A Lot Can Happen In One Month
Abby affectionately called “Boo,” “Bean,” and “Sweetie” has had quite an interesting first month. In the first two weeks she mastered breast feeding and caught on to drinking from a bottle in the third. Most of her excitement was mine.
I ended up in the hospital again. On Abby’s 15th day I presented with chest pain and trouble breathing. In extreme pain and being stubborn I refused to go to the ER until Grandma K showed up that afternoon from Utah. The trip to the ER was hard for me because of the separation from Boo. Jason and I were in the ER from 3PM-11PM. Most of that time I was changing gowns due to all the milk leakage. (While there Abby’s umbilical cord fell off and I missed it). And most of the time in the ER was due to the back up with the CAT Scan/Radiologist. All I was told was that I had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung). The treatment for me is to be on blood thinners for between 6 and 9 months. It was recommended that I be admitted to the hospital to make sure that the treatment and my pain were managed. I was told it would just be over night. My mom showed up to help me transition to the Hospital where I was admitted. Jason headed home to gather some items for my stay. Luckily the hospital was able to provide me with a breast pump. This helped with the milk leakage. I was constantly getting pain relievers and double checking that they would be safe for breast feeding. My Pain spiked that night. I was told by a nurse that I would have to stay longer than one night (generally 72 hours). I also got a UTI while there which caused me to have a fever. Luckily the Pain and Fever were manageable by Sunday and I was able to go home. During my stay the nurses arranged for me to move into a private room so that Bean could come visit me. By Sunday I wasn’t pain free but I was chomping at the bit to get home again. During the next week I went to the doctors to make sure that my treatment is going smoothly. I ended up getting another CAT Scan because “they saw something” in the X-ray that wasn’t there before. Well actually they were all mistaken. I found out that I had not only a Blood clot but also a Plural Effusion. The Blood clot was on my right side the whole time - this is not where my pain was presenting. Apparently the Plural Effusion was what was and still is causing me pain when I inhale. So to sum up I had a crappy experience where two weeks into my daughters life I ended up in the hospital with a plural effusion causing me severe pain and a blood clot in my lung. As of today I am at about 98% better which is good because I start my new job tomorrow.
As if giving birth and revisiting the hospital were not enough I found that it was necessary to look for work. I am going to miss all my co-workers, I really didn’t get a chance to say good bye. I know that some of them read this blog. Hi guys! Sorry I just blew out of there. Here is the scoop on my new employment. NHIA. I will be the sole graphics designer and during busy times they outsource to freelancers. I will design their conference materials, update the design of their website, and develop other collateral material. The first conference that I will take part in will take place in Savannah Georgia in Feb ‘07 which I will attend. In 2008 I will go to Phoenix Arizona. I am very excited about the travel, the work, and the new co-workers. I will finally work on a MAC. I will again have my own office (back at NSP with DynCorp I had my own office, door and all). The best part is that I am only part time for now and able to bring Abby into work with me. I start full-time on Sept 18th. The cons at the moment are that the commute is to Old Town Alexandria and that I have to pay for parking. There is a lot of flexibility of schedule and the possibility to work a bit from home eventually. I am so excited to not be a part of a corporation anymore. I will be one of 9 people in the office.
Back to Abby though. She has grown so much in one month. I know that once she is in daycare I am going to miss her terribly. She is so well behaved. A few nights ago she slept for 7 hours which threw me into a panic . . . but she hasn’t replicated this and I am saddened. It was really nice to have so much time all at once to sleep. We have also found that she HATES the car seat. She doesn’t fall to sleep right away like I used to, but instead she gets fussy and then cries her eyes out. This could be problematic for her coming with me to Old Town for two weeks. Perhaps she will get over her dislike in that time. Her visit with Grandma K was great. Abby loved cuddling with her outside on the Deck. We got Grandma K tickets for a return visit in December for Christmas. It was really hard for her to get on the plane to go home. Abby’s next visit to the Dr is on October 4th for her two month. She will probably cry then because she will be getting vaccines.
