tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2093253814410316112024-03-05T11:43:05.918-08:00Pneumoconiosis- what I've learned from life so far...Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-74534106875663204622014-11-19T09:12:00.001-08:002014-11-19T09:12:33.323-08:00The Refiner's Fire<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-DIIgm6xABQ" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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I really love this video. It humbles me because I am amazed at this woman's strength. I needed to hear this today and I'm so grateful for the gospel that gives me hope that I will be with Quinn again one day.Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-30218537890543679342014-10-23T15:27:00.000-07:002014-10-23T16:12:00.140-07:00Quinn's last week<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We had one perfect month before she passed away. I think God
gave us that perfect month with Quinn. For one month she had no seizures she
took her feedings well, and she did excellent in her occupational therapy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was taking some pureed foods by mouth; a
huge accomplishment for her. I really thought she’d make it through the first
year. I knew that the majority of children with AGS don’t make it through the
first year…but she was doing so well, I had no doubt. She was only 3 days short
of turning 11 months old. She passed away on OCT 25, 2013, at 12:37 p.m. It was
a Friday; I think it’s the worst day I’ve ever experienced in my life. I hope
there’s never a day that tops it.</div>
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Quinn died on a Friday. I remember that the weekend before
she’d been sick. She’d vomited a few times. This was frustrating, but not
unusual. She vomited a lot. She was fed through a feeding tube that connected
to a port in her belly that fed right into her stomach. She wasn’t able to tell
us when she was full and her feeding pump just kept pumping at set volume
formula right into her little belly. When it got too full she’d vomit, nature’s
pressure relief valve. </div>
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I woke up OCT 21<sup>st</sup>, Monday morning, exhausted.
Quinn had been fussy through the night. She hadn’t slept well, and so Barlow
and I had tag-teamed through the night to hold her close and comfort her. We’d
take turns closing our tired eyes for a short amount of time until the other
would be deliriously tired and at his/her wits end. Barlow left for work by
6:45 a.m. I got Quinn dressed, planning on taking her to her Grandma’s.
Barlow’s mother and father were watching Quinn during the day while I was at
work. Shortly after I got her dressed she threw up. I cleaned her up and got
her dressed again. I was trying to fix my hair when I heard her gagging again.
I ran over the pick her up before she chocked. She vomited on her new outfit
and on my work clothes. I cleaned her up again and laid her on the middle of
our bed while I change my cloths. She then vomited on her clothes and on our
bed. That was it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I broke down in
tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called my work and explained I
couldn’t come in because Quinn was so sick. I was really trying not to miss
more days. I’d missed a lot work for appointments, occupational therapy, and
hospital admissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Doctors and
staff that I worked with were amazingly patient with me. I’m so grateful that
they were so flexible. They had worked with special needs children and knew how
hard families had to work to care for them. The rest of the day we rocked in
the chair in her room and I gave her tiny amounts of formula through her
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Tuesday morning she looked much better. She was making wet
diapers and she kept most of her feedings down through the night. She did great
in her occupational therapy with Heidi in the morning. She only vomited once a
tiny bit. I took her to her grandma Hardy’s around noon. A Short time later
Grandma Hardy texted Barlow concerned that she’d been vomiting. I’d asked one
of the Doctors I work with look at her, since there were no openings at her
Doctor’s office. We all thought she had gastroenteritis (stomach flu). Barlow
took her home, and when I arrived he was pretty frustrated. She could only keep
down 1 mL of liquid at a time. We had a hard time feeding her even through the
tube after we got ~ 10 mL in she'd vomit. Tuesday night we set her up on her
pump at 15 mL/hour. We had her in her bassinet in our bedroom at 11pm we heard
her vomit and we found she was vomiting blood. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked like coffee grounds, which wasn’t a
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I was pretty scared. We had been through some pretty scary
experiences with Quinn by now, seizures, not eating, fevers and 3 hospital
admissions to Seattle Children’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barlow
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We took her to the ED. They gave her an IV because of course
she was dehydrated. They did some blood tests and the only thing abnormal was
her potassium which is not unexpected. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She perked right up after she got some fluids
through her IV. The ED Dr. thought she had a gastritis that sometimes causes
bleeding in the stomach. I hooked her up to her feeding in the ED and she took
~ 80 mL no problem so they sent us home with some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondansetron">Ondansetron</a> (an anti-nausea
medication). They usually use it for patients who are vomiting when getting chemotherapy.
