Another ER Visit

Last week on Tuesday night/Wed morning Matt and I went to the ER because I was having really bad upper abdominal pain. It was so bad that I couldn't breath! Thankfully Matt's mother was still visiting so she could stay home with Isabella. They did all kinds of tests in the ER and eventually gave me some pain medication through my IV, told me to schedule an ultrasound ASAP at the hospital and then told me to call a specific surgeon to follow up with the ultrasound results. The ER doctor suspected I was having a gallbladder attack. He also said it could be an ulcer or a number of other problems. So after getting home around 6:00am on Wed morning, Matt and I slept some then I woke up enough to call to make the appointment for the ultrasound. They couldn't get me in until Thursday morning, so Thursday morning we went. I couldn't get in to see the surgeon until today (Monday) so I spent the whole weekend wondering about the results of the ultrasound. So finally today we went and he told us that I have gallstones. Awesome. One of them is the size of a marble! So I'm getting my gallbladder removed. He said that it's a very common surgery, and it's an outpatient surgery so at most I'll be in the hospital for 4-6 hours total. The surgery is scheduled for Feb 16th. I wanted it done sooner, but it's the earliest he could get it done. On the upside, I guess the recovery time isn't all that long and I'll still be able to take care of Isabella just fine. I just have to take it easy overall.


Isabella is doing pretty good. We have stopped waking her up to feed her at night, and as a result she is sleeping a bit longer. We still have about two feedings a night, but that is a far cry from the 4 or 5 we had before. So, overall things are getting better. :)

2 Week Appointment and 1st Bath!

Isabella had her 2 week pediatrician appointment yesterday. She has gained her birth weight back, and then some! She is now 7 pounds 13.5 ounces. She also grew an inch so she is now at 20.25 inches! She is in very good health, the pediatrician had no problems with her. Isabella has been out of the house more since she has been born that any other newborn I know. She has already been on great adventures and she isn't even three weeks old yet.


Matt's mother, Susan came in on Saturday morning and has been staying with us helping to take care of Isabella. She has been a great help with the baby, leaving Matt and I some time to catch up on things that have been getting left on the back burner. While she has been here she is sewing for Isabella and has already made her another blanket, a sleeper and two diaper covers. She is going back to Oregon on Sunday morning and we will miss her!!


Matt and I gave Isabella her first "real" bath tonight. We had been slacking on doing it, and finally got it done. Isabella was pretty mad most of the time, who can blame her. The only time she settled down was when I would pour warm water over her head or over her body and once she was diapered and dressed again. Poor girl went through such an ordeal! I didn't realize that my camera's batteries were dead when we started giving the bath so I had to run and change batteries in the middle of the bath while Matt attempted to keep bathing her. Here are a couple of pictures I managed to get:

Sorry this is going to be such a short blog, but things have been pretty hectic as most of you know and the rest can imagine :)
I hope to blog more later on, but for right now this is it! Hope everyone is having a great week!