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Thursday, 05 November 2009

  • Surgery and a Birth Story

       Believe it or not I really am alive. There has been so much going on that I have not been able to update this in ummmm... FOREVER. I am not really sure where to even start. Ok I gues that I will start with the thing that has threw the biggest kinck into everything.
    I had to have surgury 2 weeks ago tomorrow to have my appendix removed. It was weird because I thought that I had a cyst that was causing the pain that I was feeling. So I had my friend drive me to the hospital that my OB/GYN is through. They did an ultrasound and it turns out that it was my appendix that was causing the problems. I am so very thankful that they caught on to it. Because I did not have a lot of the normal symthoms. I ended up having surgery at 7:30 that night. I spent two days in the hospital after that and was in sever pain for a while.
    Well I went back to the doctor last Monday, think that it was going to be the normal post op appoinment. Well it wasn't. It turns out that there was a tumor in my appendix. The doctor told me that it was small and they think that they got it all but he was talking with the oncologist just to be safe. He told me that worse case happing I would have to have surgery to remove more of my appendix and maybe chemo. Needless to say neither of the things are high on my to do list.
    I think the scarest thing is just know that I had cancer in my body and not know what is to come. I am really trying not to give it a lot of thought but it is hard not to.
    As for Eli he is doing great!!!! He is growing up really fast and talking so much. He is starting to say simple sentences. He is really starting to potty train. I am so excited that we can be done with diapers soon rather than later.
    As for my friend Fouzi. She is doing great. Khalid was born on the 22nd of September of 4:27pm. He weighted in at 7 lbs 6 oz and 21 1/2 inches. I got to be there for her whole labor and delievery. It was amazing!!!!
    We went into the hospital at like 1 in the morning the night before because she was having a lot of different pains, mainly in her back and pelvic region. When we went in they hooked her up to the monitors and chacked her. It turned out that she was having contrations and she was 3 cm dialted already. Well 3 cm is really the cut off for wither they send you home or not. So we decied to walk and walk and go up and down the stairs. They checked her again at about 4 in the morning and she was still at 3 but she was effacing and the bag of waters was bulging. So the nurse said that they were going to keep her and that the doctor would be in around 9 so we should get some rest.
    Well the doctor came in around 9 and by that time she was at 4 cm and the doctor tried to break her water but it did not work. So they started her on Pitocin and we started making phone calls. Her mom got there at about 11 and by that time she was about a 5. Fouzi was doing really really well with the contractions. I don't think that she really spent much time in the bed after her mom got there. We used the birth ball a lot. I would sit on a stool behind her and when she would have a contration I would push on her lower back or push on her hips and that really seemed to help her. Sometime around noon the doctor came in and checked her and broke her water. At about 2 she started asking for her epidural.
    They checked her then and she was at a 6 so they said that it was ok. They came in and did the epidural and then we were able to rest for about 2 hours. Then Fouzi really started to hurt again so the nurse came in a checked her and she was at an 8 so they called the doctor and he came up and gave her a bolus. After the bolus you could tell that her contrations changed and that she was getting close because everything about her changed from the way that she was acting to the way that she was holding herself. But mainly the way that she was breathing. After they did the bolus the nurse didn't even leave the room because she could tell. Then the nurse checked her again and she was completly dialted.
    During most of her labor we had been trying to get the baby's father up to the hospital and he still had not gotten up there. Since she was fully dialited her mother went to go get him. Not that he was staying less than a mile away from the hospital. I decided that I really needed to use the restroom . While I was in there I could her the doctor come in and the doctor and the nurse were laughing because Fouzi was actually sending text messages!!! Her last text message was sent at 4:16. That is when they started having her push. Khalid entered the world at 4:27 pm just 11 minutes later!!! Then his father and grandmother entered to room 2 minutes later!!!
    When Khalid was born he had his cord wrapped very tightly around his neck and actually did not breat for a good 2-3 minutes after he was born. Then once they finally got him going he was not pinking up the way that they wanted him to so they had to take him to the nursery and it was a good hour and a half before Fouzi got to see him.
    Now he is doing great!! Fouzi has been able to breast feed him exclusivlly and they are both doing great.
    Sorry that this entry is so long but there was a lot that I needed to get in. So I will leave you with some pictures that I took of little man.
    Khalid 1

    Khalid 6

    Eli 2

Wednesday, 02 September 2009

  • Bottles, Diapers, and Bibs... Oh my!

