12 Days Left

I am getting more and more nervous about the delivery these days.  I am remembering details about labor with Derek that I would have rather forgotten.  I have adjusted to life in this bed as much as I think I am going to but I still miss home.  Marty has been bringing videos of the dogs and Derek here from our Flip video camera which is kind of cool because I am able to see them.  It's also my way to check on the house considering at the moment it's just 2 boys living there.  The cleaning lady is coming by on Monday or Tuesday and she secretly reports to my mother about anything that needs to be done.  

Now that I have finished Dexter I have moved onto a new series Bones.  So far I think it's pretty good.  It's entertaining and the hours seem to be going by quicker.  I just began the series last night and have only watched 2.  The last two days I had excruciating pain in my abdomen where my appendix were and they thought I had appendicitis.  They ran test after test but none came back positive.  They kept me heavily drugged and I basically slept for 2 days.  I do have a calcium deposit in my appendix which could cause appendicitis, but it can also just exist and since I am not getting worse, rather I am getting better they ruled it out.  I still have a blood test this morning and I now see a general surgeon daily.  He is planning on making rounds here this week to make sure the symptoms continue to go away instead of get worse.  He presses in on my abdomen where it hurts and then asks if it hurts.  Apparently the tear drop that rolls down my face is not a good enough clue that it hurts.  

So other than that the baby looks great.  He has not been in distress even though his mother has been.  Instead he is enjoying an uncomplicated life in the womb.  That's about to change!  He is getting bigger but will probably only weigh about 4 lbs 5 oz to 5 lbs. max when he is born.  I ordered a bunch of preemie outfits to the house so he will have some clothes he can fit in and Marty put the crib together so we have a place to put him.  My grandma is getting the port a crib this weekend so slowly but surely we are getting things ready.  I am just going to order the car seat since they didn't have it in stock at the store so it will get shipped out tomorrow.  My shower is coming up on February 21st, so I think we are just going to wait to do more shopping until after the shower.  I can tell that Marty is getting really excited about the baby.  Nervous but excited.  He keeps telling people that we are a family of 3 today but in so many days it will change to 4.  I have informed him that most people are able to do simple math, but he insists on waving his arms around and doing the math for them.

Marty's birthday is on the 22nd of February so I am also trying to figure out what the hell to do for his birthday.  I think maybe we will go to dinner some place nice and take the baby and Derek.  I will have to ask Derek if he has mentioned anything he has wanted while I have been in the hospital.  Derek usually gets him a video game, and I over did it at Christmas and bought everything he thought of during the year.  He loves his Tommy Bahama and Nat Nast shirts so it may be time to do a little updating in his closet.

Well, I am going to take a nap.  They just gave me some pain medication through my IV which makes you feel a bit sleepy and I have been up since 6:00 am.  I have no idea why I got up, but I did and I made myself a bowl of cereal and updated this blog.  It's now nearly 7:15 so I think I will sing myself a lullaby and pass out.