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We saw her regular Dr the next day (WED) they thought she
had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallory%E2%80%93Weiss_syndrome">Mallory Weiss</a> tears which is when you vomit so much that you break some
blood vessels in the esophagus. That is how they explained the blood. </div>
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Thursday she started breathing fast. I rationalized that it
was because she'd been vomiting a lot. She did this a lot when she wasn't feeling
well. Grandma Hardy called again when watching her and was concerned. We
brought her in to check her oxygen at the clinic I work at and she was saturating
fine. </div>
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Friday was our anniversary. My in-laws were going to be out
of town so we planned to celebrate our anniversary on Thursday night. After
stopping by the Dr’s office she seemed to settle down. We took her to Grandma
and Grandpa Hardy’s and we went out for a quick anniversary dinner. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandma Hardy texted
me that she was worried about Quinn. Barlow was not too happy when I told him
we had to end our date and go get her. When I saw her I felt sick. She looked
gray she was breathing hard. We took her to my clinic I couldn't get an oxygen
reading on her we went to the ED. I thought she'd aspirated (inhaled some vomit
into her lungs).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was checking in with
the ED receptionist one of the nurses walked by and saw how gray she was. She
picked Quinn right up and took us back to a room. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. They had no rooms open so they kicked a poor
woman with a sprained ankle out of a room so we could be seen. They hooked her
up to oxygen and she pinked right up. We had some men from our church come give
her a blessing. They did a chest X-ray and found her heart was enlarged and it
looked like she had pulmonary edema. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About
4 weeks earlier she’d been treated for a small pneumonia and her x-ray hadn’t
had any signs of a heart problem.</div>
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It was a real struggle to get an IV in her because she's so
chubby and she was dehydrated. The nurses tried to place the IV using
ultrasound and we finally got a good line. They planned to transfer us to
Seattle Children’s. Barlow went home to get clothes for us. The staff had
planned on sending us to the hospital us by ambulance to Seattle. (It was too
foggy for us to go by helicopter). We had to wait for Barlow to come back,
because he had the car seat in the car. I didn’t know that they used the car
seat to transport a baby in the ambulance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She didn’t like being strapped in and she let out a little whimper…
that’s the last time I heard her cry…</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rode in the
ambulance with Quinn and Barlow drove our car. The ride out went smoothly. I
was still in denial about how sick she was I thought she was going to be fine.
We'd been through things like this before and she'd been fine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to ride in the front so I couldn’t see
Quinn. She was quiet and seemed relaxed through the drive. I chatted with the
Ambulance driver and I tried to distract myself for worrying. </div>
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When we got to Seattle they got another IV in her and
started doing some tests. They did a blood gas on her and I knew the numbers
they read of were bad. They hooked her up to an epinephrine drip to help her
heart contract more effectively. They did another X-ray I could see it this
time. After I saw her X-ray…I knew we were in big trouble. Her heart took up
nearly ¾ of her chest. There was no room for her lungs to expand. They put a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intubation">tube</a> in the breath for her, put in more IVs and did more tests.</div>
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The Dr. Sat down with us and explained that her heart was
only working at 25%. They explained that they were doing all they could but the
next step was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation">ECMO</a> (where they bypass the heart and lungs, they take the blood
out oxygenate it and pump it back in to the body). I knew that once we got on
ECMO the next step was a heart transplant (Quinn was not a candidate due her
AGS) or they would have to fix the underlying problem with her heart. When they
told us that I knew... I knew that she was going to die. </div>
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I tried to explain it to Barlow and he was understandably
upset. I was still really numb. I started calling my mom (my father passed away
2 years ago) and my sister they were going to get the first flight out of SLC
that they could. Barlow called his parents to come out to Seattle Children’s as
soon as they could. </div>
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After talking to some specialists and Quinn’s primary doctor
on the phone, we decided not to do ECMO. They thought that was her neurological
condition (<a href="http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/aicardi-goutieres-syndrome">Aicardi-Goutieres</a>) was the cause of the <a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/cm/">cardiomyopathy</a>. The odds of
