03-15-10

Well...it seems as though this stay here is taking its toll on me. Last night I was rather sleepless. I laid there plotting my escape. I would come to my senses and then later start plotting again. What else am I gonna do?

Ultrasound was same today with the girls. No change there with those sweet princesses. Well, Flossie was laid back with her hand by her head and letting Myrtle lay on her chest. I got a picture and the Sonogramist typed on the picture, "CUDDLING." So now I have a picture of Flossie kicking Myrtle in the face and now one that shows their love by cuddling. They actually were well behaved for the heart monitoring both times today. They stayed still and the nurse didn't have to move the monitor around to chase after them. It was the normal 10 minutes instead of the 20 minutes. Maybe they are getting used to it.

As for me, a different story. Apparently, I have sporatically high blood pressure. This has sparked a few extra activities in the day. For instance, I have to pee-pee in a bottle for 24 hours. It is so much fun (insert sarcasm). Not only that, but I need to keep my pee-pee on ice. They are checking the proteins and my liver enzyme count. I am pretty sure my blood pressure is caused from being here. People say I have no reason to be stressed while I am here. But I left everything at work and home for a doctors visit and I haven't seen it since. So I feel like I have had no closure. I really need some closure. I just should have put my foot down on Tuesday and said that I would be back later after I got closure to my work and home. Then Tuesday evening pack a bag and accepted this to be home away from home. As you can tell, I have plotted my escape all day today and still haven't come to my senses all the way.

Tomorrow I am having the blood work done to go along with the protein and liver count testing. I assume I will have another ultrasound I am not quite sure. I was just concentrating on the other deals going on today.

Mondays are weigh in day here on the High Risk Pregnancy Unit. So that was fun to wake up too. Unfortunately, I have lost 3 lbs since I have been here. I know...don't yell at me. I am blaming the stress and lack of my normal routine. The doctors have never complained about my weight. In fact they said I had great weight gain. I am telling you the hospital is making this worse. I lose weight and then have high blood pressure....what is next. Yes, I am pretty bitter today about the situation. My positive juice is running out, quickly.

I did ask for a "day-pass" from Dr. Hood. He didn't laugh in my face as I anticipated. However, insurance will hold me back on this request. He did say that he would think about it and we could figure something out. He said now probably isn't the best time. So to make it up to me, he gave me Terrace privileges. YAY! I think tomorrow I will take my walking adventures to a different part of the hospital. I will put on my walking shoes and perhaps not get so many looks of concern as to why I am out of the bed and walking the halls. I need to stretch my legs. I go from standing and walking all day to sitting and laying. I plan on working up an appetite.

I want to thank some special friends for a wonderful gift. They made a blanket of pictures for me to keep here at the hospital. The pictures are of my baby TobyMac. I have missed him so much. The pictures are awesome. I will try to post a picture for the blog. But it just made my bad day into a better one. Now I just need a recording of his snore to help me sleep. But I have showed it to all the nurses coming in here and they say how adorable he is and what good friends I have. And I do have wonderful friends and family. Thank you to everyone for all that you have done. Love you all!

Goodnight! I think the sleeping pill is kicking in and I don't want to start saying crazy things!