but they have done a lot of great things to beautify the school/campus. The rest of Farmville remains largely unchanged :-) Pictures from that trip coming soon as well.
On Monday we took the boys to the National Zoo. It was Jake's first trip... I think this was a good age to take him. He seemed to really get a kick out of seeing the animals. Especially the big ones likes the lions, tigers, elephants, and monkeys. He got his very own (and first) lunch bag which he just looked so gosh darn adorable (and old!) carrying on his arm. I am such a sucker for him growing up into a little boy!
And then there was the very hectic beginning of this week which ended with my in the ER at Inova Fairfax Hospital... So the background is that when Joshua was 5 days old, I developed a 100-101 degree fever. No other symptoms though so I just watched it and figured it would go away. When I still had it after a couple of days, I called my doctor and he had me come in for an exam. They couldn't find anything wrong and chalked it up to maybe just being an elevated temperature from my milk coming in (breast feeding) or a minor infection from the c-section surgery. He sent me home with antibiotics and said to call if the fever doesn't go away. I took the antibiotics for a couple of days and on Sunday night, I developed a horrible stabbing pain in my right side all the way up to my shoulder. It was better the next morning so we continued with our plans to take Jake and Josh to the National Zoo. About halfway into the trip, I started to feel horrible and we had to leave early. My fever was up at 101 again and the pain was unbearable. I don't cry or wimper very often but this pain was worse than the c-section pain. I called the doctor again and of course they wanted me to come in. Since it was after hours, I had to go to the urgent care center in Falls Church (fun drive from Haymarket).... we dropped Jake off at Paul's parents and took Joshua with us so I could feed him. I arrived at 7:30pm and wasn't seen until about 9pm. They took x-rays, did bloodwork, and put in an IV. The doctor thought that my gall bladder was inflamed and wanted to send me to the ER for a CT scan to confirm. At about midnight, we arrived at the ER. I wasn't taken back to a bed until about 2am. Around that time, Paul and Joshua left since we were just going to be waiting at that point and because of the CT scan, I wasn't going to be able to breastfeed for 48 hours anyway. (Paul and Josh waited in the car at the urgent care center and the ER except for the one time at each place when Paul brought Joshua in for me to feed him. Didn't want him to be around all those sick people.) I was really upset and Joshua leaving since I hadn't been away from him yet and was equally upset about not being able to breastfeed him for 2 days. After sobbing for a bit, they gave me some morphine and I dozed in and out until about 5:30am when they finally took me back for the CT scan. They pumped me with iodine to do a scan with contrast and the iodine in my system is why I couldn't feed Joshua for 48 hours. (Did I mention the 30 oz. of super sweet, syrupy lemonade like stuff that I had to drink before the CT scan too? Yuck.) The CT scan was pretty quick and they checked from my chest all the way down to my pelvis looking for infections, circulation, gall stones, blood clots, tumors, etc. Around 6:30am, the doctor came in and said that everything from the scan was clean and they couldn't find anything that was wrong.... Which was a relief because the talk about blood clots in my lungs (can happen after surgery) was scary but at the same time, I almost wanted them to find something (minor) so we could fix it and move on... The doctor discharged me and Paul and I made it back home around 9:30am. Neither of us had slept for 24 hours so we spent most of Tuesday just snoozing and trying to catch up on some rest. Luckily Joshua is very cooperative about sleep and just slept with us while Jake played at his grandma and grandpa's house! The fever has continued off and on since then. It seems to be fine in the morning but then by late afternoon, it will be up around 100 degrees again. After the experience earlier this week, I really don't want to go back to the doctor's again. The pain in my right side is nearly gone except for some pain in my shoulder still. I am pretty much at the point of chalking that up to a pinched nerve. But the fever is worrisome. I very rarely ever get fevers and when I do, they usually last a maximum of 24 hours. For now I am just continuing to take the antibiotics and monitor my temperature. I'll have to go back into the doctor's next week if the fever is still hanging around. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
More pictures and updates coming soon!
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