    That is right the house is starting to be over taken with baby stuff, and the sad part it is not even my baby. You see we are throwing my friend Fouzi a baby shower and baby things have slowly been collecting for some time now. But the baby shower is in only 11 days!!! So my mom and I are starting to get down to crunch time. I am actually really looking forward to this baby shower because it is going to be really laid back compared to most of the other baby showers that we have done. It is basically going to be a cookout, hang out type thing. We are doing a diaper theme. So I have made a diaper cake and I have another friend that is making another diaper cake. So she is going to get a good jump on diapers that is for sure.
    Now remember that the school year has started and so I have been really busy with school. Today was my first Chemistry exam today, I think that it went pretty well. Tomorrow is my first mast exam of the semester and I have already started in on my first History project.
    This last week was really busy I was working quite a bit, which is weird because I was not actually on the schudle. You see I had asked off because I was spoussed to go to South Carolina, well that fell throught, so I had a week at home where I would not be working so I talked to some of my managers and they just kept calling me in when the needed me. I think that I may have worked more hours that way than I have any other way so far.
    Oh, and Eli is doing fine. He has actually been talking a lot more! He said his first four word sentence this week, which was something to the effect of pop pop give me hug.
    Anyway, I better be running off and finish my diaper cake.

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

  • Ugh.... I want to say that there is a lot going on but then again I want to say that nothing much has changed it seems like it is the same crap on another day!
    I will admit that I am kind of pissed at the EMS system. They go and they train you for this "wonderful" career but they forget to mention the fact that no one is going to hire you without experience. How are you  to get that experience you may wonder? Well, when you find out let me know. Right now I am feeling like I wasted a whole year in EMT classes to get a certification that I can't use!!! It makes me so mad.
    You see there is a part of me that wants to get out there in the world and just use the certifications that I already have (if anyone would ever hire me) and start making a life for myself then there is the big part of me that wants to stay where I am at so that I can get an even better job, you know what I mean? I keep reminding myself that it will be worth it.
    In addition to my little rant, I find myself really enjoying the job that I am at now. I really like the people that I am working with. I have a good time at work and it is not that bad of a job. Plus they are really working with me on my hours and understanding that I do have a two-year old to take care of. I just wish that I could find that sort of working environment at a better paying job. But I guess that it will work to get me through for now.
    On another side note. I am really, really excited because I am going to be getting to do pictures for two sets a people. There is a girl that I know from school whom just recently got married, and I was not able to make it to her wedding. So I am going to be doing "newly-wed" pictures for them. Then there is a girl that I work with that I am going to be doing some senior pictures for. I am really looking forward to both.
    Another thing that I am kind of looking forward to, but not at the same time. Is the fact that my brother is being stationed in Korea. It sucks that we are not going to be able to see him and that he is going to miss a lot of Eli growing up. But there is a flip side, over in Korea the electronics are like really, really cheap and he is going to be able to find camera accessories for me (lenses, flashes, ect...) for a fraction of the price that I would pay for them here.
    Anyway, I better get off of here and go take a shower and go to bed! Oh, how I miss having my own room.

Sunday, 23 August 2009

  • Sadly there is really not that much to talk about right now. I have just been working like crazy and been going to school, I feel like that is all I ever do any more. I know that it is going to be worth it in the end I am just not sure how I am going to get through it right now.
    As of right now it is looking like I am going to have to postpone my trip to San Diego until my winter break in December. I am a little sad but I think it is going to be for the best because of the fact that I am taking both Chemistry and an Algebra class this semester. So it is really better that I miss as few classes as possible. And I know that I am going to be missing a few when Fouzi has the baby, so I am trying to save up as many as I can. It is really going to be worth it.
    I am still not sure if I am going to be going up to Wisconsin any time soon or not. As of right now it is looking more like I am going to have to wait. The good news is that as of right now it looks like we might be going up to Wisconsin at the end of October. So I am really looking forward to that. I really miss my friends up there and only one of them has been able to come down here and meet Eli.
    Another thing is that I am trying to get to go back out to South Carolina for my god-daughter's first birthday.
    Anyway I will let you all know what happens.

Thursday, 20 August 2009

  • So Behind

    Well... School has offically started and they have taken no time at all to start pilling on the homework! I have a feeling that this is going to be a crazy semester! But I think that if I can stay on top of everything I will do just fine. I do know that I am gong to have to miss school when Fouzi has the baby and also when I go to San Diego for my best friend's mother's wedding. I will be missing almost a week then.
    As it look right now Eli and I are going to be taking a Greyhound out there. There is only two connections so I don't think that it will be that bad. The only type of problem that I see is that I am hoping that he is potty trained by then and I am not sure how that is going to work out. I am sure that every thing will work out and I should just stop worrying about it.
    I just found out that I might be going to Wisconsin at the end of the month and that no matter what I am going to be able to go in October!!! I am so freaking excited!!! I miss all of my friends up there so much and just to know that I am going to be able to return soon is enough to almost make me cry!!!

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