A Flash Back

The next few days I will be posting parts of my journal from when our lives were magically changed...
February 26th, 2010

Friday morning when I left for school I thought I was going to have a normal day. The drive to school was normal and actually there was not much traffic on the roads. I arrived at school knowing it was going to be a crazy day because it was a spirit assembly day and the kids are always crazy on those days.

The day progressed as normal with reading buddies and all the normal things that happen. After school I had a doctors appointment which I thought was going to be a routine checkup. Seth was meeting me there and boy am I glad he was there.

The appointment started out normal with blood pressure check and peeing in a cup. Then things hit the fan. There was protein in my pee which was not a good thing. Dr. Su told me I had to go to Capitol Region to take a 24 hour urine test and have a stress test done on the baby. At this point we knew something was not right but we didn't know how bad it really was. She told us not to rush and get something to eat, so we went to Applebees and little did we know that would be our last 'date' before we became a family.

We arrived at the hospital and as Seth and I sat in the triage unit of labor and delivery I did not expect how our lives where going to change. I just kept praying that everything was okay with our baby.

The nurse came back after the stress test and said she needs to talk to Dr. Su. The next thing I knew I was being admitted to the hospital and Dr. Su was on her way there. Something was not right with the baby and they were going to watch him over night. Well Dr. Su arrived and she did not like the thought of keeping me at that hospital and she was transferring us to Columbia Regional Hospital. They gave me magnesium which was awful and made me feel like my insides were on fire. They said it will help relax both me and the baby. They loaded me into the ambulance and off we went with Seth following.

We were thinking we were having this baby tonight, I was so scared I just keep praying that the baby would be okay. I never really thought about myself and the danger I was in but I don't think I really cared all I wanted was a healthy baby. My parents were on there way and after arriving at the new hospital they got us both stable and we didn't know what was going on. I kept thinking Seth was not going to be able to find me and he would miss something, but he made it and I was instantly calmed. We had a restless night of monitoring and blood pressure checks, I didn't get much sleep but I think Seth was okay on the pull out bed, he didn't seem to wake up any of the times I had to be woken for some type of check.

*On a side note, I kept telling the paramedics they brought me to the wrong hospital. Dr. Su said I was going to University Hospital and they brought me to Columbia Regional. Little did I know they were the same thing just in different buildings. I believe the nice paramedic reassured me about 10 times I was in the right place. Thanks for being patient with me!