them finding a way to fix the underlying problem were very slim. On ECMO she
may have been in more pain, and it would prolong the inevitable. It was a hard
decision; because I didn’t want to give up hope. We weren’t ready to let go; I don’t
know that we ever would be.</div>
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We had some people from church give her a blessing and a
name. Barlow's parents made it in time to hold her. We held her and we had them
<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extubate">extubate</a> her (take out the breathing tube), give her pain medicine and stop the
epinephrine. She didn't cry and she didn't struggle. She just didn't ever wake
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They let us hold her for a long time before one of the
doctors finally came in and called her time of death. She’d been gone for
several minutes before he’d come in… I think they were letting us hold her one
last time before hearing those words. The nurses took out all the IV’s. The
volunteer at Seattle Children’s made imprints of her hands and feet for us.
Another wonderful Volunteer from <a href="http://www.soulumination.org/index.php/site/person/quinn">Solumination </a>took pictures for us. At some
point they asked about doing an autopsy, and we gave permission to use any of
her organs that they could. Barlow’s parents went to the airport to pick up
Barlow’s brother who’d boarded a plane in SLC as quickly as he could. Barlow
was exhausted and fell asleep on a couch in her room I called my mother and my
sister. </div>
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I was alone with Quinn for quite some time. The nurse came
in and asked if I’d like to wash her. I removed all of the bandages from her little
body. I washed away all the iodine. She had so many little puncture wounds in
her little arms from all the IVs. I was still in such shock it began to wear off
and I had a little break down I cried and cried. I woke Barlow up sobbing and
begged to leave. He checked with his parents they were on their way to the
hospital with Abram and wanted to see her one last time. I asked Barlow to stay
with her while I walked around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t
want her to be alone, but I couldn’t stay in that ICU room for one more moment.
I somehow made it outside and walked and walked. Seattle Children’s has some
nice grounds and was grateful for a place to walk. Eventually Barlow’s family
came back and saw her one last time. Grandpa and Grandma Hardy started the long
drive home. Abram stayed home to drive our car. Barlow and I had been up for
well over 24 hours and were no condition to drive. We said our sad goodbyes and
left Seattle Children’s. We had spent so much time at Seattle Children’s over
the last year it had begun to feel like our second home. I think that made it a
little easier to leave her, because we knew she’d be treated well and with
respect. We picked up my mom and sister from the airport and Abram drove us
home. It was and is the most painful thing I’ve ever been through. </div>
Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-81753399739356713572014-06-26T10:48:00.002-07:002014-06-26T10:48:14.196-07:00Elder Holland... My RockI've been listening to a lot of talks by Elder Holland. His words of wisdom have been my rock lately....<br />
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“Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep
trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon.
Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace
the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end.
Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.” </h1>
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“God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust
in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects
you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic);
He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice
in it and delight in your opportunities.<br /><br />God is anxiously waiting
for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as
He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't
dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.”
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158936.Jeffrey_R_Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a> </h1>
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“If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So
it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient
Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982)”
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158936.Jeffrey_R_Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a></h1>
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“You are doing God's work. You are doing it wonderfully well. He is
blessing you, and He will bless you, --even--no, -especially--when your
days and your nights may be most challenging. Like the woman who
anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some
embarrassment, fought her way through the crowd just to touch the hem of
the Master's garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and
wonder and weep over their responsibility as mothers, `Daughter, be of
good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.' And it will make your
children whole as well.”
