So glad today starts a new week! Last Monday my favorite aunt passed away. She has been sick for a while, but she was only 73 and it is so hard to say goodbye. Thursday, I went to my younger daughter's sonogram and doctor's appointment. The sonogram went great, but Peiton is 7 lbs and 14 oz already! Our family normally has much smaller babies. Michelle went back for her doctor's appointment while I waited and marveled at all of the baby carriers and what vastly different shapes the bellys were. One lady with a soccer ball bump told me she was two weeks past due! Another lady looked like she was easily carrying three watermelons. Some bellys were long and others very round and pronounced. It passed the time away quickly. I looked up and my daughter was rushing out of the doctor's office sobbing. A nurse followed her and explained to me that Michelle needed to go directly to labor and delivery. She had gained twenty pounds in a week (Michelle has a been a stickler watching her food intake and what she ate...no caffeine, no sweets, she ate very healthy choices). They wanted her checked out in labor and delivery and a slew of tests done. Blood pressure was sky high...but whose wouldn't be gaining twenty pounds in a week. Fortunately all of the blood work, liver function and urinalysis came back great. Her blood pressure went down to it's new norm and then the doctor came in. She picked an awesome doctor. I fell a little in love just listening to him. He put her on bed rest...I thought she was going to have a stroke. She is a paralegal and her law firm is involved in several high profile cases right now. He finally agreed that she could go in to work to get her things in order, but only for the day and only if she had a ride to and from...........her goes Mom again! She lives sixty miles from me and forty -five minutes from her work. She was given a twenty-four urine catch test and it has to be delivered first thing in the morning tomorrow. Tuesday morning she has another doctor appointment and he will decide whether or not Peiton is gong to be born Tuesday or a few days from then. We are all on standby! David (my husband) and I were at our shop on Saturday morning when David got a phone call. His step dad, the man who raised him had passed away. Even though a person is on hospice and you have said your goodbyes several times over the past year and a half, it hit him like a ton of bricks. David's Mom and step -Dad lived in Kansas and we have made several trips up there when he has has one stroke after another. Mac was almost 89 and had lived a good life, but to David. Mac was still the guy who played ball with him, taught him to drive, taught him to fix cars and was there for him. It has been an up and down week. I am praying everything goes okay with my Michelle's delivery and she has a healthy, happy baby girl. I also hope that prayers heal David and his family.
I hope when I post again I have really good news.
Love to all,
Brenda
