To catch everyone up

The last few weeks have been a roller coaster!  We packed up and came to Augusta on August 23 for our appointment on the 24th as I wrote about in the last post.  And since then...I have not been home.  We left Augusta after receiving the news of a new heart defect and drove to Covington to stay with some dear friends.  We stayed with Denise for 2 nights before heading over to her parents house...a place that would soon become our home for the next week.  Dr. Devoe told us he wanted to follow up with us on Monday August 29 and that he would like for us to stay in the area.  We smiled and said ok and that we would see him Monday.  So, on Monday we returned from Covington (about 120 miles from Augusta) and they asked if we were here to stay and we smiled and said we were close!  It was so hard to imagine staying in Augusta that soon and having to pay for a hotel and food each day.  Our wonderful friends (more like family to us) Regina and Larry Grant opened their house up to us and allowed us to make ourselves at home.  We stayed with Denise their daughter for 2 nights and on Thursday night (Aug. 25) we moved into the Grants house.  They had been out of town during the week and came home on the weekends.  That weekend we wanted to be close to Conyers and Covington because John's best friend Kevin was getting married and John was the best man in the wedding.  The Grants watched Kinsley for me Saturday night and I went to the wedding.  It was nice to get out of the house and not just be driving to a dr. appointment.  Sunday came around and Kinsley had to go home.  We knew that she would be back Friday and could spend the long Labor Day weekend with us. I was ok with that started to find peace that we were stuck so far away from home.  In a way Covington is like home because John and I lived there for 5 years before moving to Morgan. 

Moving on Friday.  I got a call from my dad around lunch that there would be a change of plans this afternoon and that Kinsley would not be coming up today.  He had to pick her up from school around 11 am because she was throwing up.  I felt like my world was crashing down because I needed her to come see me.  She ended up staying with my mom Friday and Saturday night and never got sick again.  On Sunday my mom met John halfway to bring Kinsley to us for the night.  I knew that it would pass quickly and that I had to make the most of it.  On Monday I woke up dreading the next few hours because I knew Kinsley would have to go home.  We went to Chuck E. Cheese because we had promised Kinsley we would take her.  As we were there, I sat in the booth the entire time because I felt sick to my stomach and my feet/ankles were really swelling.  While I was there, I made the decision that Kinsley would go home in the morning and just return to school on Wednesday.  Miss Regina stayed in town so she could take Kinsley home on Tuesday or to meet my dad halfway.  Tuesday John and I said bye to Kinsley and headed to Augusta around 7 am Tuesday morning. My appointment was at 9:30 for my nst/bpp monitoring.  When I sat down in the chair to be hooked up to monitors, I felt my contractions getting stronger and closer together.  After about 15 minutes, my nurse commented on the contractions and said that they were about a minute to a minute and a half apart.  She said that we were going to skip the bpp monitoring (ultrasound) because Dr. Devoe wanted to see if my cervix was changing.  Dr. Danneman, a resident Dr., checked me and I was at 3 cm.  They told me that we were on our way to L&D to be monitored.  I got hooked up to all of the monitors and got an IV soon after.  About an hour later one of the resident drs., Dr. Willians, came in to check me.  She said I was at 4 cm and I told her that the pain was getting pretty intense.  She kept me on fluids and monitors and said she would be back.  In the meantime we met with the anesthesiologist and discussed what would happen before and during the c-section.  From all of this, Dr. Devoe, Dr. Danneman, and us were under the impression that we would have a baby today.  We called our families that started rushing around trying to get ready to come up and called Miss Regina and told her to wait on taking Kinsley.  Everyone was on hold and so were we because we had no idea what was going to happen.  About 2 hours later, the Dr. came in again and checked me and said I was still at 4cm and that I could go home.  WHAT?!  Are you serious?  I walked into the hospital when I was in labor with Kinsley and was 4 1/2 cm and she was born 5 hours later.  What if I left the hospital and went into labor?  I was scared to death to leave because i felt like I wouldn't know when to come back.  John and I rode around and found a hotel room so we could try to get settled.  One HUGE problem though!  We had left ALL of our stuff in Covington.  That night, Miss Regina, Denise and Kinsley brought us all of our stuff to our hotel.  We got to see Kinsley again but this meant that she wouldn't be going home until Wednesday and would miss yet another day of school. 

Over the last few weeks, John and I had been looking at trading in my Accord for a van.  Yes, I said VAN!  John wants a van!  I have flashbacks of my childhood and did not want to be a minivan mom.  So, we started working with a salesman and he found us a van that we liked, John loved, and we sealed the deal on Wednesday (yesterday).  It is a Chrysler Town and Country Touring and is fully loaded.  Kinsley is excited about having 2 tv's in the van.  I know my niece and nephew, Bella and Luke, will not complaining about riding with me since the van has rear air conditioning.  They always complained it was hot in the back seat of my car.  So now life continues in Augusta and we are the proud (John is a bit more prouder) owners of a VAN>  I said it again!

As we are on hold and bored to tears in Augusta, please keep us in your prayers as we face the next few days.  I am really dreading my amnio on Monday if I go that long before going into labor.  John and I are stuck in a hotel room and are trying to pass the time without going crazy.  I feel like we are living in a dorm room!

I am sorry these posts are so long and detailed but this is the easiest way for me to record what is happening right now so that we can have it to look back on in the years to come.

Trust & Rely In the Power of Prayer!