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158936.Jeffrey_R_Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a> </h1>
Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-78698117815318589072014-06-26T10:48:00.001-07:002014-06-26T10:48:04.360-07:00Beat Average video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not endorsing GNC, but this video is highly motivating. </div>
Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-71341140029714798692014-02-07T14:49:00.003-08:002014-02-07T14:49:10.831-08:00Friday Fives first week in FebI have not been doing a great job of updating my blog. Since Quinn's birth and death I've been really withdrawn. I know I need to get out and write more. Even if very few people read it I'm hoping I'll feel better. <br />
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I follow a lot of blogs using Netvibes and it keeps me updated. I've noted a lot of bloggers do Friday favorites or friday wrap ups. <br />
I'm borrowing the idea of Friday Fives from the small things bloggs. <br />
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1) Well we'll start from last weekend. Last Saturday I went to a pediatric conference at <a href="http://www.seattlechildrens.org/">Seattle Children's</a>. I went with my cowork and friend Darci. We had a nice drive and the time flew by since we were chatting so much. We learned about lots of helpful tips in treating patients. I love going to these confernences. I hate sitting for such a long period of time, but it's worth it. <br />
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2) On Sunday it was my turn to teach the relief society <a href="http://serve%20the%20lord%20with%20love/">lesson</a>. I was so nervous and it was sort of a challenge. Afterwards I felt like crawling under the carpet. I felt I was not prepared and that it was patetic. It wasn't the lesson it was my peperation. <br />
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3) One of my dear sweek coworkers lost her mother. It's been a long hard road for thier family and my heart goes out to her. <br />
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4) Crossfit: Barlow and I have been doing crossfit. We are in the beginner class so we are building strength and technique. It's 3 days a week and we crawl home in the evenings after these classes. The real soreness seesm to set in ~ 2 days later. We aren't pushing around tractor tires yet, but we are improving.<br />
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5) Yesterday I gave blood in Levenworth. It only took ~ 1 hour and I was done no problem. Barlow and I are trying to donate regularly. The only issue is that we get lots of calls thanking us and asking us to reschedule. The marketing is sort of smothering. <br />
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<a href="http://www.redcross.org/blood">http://www.redcross.org/blood</a><br />
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Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-8584980090773063322013-09-10T14:49:00.000-07:002014-02-07T14:50:18.352-08:00Worry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-42200213021249240322013-04-01T14:49:00.000-07:002014-02-07T14:50:04.812-08:00Quinn's birth story part 1Now that Quinn is 3 months old I'm finally going to write about her birth story. Her due date was 11/29/2012.<br />
I had been getting really antsy for this baby to arrive. My dear mother said that everyone in our family has their baby early so that's what I was anticipating. She predicted I'd have the baby a week early. I was waiting on pins and needles for the baby to come. I woke up one night with what felt like a charlie horse in my belly. Okay this is it I thought, but then nothing else happened. For the next week I had cramping and pain off and on and I figured I was having <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/0_braxton-hicks-contractions_156.bc">Braxton Hicks</a> contractions. <br />
11/27/12 the clinic where I work merged with the hospital so we had a benefits meeting I dragged Barlow to it so we could make the right choice on what benefits to enroll in. The meeting was at 3pm and I had patients scheduled until 2:45 which means they arrived at 2:50 needless to day I was sort of stressed because I ended up being late. During the meeting I started having cramping off and on but it was only ever 30 min and it was still irregular. <br />
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We went home after the meeting and the cramping continued. I got out my trusted iphone contraction timer and they were still ~ 20-30 min apart. I told Barlow and we continued to time them. They were uncomforable but not really painful. They only lasted a few seconds. I walked around a lot because that's what they said to do in our birthing class. I thought ok maybe labor is finally starting. They had taught us that you could be at home for a long time before you need to go to the hospital and I really didn't want to get there and then have to turn around and go home. We finished packing our bags for the hospital. I was starving and I knew that if I went into labor I wouldn't get to eat for a while, so Barlow and I went to Papa Murphy's and got our favorite artichoke chicken garlic pizza around 7 or 8 pm. Wow I regretted that later. <br />
The contractions started to last longer and were closer together but more like 5 min then 7 min. Our OB said to go in when they were 5 min apart and lasting for one min. Finally I was really uncomfortable during the contractions and they were still 5-7 min so I decided yes we would go in and see how things were.<br />
We drove to the hospital we went in through the ED since it was after hours. I could still walk but I had to deep breath through the contractions. We got into the waiting room and I leaned over a chair to get through a contraction. <br />
