What a Week!

What a week! This past Wednesday I was getting kids laid down for naps and lunch cleaned up when I started to have some really sharp pains in my back, I have had kidney stones with Carissa and this was feeling VERY similar. Chad was out of town in Casper and I texted him right away to let him know I was hurting. He quickly made phone calls and Kev was out at the house in no time. I called Dr. Ellis to let him know what was going on and he said to get up there right away. After the kids were taken care of we headed up to Powell. The pain I was having in my back sent me into contractions so I was dealing with both, luckily my mom showed up and stayed with me until Chad could get there. They got me into a bed and hooked up to an IV and then started trying to determine what was wrong. They tried Demerol, then a big shot right in the area I was hurting, when that didn’t help they moved to morphine which helped a lot and we got the contractions to stop. They drew a bunch of blood and ran a bunch of tests. Since I had a history of kidney stones and blood in my urine, they concluded that is what it must have been. So right now I am to take it easy and take pain meds. as necessary until my next appointment next week. Good news is that the baby is perfect and was just as happy as could be the whole time.
Chad has been so great this whole time, he stayed with me in the hospital for the three days I was there and has been waiting on me hand and foot while taking care of the kids and keeping the house clean as well. I don’t know what we would have done without my parents; they took care of the kids for us. I got home Friday night and they made dinner for us, too. The next day we had plans to go to Easter Valley, it is tradition to go every year and the kids were really looking forward to it. My parents again saved the day and came and picked up the kids and took them, even though Chad and I couldn’t go with them. They had so much fun and had so much candy, they couldn’t have been happier. Carol made dinner for us that night and Russ came and brought it out to us.
This morning the kids woke up to big surprises as the Easter Bunny still made it even though we had a rough week. CJ’s basket was full of art supplies, Quinn’s had sports Equipment, and Carissa’s had a baby doll with a journal and markers, and of course more than enough candy in each. Chad made a yummy breakfast and then sent me back to bed. We didn’t make it to church as I am on bed rest for awhile, so we didn’t get all decked out in our Easter attire, oh well. We are just happy we are all okay and able to spend the weekend together. I am so grateful for all my friends and family who helped out with kids and for all the phone calls to check on us.