16 weeks....ER trip

Oh the joys of pregnancy :/

we got to spend last night in the wonderful E.R.

Over the weekend I had really bad cramps and super low pressure. I was a little freaked so I called the on call doctor. She was nice, she was pretty sure it was round ligament pain (which is new to me! and I thought it was more of a shooting pain). She said it was very common in your 2nd and on pregnancies and usually shows up in the second trimester. She said to take a warm bath, rest, take tylenol for pain (which it wasn't painful). I did all of that and nothing seemed to help. Monday night around 930/10 It was pretty intense pressure on my pelvic bones. It was soar and kinda felt like the after math of someone kicking you in the crotch. So not painful really, just soar and pressure. I wanted to just fall asleep and forget all about it. But, being pregnant I swear your just aware of every teeny tiny sensation your body has and you always fear the worst. So I called the on call doc again. Frankly I was just looking for reassurance...just telling me that its round ligament pain and that it can feel like pressure/soar not just pains. The on call doctor this night was not my normal OB, it was the other male doctor and he was kind of a jerk. Maybe it was my hormones and the fact that it was 10 at night and he is probably sick of stupid pregnant moms freaking out and calling him. I tried explaining it and he said to just go into the ER and get checked. I asked if he was sure, and do I go to ER or maternity ward. Apparently you have to be at least 19 weeks to go to the Maternity Ward. He just said, if its worrying you enough to call me at 10 at night, just go in.

So I immediately started bawling. Freaking out. My parents just bought us a crib and I had been going through Hudson's old baby clothes earlier that day. I felt like I had jinxed myself. I went downstairs to tell Tanner. He was obviously pretty nervous as well. We had our amazing wonderful neighbors come over and give me a priesthood blessing. This was my first time ever having a blessing and it was so nice. It made me calm. I know it helped with making sure the baby was safe and sound as well. They are seriously amazing neighbors. One was sleeping and the other was playing call of duty and both dropped everything/woke up just to come give us a blessing. We lucked out with our neighbors.

After that we dropped Hudson off at my moms and drove to the ER. I was nervous because normally I hate ERs and they have a bad rap for just not being nice. We were lucky though, the lady that checked us in was really nice and helped in explaining what I was feeling. It was nice that she was reassuring. She walked us right back to a room. I had to get into the lovely gowns and leave a urine sample. The doctor came and we talked about everything. They took the urine sample and the blood sample to look for infections. He also said they were giving me an IV incase I was dehydrated which could contribute to the cramps. I would also be getting an ultrasound then once they had all the results he would come back. The nurse came in and drew my blood and got the IV started. I seriously HATE IVs!! The only other one I had was when I was in labor and while I remember not liking it I wasn't paying much attention. A few minutes after the IV was in my whole arm went tingly and numb. It was like a cold burn and hurt! I asked Tanner if it was normal. He said he had never had an IV so he didn't know. So I of course called my nurse in and asked him. I felt kinda silly but I just wanted to know if that feeling was normal. He checked and the IV was in proper place it wasn't pooling up in my arm. He just said the IVs are room temperature which is cooler then body temperature so it is cold and the veins contract to warm it up. Normal or not it still sucked and I couldn't bend my arm.  After waiting a little while the ultrasound tech came in. She was SO nice. They wheeled my bed down to the ultra sound room. That was awesome. I have always been told that ERs don't usually let you see the baby, they never print out pictures and they cant really tell you anything because people would abuse the ER just to try to find out the sex of the baby. Well..not true here! She was so nice and commenting on the babies cute butt in the air, and how active he was. It was SUCH a relief seeing his little heart beat. I was seriously shaking before the ultrasound started. They took all kinda of measurements and checked all the goods inside me. It was a long ultrasound. She couldn't really say anything about the measurements or anything though. She did print us like 4 pictures though. And after we were all done, she said things look really good and then said she was gonna look in one more time because she wanted to get us a cuter picture :)  soo nice!! We got wheeled back into the room and waited for like 45 min to an hour. Finally the doctor came back in apologizing. He had been sitting at his computer just waiting for the results of the u/s. He said normally a little light goes off letting him know. It never went off so he called down and they said they had been done for a while. He felt bad, but computer glitches happen I guess. He said baby looked good, but it did look like I have a UTI. So he gave me antibiotics for that. He still wasn't sure what was causing the pressure/cramps but everything was normal and nothing really wrong so he was thinking just a mixture of the uti and some round ligament pain/uterus stretching. I also had kinda high blood pressure when I first came in, they were a little worried about pre-eclampsia but there wasn't protein in my urine so they took my blood pressure again before I could be discharged to make sure it had gone down. Thankfully it did! the nurse said he was pretty sure EVERYONES blood pressure raises the second they walk into the ER. I don't blame him. I was a shaking crying nervous wreck. I called my doctor today and let them know what happened and to see if they wanted me to come in for a follow up or wait 3 weeks till the next appointment. I haven't heard anything back yet, but I'm still having the pressure and soreness...grrrr! Im just glad everything looked normal though. 

I seriously have the best husband ever to hang out till 2am in the ER and not get mad when its just a REALLY expensive uti ;) and an IV. Better safe then sorry though, and UTIs can get dangerous during pregnancy, so I think its justified Were both just so glad little man is safe and well. He needs to keep cooking for another 23 weeks! 

Our First Visit to the E.R.

I knew, especially having a rambunctious boy, that trips to the E.R. were most likely in my future. 

I was hoping we could have waited longer then two years, but I am glad we at least made it two years! 

Poor little guy gave us a scare last night, thankfully its just a mild concussion. 

Since this is my journal, I want to break down last nights events so it will be in our blog book. 

