Helluva Coupla Days

So I know Jen usually does these things but there are things the out of towners need to know. As most of you know, this pregnancy has not been easy on Jen. On Sunday night she had really, really bad, sharp pain in her lower right abdomen. After failing to wish the pain away, (she's one tough woman!) we decided it was time to take her to the ER. They admitted her and started doing some testing. FOR THE RECORD, THE BABY IS OK. It turns out that she had a pretty bad Crohn's attack. It was the worst I had ever seen it. Apparently it can be stress induced as well as other factors (I think having half our house torn apart for over two weeks now counts). The doctors have her hopped up on morphine for the pain and have increased her meds to clear up her bowels. There is still more testing to be done, but she has gotten a lot better. They are waiting for a stool sample to test, but I'm wondering how that's going to happen on a clear liquid diet. Anyway, we are not sure when she is being discharged from the hospital, hopefully Wednesday, maybe Thursday. The silver lining is that they are checking the baby's heartbeat twice a day, so that's pretty cool to hear.

Things are looking much better, but it's been a crazy couple of weeks. I know the stress I'm under and cannot imagine what it's like being pregnant on top of all this. If anyone would like to call her to check in, please do. She's starting to go crazy from boredom.

In other news, regarding the plumbing issues, the ditch has been filled in and they finished the concrete work today. There is still a big hole in the upstairs bathroom, but the carpet people are hopefully coming on Saturday for the downstairs (provided the concrete is set). So, for the STL people, if you can make it, on Sunday we are having a "Put my friggin house back together" party. We haven't set a time yet, but we'll let you know.

That's about all for now. I'm sure Jen will post more (medical) details later this week.
-Matt