We've all been guilty of saying..."when things get back to normal" I think it is safe to say that crazy is normal around here. In the past month, everyone in our family has been to the hospital or DR for something....nothing normal. Ryan- appendix, Rylee tooth, Zoey scissors to lip, Gina- leg swelling ( will explain later in post) The latest was Avery yesterday. About 5 minutes before I was to walk out the door for my OB check up, Avery fell and hit her chin on our tile floor in the entry way. She hit right on the edge as she was coming up the stairs. Well, she gashed it open pretty good. I ended up throwing her in the car, PJ's and all and took her with me to my DR. Thank goodness DR Sheridan is a family DR and can handle just about anything. She said due to how deep the cut is and where it was located, glue or a butterfly would not hold it together so stitches it is. We had to call Ryan to the office from work to literally hold her down while she got 5 stitches under her chin. They didn't want me to attempt to hold her since I am pretty pregnant and they didn't want her to thrash my belly. We have a band aid on it so she won't pick or pull at the stitches. Luckily, they are dissoluble and we won't have to hold her down to have them pulled. It was hard to listen to her yell and cry so loud from being restrained. She was good though and was happy to be rewarded with a push up from 7-11.
Now about me, I have been having some swelling in my right leg below my knee. My DR sent me to the hospital to have a doppler ultrasound study done, since pregnant women are more prone to blood clots. Thank goodness, they did not find any blood clots, but my veins in my legs are really stressed due to how the baby is laying and putting pressure on them. I have extra trouble because I do have varicose veins in my legs (when I was little I thought that they were "very close" veins since you could see them so well) Any ways I am to take it easy, keep my leg elevated when possible and never sit on it, cross it, or keep it bent...which is going to be a hard habit to break since I love to sit on my feet. I also have to wear compression hoes for extra support. Which I went to the pharmacy to get and after taking all my information and me waiting for over an hour they tell me that my insurance has to preauthorize them and that can take up to 2 weeks. UGH!! Why couldn't they have told me that when I first got there and they knew what insurance that I have.
The silver lining...
-my baby has flipped and is in head down position (no more need to worry about C-section or having him turned and my back doesn't ache like it did, but is the reason for the swelling)
-the girls and I are all covered under Denali Kid Care so no $20,000 hospital bills for us like Ryan got...yeap, $20,000 for his appendix. CRAZY! There is a chance since we don't have insurance we can get some assistance through a program at the hospital.
-We are truly blessed. We have had some crazy things happen, but nothing too horrible. I said to my DR a stressful and crazy pregnancy means an easy labor, delivery, and recovery, right??? She smiled and said "one can always hope" So any extra prayers you want to send our way we won't object!
May your normal be a little less crazy than mine! :)
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When it rains it pours!!! It will all work out. I can't believe they would charge 20 grand for appendix and he didn't get to keep it in a jar afterward! it's cheaper to give birth!
I don't know that anyone has a less crazy normal, just a different normal. Crazy is different for everyone. Yours has certainly been crazy though.
We once had a year like that, when we only had 2 kids. All 4 of us were hospitalized within the first 4 months of the year. And the medical bills just piled in - one of them $80,000 before insurance coverage. I was also 9 months pregnant, but delivered within that 4 month window. Things slowed down after that, but we still make regular visits to urgent care and emergency rooms. We like to try out different hospitals. Kind of like how people drive across the country to check out every football stadium or temple, we like to check out medical accommodations.
Oh my word! Life is so crazy for you. I guess you are just getting prepared for when you have 4 at home....it will seem easy :)
OK that is enough! No more "excitement" for the Ellis Family. I am curious, when did you find out the baby was breach and how long did it take for him to turn? Melissa's baby is breach right now and she is about 32-33 weeks. Love you all!
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