Last night around 8 pm, we were at grandmas house. Hudson was being silly and ran down the hall. At the end of the hall he tripped and hit the back of his head on the railing. The railing is a metal railing. 

He got a pretty good size goose bump right away...about the size of a nickel or so...and other than crying he seemed fine. He was acting normal, no puking, no weird pupil dilation. I called the on call doctor just in case and talked to her around 8:30pm. She said if he was acting normal, no throwing up, then just keep an eye on him and he should be fine. Kids get goose eggs all the time. 

Fast forward about 2 hours. Were laying on the couch watching TV. Its way passed Hudson's bed time but I was wanting to keep him up as long as possible. He started telling me his belly hurt. Then before I knew it he threw up ALL OVER. I started getting worried. Tanner wasn't to convinced because he has had a small cold, he thought it was from that. 

That was just after 10pm. I started googling for an urgent care/after hours clinic. Let it be known that every.single.stinkin. one in the entire state of Utah closes at 10 pm. I was so frustrated.  So I called the on call doctor again, and she said I should take him in. Especially if he continues to throw up. As I was on the phone with her he threw up again. This was about 10:30/10:45. So I told tanner and we packed in the car and headed for the E.R. 

The drive over I sat in the back with Hudson, and shed a few tears. This was it. Our first E.R. visit. & not for the broken bone or stitches I was imagining. But for a head injury, that we don't know how serious it could be. 

We got the E.R. and we signed in. I hate how slow E.R.s are. Hudson Fell asleep for the car ride over, but he woke up when we got to the hospital. It was just after 11pm. I knew he was tired. But he was acting so groggy, I didn't know if some of it was from hitting his head or not. He started throwing up again. Not as much as the first time, but anything in his belly he could throw up he did :( It eventually turned into drive heaves.  We finally got called back and into the Triage room around 11:30/11:45 pm. Poor little man kept asking us for water, but the nurses won't let you have any in the E.R. until the doctor evaluates you incase they would need to do surgery. It broke my heart. I snuck him some water in the bathroom, what mom wouldn't? & he threw that up a few minutes later. 

The doctor finally came in and we told him what happened. They checked all his vitals and talked to us about head injuries. He said it sounds like a mild concussion. But especially because of his excess vomiting, they would need to do a CT scan. He talked to us about what they look for. He said if there is mild bleeding, they just watch it. They would admit us to the hospital and do another CT scan in the morning just to see how things were going, if there was major bleeding they would need to do surgery asap. But he assured me the likelihood of that was slim to none. However, your poor momma brain goes straight to the worst possible outcome every single time I swear.  

The nurse came in after this, and gave Hudson some medicine to help with nausea. She also brought him a popsicle and apple juice. He took one sip of the apple juice and got soooo mad. He wanted water! The nurse thought it was funny because most kids want juice. I guess thats the benefit of not every having juice in our house. Hudson also calls me and tanner by our first names when he is mad or wants our attention and were not listening. He wouldn't take the medicine at first and would say "no mommy, hudson don't want medicine" & I would tell him he needed it to make his tummy feel better. Then he got mad and said " LACE NO! LACE, hudson don't want it LACE" haha...he also called tanner a few times. The nurse thought it was hilarious & the doctor said he talks so good he was putting his four year old to shame :) smart kid. 

They told us with CT scans he would need to lie very still, and if he couldn't they will sedate young children to do the CT scan. So if we could, try to get him to go to sleep. It was after midnight at this point so I figured he would fall asleep. Nope. fat chance. He stayed awake the whole time so I was nervous how he would do. When we got in the CT scan room we hyped hudson up. They let him push all the buttons and touch everything and sit on the little bed for a while to get used to it. We told him this is was super heros like captain america do, and that hudson was gonna be like a super hero. That got him super excited. We also gave him a sucker and I held his hand the whole time. He never cried once!  He laid perfectly still. He was nervous for sure but we were so proud of him. He never once licked his sucker, he just held on to it super tight. While they were getting the pictures the doctor made animal noises with Hudson over this little intercom thing. When we were all done the doctor was very impressed. She said she had never had a two year old not at least cry a little for one. Proud momma moment for sure :) 

Then we went back to our room and waited for results. They said it was totally safe for Hudson to fall asleep, especially since they did the scan they could see if they had to be worried about anything. We turned off all the lights, hudson drank another whole glass of water, then we turned on the Disney Channel. It was almost 1 am and we were all so tired. I was laying in the bed with Hudson, and daddy was in the chair. Hudson finally fell asleep after a half hour or so. Then around 1:30/1:40 am the doctor came in with our results. Everything looked NORMAL!! WOOT WOOT

That was the biggest sigh of relief ever. We were able to go home, Hudson was safe to sleep. They gave us a prescription for the anti nausea medicine. They said it was a concussion. Similar to what a football would experience. Nausea, vomiting, headaches, irritable, loss of memory & trouble concentrating are all symptoms and will last around a week. So just keep an eye on him, clear liquids for the first 12 hours, and to have a follow up with his pediatrician next week. 

We finally left the ER at 2 am. Which, I guess isn't horrible since we had to wait for CT scan results and everything. It just feels like forever when your waiting for answers. 

Hudson slept in our bed last night, and we all slept in till after 9 am this morning!! We are still SO tired. When Hudson woke up we asked him if he remembered going to the doctors and taking pictures of his head. He said "Take Picture Hudson head mommy, Ducks & horses & Hudsons a super hero!!" We think his memory is pretty intact :) thank goodness! So far today he has been ok, I gave him medicine in case he has a headache. He said his belly hurt...and were sure he is just starving. He doesn't really want to eat though. So far its just been a couple crackers and a popsicle. Hopefully he gets his appetite back soon. One thing is for sure though, My child will now be living in a helmet ;)