We are scheduled for Tuesday August 23rd at 10 am. Isaac and I will be at the hospital at 8am to get all settled in. It will take 3 hours until anyone is allowed to see us. For the first day Isaac, myself, and my doctors feel its best to only have family visit. There are alot of factors playing into that decision. 1) being that Isaac and I really want to share this first with eachother and our families. 2) I'm not sure how I'll be feeling and if I'll be up for "entertaining" people and trying to learn how to be a new mom. 3) There is a chance our son will go through medication withdrawal and I want us to be able to focus on him if that is the case.
There is also certain unknowns in the days to follow the birth. Because I have had a kidney stent for 4 month it has become crusted. Normally a stent removal is no big deal. Its a quick tug out and done. But due to that crusting we know that I will have to be numbed from the waist down, just like I did when it went in, due to the difficulty and pain of pulling it out. The catch is we can't pull it out until we do a CT scan. Well a CT scan can't happen until after Hunter is born.
Here are our two scenarios : best case: I have the baby, all is great and that night or the next day we do the CT scan. The CT scan shows no stone and while I'm still in the hospital the take me back to the OR numb me up and pull it out! All is said and done.
Worst case scenario: I give birth, all is good, we do the CT scan that night or the next day and find a stone or stones that can not pass on their own. We then leave the stent alone. I go home and heal a bit only to have to go back to the hospital and have a procedure done to remove the stone/stones, remove the stent and place a new stent in for a week and then remove that one and all is good.
So as you can see one is a lot longer more aggravating process. We hope for the first of course.
We really want to show off our son and share him with as many people as possible. Unfortunately due to the uncertainty of our situation we just ask that all visitors check with Isaac or myself before coming over. I would hate for you to make the drive and be turned away because I or Hunter are not in a good place to be seen!
That's about it for the update! Please please please pray or send good thoughts are way about the stent. That is my biggest concern right now. I don't want anything to hinder me from being able to take care of my son as his mother!
I love ya all and be ready to welcome our newest member of the family in 6 days!!!! Yay!
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