What a week...

Wow, 6 doctor visits in 6 days. Ouch!

Sunday - Jacob Urgent Care
Monday - Roxy Vet
Tuesday - Jacob Pediatrician
Tuesday night/Weds Morning - Jacob ER
Thursday - Me, Prenatal test/Ultrasound
Friday - Jacob follow-up ER visit

We should be good for awhile, right? Hope so. I'll recap our last few days beginning with Jacob:

Jacob is doing so much better! He still has an occasional low (100-101) fever, but responds well to Tylenol and Motrin. He still can be a little cranky, but he is moving around a lot more now and acting much closer to normal. Still not much of an appetite though... he is skinny enough as it is, he better get that appetite back soon! His sleeping patterns are a mess, last night was TERRIBLE. Aaron and I are just exhausted from the late nights. We had our follow-up appointment with the pediatrician this morning who was very relieved to see that Jacob was feeling better. His blood culture came back positive that there is some bacterial infection (doc mentioned staph, but I don't know if that was an example or what) Jacob is fighting and the doc said that if he came into the appointment today still not feeling well that would mean he would be admitted for iv therapy. Luckily he IS doing better, so there is a chance the blood culture was contaminated. Either way, he switched Jacob from Amoxicillin to Cefprozil. I hope this new med tastes as good as the Amoxicillin did, because Jacob didn't mind that at all!

Baby Update:
So we had our NT scan yesterday and it went well. Our technician was a biotch and refused to provide ANY information, let alone scan a bit between the legs. So looks like we have to wait a few more weeks on that one! Here is an example exchange from our ultrasound:

Me: So from what I read, a measurement of 2.5 and smaller is what we hope for, right?
Tech: Uh, ya. Generally anything under 3 is good.
Me: So how are the baby's measurements so far?
Tech: Uh, 12weeks 4 days.
Me: No, the spinal measurements?
Tech: Oh, I don't know
(Doctor walks in...)
Doctor: How does it look
Tech: Great, ranging from 1.2 to 2.0
Me - banging head on wall

So besides having a completely unhelpful technician, the doctor said the measurements look good. I had bloodwork done too and they will combine that for the overall risk. The baby wasn't entirely cooperative and the tech kept hurting my stomach trying to get the baby to move. The baby moved a ton, just not in the direction she wanted. Blah.

Oh, and Julie, we did not have this done with Jacob, just the quad screen. I didn't know much about it at the time and at my last ob appt my doctor mentioned the quad screen and I asked her about the NT scan. She said she usually doesn't mention it because most patients are not interested in traveling to Grand Rapids for it (I always forget how much of a small town I live in until something like that), but that she thinks it is superior to the Quad screen as far as fewer false positives, etc. And with the added bonus of getting another peek at the baby, I was sold! Even though we don't have any risk factors, Aaron and I both prefer to be prepared for the possibilities and know as much information as we can. Lot's of people say that they prefer not to do any testing because "it wouldn't change anything", but for me, I would make lots of changes! I would learn as much as I could, I would consider delivering in Grand Rapids, I would try to find other moms dealing with the same thing, etc., etc. We have no reason to believe that the results will be anything but normal though, so let's hope that it was nothing more than a poke of my arm and a glimpse of the baby! The baby looked good though, lots of changes since our last ultrasound at 6wks! We could even see the little one open his/her mouth! We should get the official results at our next OB appointment on October 1.

I broke the news to two of the important people at work. They took it well. One of them was funny, he was trying to figure out how I was going to have a baby in March when it takes 9 months. When I told him I was three months along, he said "Did you just find out?" Like it never occurred to him that we would keep it mum for awhile. They both acted surprised, which is good since I have not been sneaky at all (drinking caff-free pop, being nauseous all day and wearing maternity pants). So I'm sure that by the time I return to work on Tuesday, the rest of the office will know. Great. Can't wait to hear the bad pregnancy and labor stories ALL OVER AGAIN. Not to mention the "you are going to have TWO kids in diapers!!!" comments.

Guess that is all for now. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Oh, and thanks Julie for all the information, it's so nice to have a nursing expert in the family!!