Last week was super stressful and hard. \u00a0Hubby had early meetings and late dinners Tuesday through Friday and the weekend before he was away Thursday to early Monday taking care of family business. \u00a0Which left me alone with the kids, basically 24 hours a day for almost \u00a0days straight (he was home MLK Monday). \u00a0And it was nasty, just like the way I was feeling.<\/p>\n
When hubby finally walked in the door Friday evening, dinner in hand, I felt relief like I’ve rarely felt before. \u00a0I ate my dinner and took my place on the couch, as I usually do after a meal, as the icky feelings took over me. \u00a0And as I laid there, listening to him clean, the girls jollily helping and Doodle laughing alongside, I began to cry.<\/p>\n
I cried because I was so relieved to have help. \u00a0And because I was feeling sick, sooo sick. \u00a0For the first time in over a week, I was able to just be sick, just lay there and be miserable. \u00a0It was as if the icky had built up over the week, filled me from the bottom to the top and finally bubbled over uncontrollably.<\/p>\n
As I cried, it reminded me of when I was at about the same time in my pregnancy with Honeybun. \u00a0I had been coughing and having trouble getting full breaths and was running a low fever so the day before my birthday, I took off from work and headed to a walk in clinic. \u00a0But when I told them I was pregnant, they sent me away, refused to touch me and told me I had to make an appointment with my OB. \u00a0I called the office when I got home but they couldn’t get me in for another 10 days.<\/p>\n
Two days later, hubby left for a business trip to Dublin. \u00a0I assured him I’d be fine and not to worry. \u00a0We talked every day and I was fine. \u00a0I went to work and though I was tired and still coughing, I didn’t have a fever and easily survived the week.<\/p>\n
Hubby got home Friday night and Saturday, it was bad. \u00a0I woke up with a high fever, vomiting uncontrollably and unable to get out of bed other than to pee and throw up. \u00a0Finally hubby insisted I go to the doctor.<\/p>\n
Another walk in clinic, another doctor that refused to see me (I threw up in their waiting room as a “thank you for your help.”) \u00a0He insisted I need to go to the ER immediately. \u00a0So we stopped home, grabbed a few things and headed in.<\/p>\n
When I got to the hospital, my temperature was over 103. \u00a0After they confirmed my pregnant status (me telling them wasn’t enough, they had to verify for themselves), they immediately got me in a room.<\/p>\n
I was given Tylenol to help bring down the fever and then the tests began. \u00a0Bloodwork. \u00a0An ultrasound to check on Honeybun (our first glimpse of our first baby, seven weeks and five days.) \u00a0Finally when they couldn’t find anything wrong by the less invasive tests, they ordered a chest x-ray, a last resort for a pregnant lady.<\/p>\n
It was confirmed, pneumonia. \u00a0It wasn’t super severe or serious but it still landed me a three-day stay in the hospital while they pumped me full of antibiotics and monitored my temperature and chest congestion. \u00a0I went home on Tuesday but was put on bed rest, ordered not to return to work until the following Monday.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what caused the sudden change in my condition. \u00a0Maybe my body just knew to wait for hubby. \u00a0I don’t know what would have happened if I had gotten so sick before he was home, I certainly couldn’t have gotten my self to the hospital and I didn’t have any friends or family in the area who could help.<\/p>\n
I am just thankful that my body knows how to be strong when it needs to. \u00a0I’m thankful that I have hubby to help me through the tough times when they happen. \u00a0And I’m thankful that I’ve survived these ordeals relatively unscathed because either one (pneumonia and home alone with three kids) could have easily ended disastrously!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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