She looked over at me and said, "Oh... come over and we'll get you registered." They called up to OB and we told them how far apart the contractions were. It was so hard to sit still while we registered. It really didn't take long only 3-4 min but it felt like forever. We each got a hospital bracelet. Finally they rolled a wheel chair over and I was relieved I didn't have to walk at that moment. My OB happened to be the MD on call, what luck!<br />
I expected them to take me to a triage room for a check but they rolled me right into a patient room. They had me put on a hospital gown and hooked me up to monitors. The contractions were pretty regular at ever 5 min now. I'm not sure how long they were lasting but it was long enough. I was able to walk around a little and move after they checked me on the monitors. Then they came in and asked me a bazillion questions. I tried to be super nice since I knew I'd be depending on these people a lot. I was only at ~ 1 cm. No one ever told me being "checked" would hurt so stinking bad and especially when you have a contraction in the middle of it. I was still able to deep breath at this time but I was starting to get scared. If it was hurting this bad and I was only just barely dilated I started panicking thinking of the pain that was to come. <br />
They told me when I was at a 2 I could have an IV with pain medication. I just focused on surviving until 2 cm then I would get some relief. I was grateful when I finally got the IV with some fentanyl. It wasn't the sweet relief I was hoping for. <br />
They told me when I was at a 3 I could have a epidural if I wanted. Yes please!<br />
<br />Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-83483346422009611752012-10-09T18:31:00.001-07:002012-10-09T18:31:08.016-07:0032 weeksThe last weekend of September I went to a pediatric conference in Portland. I took Barlow with me and we stayed a few extra days as sort of a vacation before the baby comes. We met with some great friends from our time when we lived in the area.<br />
We stayed a night on the Oregon coast in a tiny town called Oceanside. We had such a nice hotel room, and had the best dinner at a place called Rosanne's.<br />
Sunday we went to our old Neah-kah-nie ward it was so fun to see everyone. We miss living in Rockaway Beach, and our visit made us kind of homesick. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Oceanside there is a little cave you can walk through to get to a part that is separated by the tides. It was dark and sort of creepy, and fun. I'm sure it could be dangerous if you were there at the wrong time. </td></tr>
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<b>Size of Baby :</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> Honeydew melon ~ 19 inches 4.5 lbs </span>
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<b>Gender: </b>Pretty sure it's a girl. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep:</span> This week I've slept great, except for the frequent bathroom breaks.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span>Sushi. We have been to so many sushi places where I eat tempura and wish I was eating Sushi. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> I'm starting to get used to the movement. If it is lessened I really notice. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings: </span>Wendy's spicy chicken sandwiches<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span> heart burn. I get really hungry and over eat easily because there's not as much room for food now. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b>Oct 17th<br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b> Baby shower this coming weekend. I have had no idea what to register for it's been kind of stressful. I chose Target and Amazon because those are accessible to most people <br />
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When I get mad... I get mad. I get into a tizzy about little things these days. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maternity clothes? </span>Even after my mom helped me pick out clothes when she visited she also has sent me some cute clothes in the mail. I'm not sure what I'd do without her. Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-58521565358505348332012-09-23T15:50:00.002-07:002012-09-23T16:02:30.981-07:00Week 30<div style="text-align: left;">
We have been having terrible forest fires around Wenatchee for ~ 2 weeks no we've had smoke filled skies. Our air is considered hazardous and last time I checked the fires were only ~ 20% contained. Several of my coworkers have had to evacuate their homes but so fare no homes have burned yet. We are in the center of town and have been safe so far. I'm still going to work each day and so is Barlow. At Barlow's work there are a lot of people calling in and saying they aren't' coming into work due to the smoke. At my work I'm seeing a lot of people coming in with headaches, coughs and itchy eyes due to the smoke. There's not much I can do for them except advise them to get out of town for the weekend. </div>
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<b>Size of Baby :</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> About the size of an </span>head of lettuce. ~ 18 inches and ~3.2 lbs. </div>
