Appointment Day

It's the day after Thanksgiving and Andrew woke up sick with a fever. He usually doesn't get a fever with his colds, so I was a bit worried this morning. We went to the pediatrician first thing this morning. Andrew has an ear infection. I was a bit skeptical when he was able to get over his cold a few weeks ago without the help of medicine. He was fine yesterday except he was wining a little bit in the afternoon. We thought he had to much Thanksgiving brunch. We can't ever tell exactly what is wrong with him when he's not himself. Poor guy. We've just been lounging around all day.

Thanksgiving was enjoyable. My side of the family (mom, brothers, girlfriends & cousin Collin) came over to our house in the morning for our annual brunch. We took an afternoon break and went down to see Grandma and Grandpa and Dave's brother's family for a traditional meal cooked by Grandma.

Wednesday I visited the doctor. The kids were off school, so my mom met me there with the three kids - everybody behaved. :) Here goes with my boring stats... weight 163lbs, BP 110/60, urine fine. The sonographer measured the baby - which all checked out normal, checked the anatomy - all checked out normal, except that one kidney on the baby has a tiny bit more fluid in it, but that is not of serious concern. The baby is measuring 2 days ahead of my 19 weeks, 2day age, so that's is great. The baby is growing - as she should! Her heart is beating 137 beats per minute. The placenta hasn't moved. It is still covering my cervix. The doctor told me that this just meant a c-section later, which is the plan - god willing. The doctor did say that they decided not to treat me with any steroids or transfusion because I have not been diagnosed with anything in particular. Dr. Manley did mention a test further down the road where they could check the baby's platelets. This test would involve inserting a needle through me to get to the unbilical cord and pull out a sample. If the baby's platelets were abnormal then they could do a transfusion in utero. Hmmm, we'll wait and see about that one.... I am due back to the doctor in two weeks for a regular check up.

Hopefully Andrew's antibiotic will kick in quick and we can get out this weekend.