Monday, December 15, 2008

Drum Roll Please, It's a Girl!

We got to find out on Thursday, 12/11, that we are having a girl. We are super excited! Unfortunately, Andy was still not well enough to be there for the appt and was really upset that he could not be there, but we are both just so happy and feel so blessed. My mom and dad did get to go with me to the appt and it was a great moment to share with them since I am their baby. They are both over the moon that it is a girl.
Now the hard part starts, trying to figure out a name, we just cannot seem to find a name that we both like. If I like one, Andy does not, and vice versa. Stay tuned for more updates...

Update on Andy

Well, Andy was discharged last Wednesday (12/10), and then we had to put him back in the hospital on Thursday (12/11). The doctors discharged him too early and he scared me to death on Thursday when he fainted twice on me. Friday, the lung doctor had to put a chest tube in so that they could drain the fluids that were building up in his chest out. Andy was not in the greatest spirits after that and really has not had good sleep in about two and half weeks. He finally slept on Saturday night and was in good spirits yesterday. They should be taking the chest tube out today and he could possibly be coming home tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Our scare with Andy

Well, Andy has been in the hospital since last Friday, we had a pretty good scare with him. He has pneumonia, but on top of that he has an abscess on his lung that covers about 3/4 of his left lung, so right now he is only working on 60% lung capacity. He might get to come home today but it may be tomorrow or Friday.
It all started the week of Thanksgiving, he caught a nasty virus and was so sick, and lost his voice on top of that, so we thought it was the flu. Of course I had to stay some what of a distance away from him since I am pregnant. Plus we were moving that week, so double stress. By Thanksgiving he was feeling better, just tired, but he had his voice back somewhat, just raspy. Then Sat night came and he woke up gasping for air and complaining about chest pain. It was pretty scary but by Sunday he said it was better. Well, he continued to go through the week in pain and waking up gasping for air, until last Thursday when I made him go to the doctor. Turns out he had pneumonia and they saw a mass on his lung but did not know what it was and were just going to give him a shot and send him home. He also had a 103 fever. Well, by Friday morning it was so bad, Andy woke up and took himself to the ER and called me at work to let me know that it was pretty bad news and that they were admitting him to the hospital.
He is in alot of pain right now, but it is slowly getting better. The lung doctor has told us that Andy has a long road of recovery ahead of him. We are hoping he can maybe get out today, because he really wants to be there for the sonogram tomorrow, but if he has to stay in the hospital for a little bit longer then he has to stay.

I will post more on Friday after we have our sonogram. Can't wait to share the news of what we are having, stay tuned...