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<b>Gender: </b>Pretty sure it's a girl. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep:</span> Sleeping much better. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span> I tried to paint my toenails last night and it was so hard to reach that far down. I miss being able to pick things up off the floor without struggling not to fall over.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> All the time especially after meals. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings: </span>Peaches and Avocados. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span> Getting bigger... and bigger. I have to use the bathroom a lot ~ 3-4x's a night. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b>Oct 3rd... moving up to ever 2 week appointments. <br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b> Upcoming baby shower next month, I'm super excited. <br />
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I think my attitude and mood has been so much better. <br />
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I'm very behind in my blogging updates. I keep telling myself that I will write a post tomorrow.<br />
My mom came to visit for a week and it was wonderful she did a lot of stuff around the house. She helped me so much with things I was really too sick to do. I missed her so much when she flew back to Utah, but at least she's only a phone call away. <b><br /></b><br />
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<b>Size of Baby :</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> About the size of an eggplant. </span><br />
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<b>Gender: </b>We're still going on the assumption that it's a girl, but trying to keep things neutral since I hate pink and we aren't 100 % sure. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep:</span>This has been hard lately I wake up at ~ 4am to go to the bathroom, and I can't get back to sleep until ~ 6am then I get up at 6:30-6:45. Sometimes I can't get to sleep well because the baby is moving. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span> I miss soda sometimes. Early on it made me sick so I didn't mind not drinking it as much. I need to limit my caffeine now and I miss it. <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> Yes, it took me a long time to recognize it. It's kind of fun to feel the movement, but it's distracting when it happens during a patient's appointment. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings: </span>Nutella, I think about it a lot. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span> I haven't thrown up in over one month, knock on wood. The skin on my belly feels itchy sometimes, my sister-in-law gave me some lotion that seems to help. I still get heart burn and the sciatic pain flares when I am doing something active. I should have exercised more early on, I get short of breath a lot faster than I used to. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b>Sept 12th<br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b> My mom helped me put up new wallpaper. I need to clean up the baby's room it is full of moving boxes still. I've started daydreaming and picking things out on amazon and target for my wishlist and baby registry.<br />
One of the Dr.'s that I work with has a super nice wife who is planning a baby shower for OCT 13.<br />
<b><br /></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy or Moody most of the time:</span> I think I'm quick to jump to the negative conclusions lately, and I'm still really sensitive. It's a lot better than it used to be. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maternity clothes? </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">My dear sweet mom came out and took me shopping we bought me some cute maternity clothes, and I'm starting to wear them. My regular pants (even the normally large ones) are getting really tight. I feel a lot better when I wear the maternity clothes because I feel it's okay that I'm big when I wear them... strange how it is. </span>Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-17630536830611614012012-07-14T08:51:00.001-07:002012-07-14T08:51:10.443-07:0020 weeks<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Size of Baby :</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">About the size a banana. (7 inches give or take) 12 ounces on the 19 week ultrasound that's in the 84th percentile... whoa Nelly! We might be on our way to a big baby. </span><br />
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<b>Gender: </b>According to the ultrasound last Monday the tech thinks we are having a <b style="color: red;">Girl</b>. We're so excited. The only thing is that I really hate pink, I mean passionately hate it. I'm a little nervous that I'll be getting a lot of pink stuff. Of course when the baby grows up if she loves pink she can have all the pink she wants, but right now I don't think she cares so I'm hoping to avoid pink as much as possible.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep:</span> Sometimes good sometimes bad. I'm having a lot of vivid dreams. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span> I have a hard time cleaning certain things. Dishes make me gag and sometimes vomit. I miss being able to keep things clean. But Barlow is such a trooper and had has helped a lot. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> Not yet,but even the doctor thought I should be feeling something, but there was plenty of movement on the ultrasound. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings:</span> Mashed potatoes<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span>The sciatic pain is much better. I have a lot of heart burn, and <u>still </u>some nausea (sigh). I haven't throw up since the 4th of July when I tried to clean the sink trap, and then I over ate the yummy 4th of July food and paid for it by throwing up. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b> Aug 8th<br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b>There was some icky wallpaper in the baby's room that Barlow's mom helped be tear down. I've got it primed and will soon hang up clean and neutral wallpaper.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy or Moody most of the time:</span> I am an emotional time bomb! I think that says enough. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maternity clothes? </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">No. I'm getting quite a belly but it's sort of in the stage where people can't tell if I'm pregnant or just fat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span>Having energy to do things. I seem to running on empty all the time. <br />
