Ear infection, Strep, and Pneumonia... Oh, my!

We took the kids to the doctor on Monday and found out that Dallin has an ear infection again, Cody has strep again, and Brylee has pneumonia again. For the moment Tate doesn't have anything but a cold, but I'm sure that will change soon. grrrr. Have I mentioned before how glad I am that my Mom is here?!

As for me, today is a better day than yesterday. I've learned that coughing is really not fun when your stomach muscles are cut up, but even worse is throwing up. I didn't like that.
My swelling has come down quite a bit, that makes a lot of things easier and more comfortable. Most of my bruises are turning a yucky green now. There really isn't much news for me. Hopefully I just continue to get better each day. :)

Disclaimer

I am heavily drugged right now. I guarantee there are grammar errors, and most of these posts are mis-mashed sentences and probably don't make sense, sorry. It's the best I can do right now.

Also, some funny things from the hospital.

1. The lady who delivered my dinner congratulated m. I'm guessing on my new baby, since I was in the maternity ward.

2. The doctor told me "don't worry, I did the incisions so you can still wear a bikini." Oh good, what a relief. Haha.

Day 5

Today was day 5 at the hospital. Luckily it wasn't a full day, I got to come home! When the doctor came in to see me this morning and said I could go home today, I cried. I was so happy, and maybe a little loopy from 5 days in there. My fevers have finally gone away. They took my bandages off today, revealing my new lovely battle wounds, that will soon be battle scars.

I was so happy to come home that I cried each time I thought about it. I was ready to hug my kids and hold my baby. Being away from baby for that long has REALLY depleted my milk supply, I am hoping it will come back. Those first few days I only consumed water, and a little broth on day 3. Not really enough calories to keep up milk production. Even when they allowed me to start eating again I couldn't really handle the food and I'm sure didn't eat more than a few hundred calories in a day. So, you would think I had lost a bunch of weight during this whole ordeal, at least that is what I thought... Well, I haven't weighed my self yet, but I look like I just had a baby. I am so swollen, and bloated, and sore, that I have resorted to wearing my husbands clothes. (At least I'm not going out in public)

Anyway, I really wanted to express my thanks for all of you who have left comments expressing your support, have offered prayers, put my name on prayer rolls (there were at least 3 temples), and offered any sort of help. My family is SO grateful. We could not have made it through this week without help. I have been so touched to see how many people care about us. I wish I lived near more of you!!

A little better today

My fever spikes haven't been as high, yay! My echocardiograham came back normal, yay! That means no heart murmur!! They took out my IV today, yay! And they even said I can eat some food, yay! This will be my first bites of real food in 4 days.
On the flip side, I had to be put on oxygen. I had strep throat a few weeks before the surgery and was supposed to finish my last dose the day of the surgery. But the cough from the strep has stuck around and it is SO painful to cough when you have a big incision in your belly. So I haven't been coughing as much as I should to get everything out of my lungs and I guess that is making my lungs work a little harder or something. Also it is super dry in here and my nose is really stuffy, which doesn't make breathing any easier.
So, because I had basically a small c-section, I am being treated in the maternity ward. The lady who just brought in my lunch was congratulating me. Haha.
Anyway, that is a quick update for now. I'm going to go enjoy some food!

Update

Things haven't gotten any better, yet. The doctors have been worried about my body developing infection, so they have had me on anitbiotics constantly since the surgery. I have fevers that keep spiking and dropping. My white blood cell count was high, but has dropped back to a normal level. Last night I had quite a scare when my fever jumped to 103.8. My pulse was elevated also. You know it's not good when your nurses start moving a little faster and are putting in several calls to your doctor and several other doctors. My temp did finally come back down to 99, and my pulse rate stablized after a few hours. When one of the on call residents came in to check on me he noticed that my heart beat was off. So now they think I have a heart murmur as well. I have an echocardiograham sometime this afternoon. Hopefully it goes well.
This has been a very challenging experience for me. I'm scared. I have really appreciated all of your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes. It's nice to know that so many people care about me.

So I was thinking I was going to go home today, but no. My doc wants me to go a full 24 hours with no fever. I still have a fever now, so the clock hasn't even started yet. Also I am waiting for some blood cultures to come back, and those can take 24 to 48 hours. So I will be here for another couple of days still. I'll keep you all updated with my progress.

And, just in case any of you were considering an IUD, I don't recommend it. ;)

Things just don't always go as planned

So I had my surgery, and it didn't quite go as planned. It was supposed to be a 30-45 minute procedure, with a 3 day recovery period. Instead it took over 2 hours. There were only supposed to be 2 small incisions, but they are at least 3. One of the incisions is about 10 cm long. So basically I had a c-section, but with no baby. I am still in the hospital and am hoping to get out Friday afternoon. I guess they had a hard time findng the IUD and my colon was larger than it should have been and not where it should have been. So the colon got knicked and leaked. Thus the need to cut me open and clean me out. So now I am waiting to make sure there is no infection before they will let me go home. They are also telling me that it should take me 6 weeks to recover. Wow, I definately didn't plan for all this. I am so glad my mom and Nana were able to come out and help. And it snowed a bunch today so Brian's classes were cancelled, lucky me! He was able to help out with kids and spend some time with me at the hospital.
Anyway, hopefully I will just get better and better and be able to go home soon. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

1 in a 1000

Those are pretty good odds, huh!!? Maybe, if the "1" was something cool... but it's not, not today, not for me.

I have no idea who all reads this blog anymore, so if you are someone who doesn't like to hear about girl issues or gets grossed out WAY too easily, then stop reading now.

Ok, you're still reading, so you must want to know about how I became '1 in a 1000.' I got an IUD (intrauterine device) back in July 2010. I was told to expect some cramping and spotting, that those are normal side effects. So when I started bleeding and having some sharp pains, I brushed those off as 'how my body is dealing with the IUD.' Not the case. Apparently the IUD perforated my uterus (most likely during insertion), and is now residing in my abdominal cavity somewhere. Lucky me, I know. (1 in a 1000 baby!!)

What next? Well, since you asked. I get to have lathroscopic surgery. What's that? My, you're nosey... that's ok, I will tell you anyway. My doctor says "we will stick a video camera in through your belly button [ouch!] and make a 5 mm incision right above your pubic bone, and go in that way as well." Thank you for that lengthy explanation... I later found out they will also fill my abdomen with some gas, and put that scary tube down my throat. Needless to say I'm super excited... to get it over with. My doctor also offered to put in a new IUD for "free!!" (told ya I'm lucky) I think I'll pass this time Doc. You can keep that IUD. Oh, and as if all this isn't exciting enough, the surgery is only going to cost me about $5,000. I see a great money making business here. I should be a doctor and insert IUD's, and when I "accidentally" perforate the uterus I can make big bucks taking the thing out. That's a joke. However, it wasn't my fault. I think the office should be covering this.

Anyway, if you're still reading, wish me luck. In 24 hours my Mom will almost be here, and in 48 hours it will all be over with. Can't wait.

And, if you do think those odds are pretty good... here are some numbers that you could, I don't know, try in the lottery 8, 16, 24, 73, 81. (I don't even know how many numbers you use in the lottery)

Stay tuned for post surgery news, woo woo! ;)