I ended up in the hospital again. On Abby’s 15th day I presented with chest pain and trouble breathing. In extreme pain and being stubborn I refused to go to the ER until Grandma K showed up that afternoon from Utah. The trip to the ER was hard for me because of the separation from Boo. Jason and I were in the ER from 3PM-11PM. Most of that time I was changing gowns due to all the milk leakage. (While there Abby’s umbilical cord fell off and I missed it). And most of the time in the ER was due to the back up with the CAT Scan/Radiologist. All I was told was that I had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung). The treatment for me is to be on blood thinners for between 6 and 9 months. It was recommended that I be admitted to the hospital to make sure that the treatment and my pain were managed. I was told it would just be over night. My mom showed up to help me transition to the Hospital where I was admitted. Jason headed home to gather some items for my stay. Luckily the hospital was able to provide me with a breast pump. This helped with the milk leakage. I was constantly getting pain relievers and double checking that they would be safe for breast feeding. My Pain spiked that night. I was told by a nurse that I would have to stay longer than one night (generally 72 hours). I also got a UTI while there which caused me to have a fever. Luckily the Pain and Fever were manageable by Sunday and I was able to go home. During my stay the nurses arranged for me to move into a private room so that Bean could come visit me. By Sunday I wasn’t pain free but I was chomping at the bit to get home again. During the next week I went to the doctors to make sure that my treatment is going smoothly. I ended up getting another CAT Scan because “they saw something” in the X-ray that wasn’t there before. Well actually they were all mistaken. I found out that I had not only a Blood clot but also a Plural Effusion. The Blood clot was on my right side the whole time - this is not where my pain was presenting. Apparently the Plural Effusion was what was and still is causing me pain when I inhale. So to sum up I had a crappy experience where two weeks into my daughters life I ended up in the hospital with a plural effusion causing me severe pain and a blood clot in my lung. As of today I am at about 98% better which is good because I start my new job tomorrow.
As if giving birth and revisiting the hospital were not enough I found that it was necessary to look for work. I am going to miss all my co-workers, I really didn’t get a chance to say good bye. I know that some of them read this blog. Hi guys! Sorry I just blew out of there. Here is the scoop on my new employment. NHIA. I will be the sole graphics designer and during busy times they outsource to freelancers. I will design their conference materials, update the design of their website, and develop other collateral material. The first conference that I will take part in will take place in Savannah Georgia in Feb ‘07 which I will attend. In 2008 I will go to Phoenix Arizona. I am very excited about the travel, the work, and the new co-workers. I will finally work on a MAC. I will again have my own office (back at NSP with DynCorp I had my own office, door and all). The best part is that I am only part time for now and able to bring Abby into work with me. I start full-time on Sept 18th. The cons at the moment are that the commute is to Old Town Alexandria and that I have to pay for parking. There is a lot of flexibility of schedule and the possibility to work a bit from home eventually. I am so excited to not be a part of a corporation anymore. I will be one of 9 people in the office.
Back to Abby though. She has grown so much in one month. I know that once she is in daycare I am going to miss her terribly. She is so well behaved. A few nights ago she slept for 7 hours which threw me into a panic . . . but she hasn’t replicated this and I am saddened. It was really nice to have so much time all at once to sleep. We have also found that she HATES the car seat. She doesn’t fall to sleep right away like I used to, but instead she gets fussy and then cries her eyes out. This could be problematic for her coming with me to Old Town for two weeks. Perhaps she will get over her dislike in that time. Her visit with Grandma K was great. Abby loved cuddling with her outside on the Deck. We got Grandma K tickets for a return visit in December for Christmas. It was really hard for her to get on the plane to go home. Abby’s next visit to the Dr is on October 4th for her two month. She will probably cry then because she will be getting vaccines.
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