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> Not yet, but I here some people feel movement by now. <br />
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings: </span>Cheese glorious cheese. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span> I still get the sciatic pain, and I have a lot of heart burn. Some nausea and gagging with strong smells. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b> ultrasound on July 9th and appointment on July 11th.<br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b> Cleaning house.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy or Moody most of the time:</span> I'm still weepy sometimes but most of the time ok. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maternity clothes? </span>Not yet but my clothes are not as loose as they used to be. Lex-a-roohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807337728560501690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209325381441031611.post-61077939061998524762012-06-23T19:20:00.000-07:002012-06-23T19:20:17.165-07:00It's way past due that I should post about this on my blog. My post earlier today was about bugs and that really shouldn't have been the first thing I've posted in a while. When I posted about the bugs I was stressed and not thinking clearly. I should have posted about this first.<br />
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Barlow and I are expecting the arrival of a baby around November 29th. This is way more important than bugs. <br />
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We found out in late March after we got home from Utah to help my mom around the house. We were so excited but tried to keep it secret until I was at 12 weeks. We did tell both of our parents and both sides are excited.<br />
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<b>How Far Along:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> 17 weeks</span></div>
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<b>Size of Baby :</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">About the size a turnip. </span></div>
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<b>Gender: </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">To be determined hopefully we will know in ~ 3 weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleep:</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">I've had a cold this week, so the congestion as been a challenge but otherwise not bad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Miss Anything? </span>Eating real Sushi. We went to a sushi place I still enjoyed the cooked food but envied Barlow who got to eat the real thing.<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Movement:</span> There was movement on the 10 week ultrasound, but I can't feel it yet. I think that's a while off.<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Food cravings: </span>Sushi, and raspberries but not together. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms:</span> Heart burn, and some nausea. I haven't vomited in 2 weeks (knock on wood). Sciatic pain on the right side, but I don't know if it's from pregnancy, our new bed, or moving, who knows. <br />
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<b>Due Date:</b> November 29th 2012<br />
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<b>Next Dr. Appointment:</b><b> </b> ultrasound on July 9th and appointment on July 11th.<br />
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<b>Getting Ready:</b> Cleaning house getting things put away from our recent move (I'll post about that later)<b></b><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy or Moody most of the time:</span> I don't know how Barlow puts up with me. I cry over the littlest set back this week.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Maternity clothes? </span>Not yet but my clothes are not as loose as they used to be. <br />
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My in-laws had some furniture in storage unit near Rockaway Beach where we used to live. Last weekend Barlow and his parents went down and packed everything up to bring to Washington. We had some space in our new place so they said we could use some of this nice antique furniture they had in storage. It had been in the salty are of the Oregon Coast so it needed some cleaning. I cleaned one piece without incident but then when I moved on to the second piece there was a lot of clumps of dust at first I thought i might be mice poo or something equally disgusting. I got the vacuum attachment hose and started vacuuming it up and found little white worms inside.<br />
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I woke Barlow up because I wasn't sure what this was. We pulled out a drawer and found little burrows in the felt that lined the drawer along with little patches of insect feces.<br />
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So We aren't sure what these little insect larva are I'm hoping my cousin who's and entomologist can shed some light. I just hope they aren't some invasive wood grub that's going to eat our new place.<br />
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