My visit to Rachelle, her subsequent hospitalization, and other fun stuff
Last weekend, I got to go to Phoenix to visit Rachelle. It was fun to see her again. She seemed to be doing fairly well and the people there are taking really good care of her. Her aunt Jeanie is so incredibly nice to have Rachelle and Kaiya over.
It was hard to be there only a short time but I had to get back. I guess my visit was a little too exciting for her because the day I left, Rachelle went for her normal doctors appointment and they found that she was 50% dilated which wasn't good. They rushed her to the nearby hospital and decided to do a cerclage which is where they sew up your cervix. She started having a bunch of contractions too which was also not good. We think it was the anxiety of the situation or maybe the sadness of seeing her super cool husband (that's me if you were wondering) return to Austin. They put her on a magnesium medication which helps to stop contractions but also makes her feel yucky. I was pretty worried for her on Tuesday morning because I knew that she had the surgery on Monday night and I didn't hear anything from her until about 2:00 PM. Fortunately, things seemed to go pretty well but she still felt rotten. She has since gone off the magnesium and they are trying to figure out if she can go back to her aunt's house. We are praying that she will...but if not, we will do what is best for the babies.
Another "fun" thing happened right before I went to the airport to go to Phoenix. I got in my van and found that the battery died. I had about 30 minutes to get to the airport so I found someone to give me a jump and made it there. When I came back from Phoenix, the battery was dead again so I called my friend Randy and he came and gave me another jump at the airport. I had actually been driving the van because my normal car (a super cool two door 1993 Honda Civic hatchback) refused to turn it's break lights off so that I had to unplug the fuse every time I parked the car. Another fun thing that happened right before I left is that the house we are renting had a pipe from the water heater that started leaking and got water into the walls. Our very nice landlord has been tearing out sections of the wall in the master bedroom to get it all fixed. It seems to be fixed now but I feel sad that he had to go through so much trouble. Anyway, the moral of the story is that if a bunch of bad things all happen at the same time, it makes for a much more entertaining story later.
On the flip side, I have seen some really nice things from people lately. Rachelle received a bunch of bookmarks from the Cub Scouts at our church to use while she is on bed rest. Today, the 16 to 18 year old boys from church came and did my lawn (in the rain) and did a much better job than I have ever done. Several people from church also brought over dinners and I think I may have enough frozen dinners to last me well into August. One person, Jayd McFerson, brought over Thai food from a really good local Thai restaurant (Tamnak Thai off Buttercup Creek and 183) which was awesome.
I have to say that it is very uncomfortable to be the one that receives the service. I feel so grateful to all of the people that have helped us out. Several people have helped watch Riley as one of our original volunteers had to be hospitalized last week with meningitis (I believe she is doing much better by the way). We are continuing to feel the effects of the many prayers that are being offered on our behalf. Thank you again.
Jayson
It was hard to be there only a short time but I had to get back. I guess my visit was a little too exciting for her because the day I left, Rachelle went for her normal doctors appointment and they found that she was 50% dilated which wasn't good. They rushed her to the nearby hospital and decided to do a cerclage which is where they sew up your cervix. She started having a bunch of contractions too which was also not good. We think it was the anxiety of the situation or maybe the sadness of seeing her super cool husband (that's me if you were wondering) return to Austin. They put her on a magnesium medication which helps to stop contractions but also makes her feel yucky. I was pretty worried for her on Tuesday morning because I knew that she had the surgery on Monday night and I didn't hear anything from her until about 2:00 PM. Fortunately, things seemed to go pretty well but she still felt rotten. She has since gone off the magnesium and they are trying to figure out if she can go back to her aunt's house. We are praying that she will...but if not, we will do what is best for the babies.
Another "fun" thing happened right before I went to the airport to go to Phoenix. I got in my van and found that the battery died. I had about 30 minutes to get to the airport so I found someone to give me a jump and made it there. When I came back from Phoenix, the battery was dead again so I called my friend Randy and he came and gave me another jump at the airport. I had actually been driving the van because my normal car (a super cool two door 1993 Honda Civic hatchback) refused to turn it's break lights off so that I had to unplug the fuse every time I parked the car. Another fun thing that happened right before I left is that the house we are renting had a pipe from the water heater that started leaking and got water into the walls. Our very nice landlord has been tearing out sections of the wall in the master bedroom to get it all fixed. It seems to be fixed now but I feel sad that he had to go through so much trouble. Anyway, the moral of the story is that if a bunch of bad things all happen at the same time, it makes for a much more entertaining story later.
On the flip side, I have seen some really nice things from people lately. Rachelle received a bunch of bookmarks from the Cub Scouts at our church to use while she is on bed rest. Today, the 16 to 18 year old boys from church came and did my lawn (in the rain) and did a much better job than I have ever done. Several people from church also brought over dinners and I think I may have enough frozen dinners to last me well into August. One person, Jayd McFerson, brought over Thai food from a really good local Thai restaurant (Tamnak Thai off Buttercup Creek and 183) which was awesome.
I have to say that it is very uncomfortable to be the one that receives the service. I feel so grateful to all of the people that have helped us out. Several people have helped watch Riley as one of our original volunteers had to be hospitalized last week with meningitis (I believe she is doing much better by the way). We are continuing to feel the effects of the many prayers that are being offered on our behalf. Thank you again.
Jayson
1 Comments:
At May 5, 2007 5:59 PM , TheRobRogers said...
Well, I guess it can't just be hard, it's gotta be really hard. We're praying for you guys.
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