Well, I have to call the hospital tomorrow morning at 8am to make sure they have a bed. Then I go in at 9am for the induction. I am excited about it one sense and then I am nervous, scared and anxious.
Some of you may remember that I have the 2 1/2yr old that has a tracheostomy and is tube fed. When he was born he could not breathe and was life flighted an hour away and underwent open heart surgery at 7 days old, intubated for two months and then the trach was placed once they did a bronchoscopy and seen that his airway was narrowed in 3 areas and the area at his vocal cords litteraly would collapse every time he inhaled. We are optimistic he will get his trach out next Spring but we have never heard his voice....I want so badly to hear him laugh. We can tell when he is laughing, crying etc, but it's just not the same.
I want to hear him call for me. The tube feeding we are working on oral aversions at this point since he thinks it's totally not normal to put food in his mouth. He mouths toys but will not put food in his mouth. So because of the lack of breathing at his birth and 3 months in ICU, I will not be relieved until this little girl comes out screaming to the top of her lungs. All tests have shown no problems and she is really active unlike how Jonathon was when I was pregnant with him. I had a sense of dread the entire pregnancy with him and just knew something was wrong but the doc wouldn't listen even though his heartrate was only running around 110bpm the entire pregnancy. I feel good about this pregnancy so that is a plus but I am still worried.
Anywho, then we have a nurse coming out at 6am for Jonathon tomorrow that has only worked one 12hr shift last week so hopefully she will do alright with him, his other nurse will relieve her at 4pm tomorrow and is staying the entire weekend and we love her, she has been with us since he came home so she is like family. Next week will be tough as his nurse he had for day shift for 1 1/2yrs just quit week before last (bad timing). So we are going to have it rough looking after a newborn, a special needs child and the 5yr old. ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE huh??? We will see!
Then there is accuweather.com forecasting the tropical low off the east coast to strengthen tomorrow sometime and aim toward North Carolina Sunday morning as a category 1 or 2 hurricane! JUST GREAT!!! What else?
DH has prepared everything for just in case, we have plenty of water, batteries, gas for the generator etc. So my mind is going a thousand miles an hour!
Some of you may remember that I have the 2 1/2yr old that has a tracheostomy and is tube fed. When he was born he could not breathe and was life flighted an hour away and underwent open heart surgery at 7 days old, intubated for two months and then the trach was placed once they did a bronchoscopy and seen that his airway was narrowed in 3 areas and the area at his vocal cords litteraly would collapse every time he inhaled. We are optimistic he will get his trach out next Spring but we have never heard his voice....I want so badly to hear him laugh. We can tell when he is laughing, crying etc, but it's just not the same.
I want to hear him call for me. The tube feeding we are working on oral aversions at this point since he thinks it's totally not normal to put food in his mouth. He mouths toys but will not put food in his mouth. So because of the lack of breathing at his birth and 3 months in ICU, I will not be relieved until this little girl comes out screaming to the top of her lungs. All tests have shown no problems and she is really active unlike how Jonathon was when I was pregnant with him. I had a sense of dread the entire pregnancy with him and just knew something was wrong but the doc wouldn't listen even though his heartrate was only running around 110bpm the entire pregnancy. I feel good about this pregnancy so that is a plus but I am still worried.Anywho, then we have a nurse coming out at 6am for Jonathon tomorrow that has only worked one 12hr shift last week so hopefully she will do alright with him, his other nurse will relieve her at 4pm tomorrow and is staying the entire weekend and we love her, she has been with us since he came home so she is like family. Next week will be tough as his nurse he had for day shift for 1 1/2yrs just quit week before last (bad timing). So we are going to have it rough looking after a newborn, a special needs child and the 5yr old. ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE huh??? We will see!
Then there is accuweather.com forecasting the tropical low off the east coast to strengthen tomorrow sometime and aim toward North Carolina Sunday morning as a category 1 or 2 hurricane! JUST GREAT!!! What else?
DH has prepared everything for just in case, we have plenty of water, batteries, gas for the generator etc. So my mind is going a thousand miles an hour!
. I look forward to reading about your little girl's birth. Happy labor vibes.
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I posted an update on Scott in a new thread. He's doing good! Thanks for asking.
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: Hope it happens soon. Happy labor vibes~~~~
