After running in the house cold from playing outside...
Maddy: "I'm burning like ice!"
... I'm pretty sure he meant freezing :)
After sucessfully making both he and Avery peanut butter and honey sandwiches all by himself...
Maddy: *sigh* "It's a lot of work being a Chef!"
Tuesday 2/15/11
This past Sunday Maddy gave a talk in Sharing Time at church. He was so excited! I love that he's not afraid and actually looks forward to giving talks and participating in Primary. I teach the class older than him so I'm in Sharing Time when he is. I love being able to watch him participate and learn. Steve wrote the talk for him and then I helped him give it. It just melts my heart hearing his little voice talk about the Gospel. Here is his talk...
This past Friday Avery had her NICU Follow up appointment. She sees several different specialists who assess how she is doing developmentally. There are usually lots of kids and it usually takes about four hours. This time however, it wasn't bad at all and we were only there about 1 1/2 hours.
First she saw a Pediatrician who did a full physical exam. She could hear a heart murmur and recommended we see a Cardiologist to make sure it's nothing serious. Most likely it is a Venous Hum that she will just grow out of, but we scheduled an appointment just to be sure. She was really pleased with her physical development and had no other concerns and was amazed that she's never had any ear infections, hospitalizations etc.
Next she saw a Developmental Psychologist. He just did a quick evaluation and will do a long complete evaluation before she starts Kindergarten. He went over colors with her (she knew them all) and also would draw different lines and such and see if she could do the same. She did a great job and is right where she should be.
Last she saw a nurse and had her measurements taken...
Weight = 29.5 lbs. (25%)
Height = 101 cm-just under 40 in. (75%)
Head = 48 cm (25%)
She is growing at a great pace (they were really happy with her numbers-especially considering how small she started out) and jumped in the weight category (previously 10%) and let me tell you, you would never know it but she eats all day long. It's looking like she is going to be tall and lean just like her Daddy.
More medical stuff for my record...
Last Tuesday I had a hysteroscopy done. It is known that I have a bicornuate uterus, but my Dr. doesn't know how severe the inside lining of my uterus is. If it's severe enough or separated by a wall then there probably isn't room for a baby to grow to a full term size. So he recommended doing a hysteroscopy to find out and look for any other abnormalities that might be causing me to miscarry late in the first trimester/early in the second trimester. I've been pregnant 7 times, 3 of those in the last year and a half. I miscarried twice at almost 11 weeks and this last time at almost 16 weeks. It's so frustrating to get through all those weeks of being so sick and such and then have nothing to show for it :(
As far as the procedure goes... I was given some pain medication and "relaxers" to take beforehand and also received a nice shot in the rear right before. Once I was all prepped, I received 4 shots in my cervix (really big ouch) to numb it so they could then manually dilate it. Steve was able to be in the room with me and said that was pretty brutal (luckily I couldn't really see anything.) Once that was complete the Dr. injected a bunch of water (which usually makes the uterus expand so they can see better) and used a scope to go in and take a peek. Unfortunately there was a pretty good sized mass on the top wall of my uterus that was pushing down so far the Dr. couldn't get in far enough to see how severe my bicornuate uterus is. Also the water wasn't helping at all either, my uterus would not expand. He kept pushing up on the mass with the scope (which I could totally see and feel *ouch* poking up through my stomach-I was afraid he was going to poke a hole in it) to try and get in further but it just wasn't happening. He's pretty sure the mass is a fibroid and he didn't want to torture me anymore (while I was awake) so he recommended I have a "operative hysteroscopy" to "shave away" the fibroid and look for and hopefully fix any other abnormalities he may find at that time. It's a more invasive surgery so I'm not real excited about it but I'm glad that we are at least getting some answers and so far they are issues that can be fixed. I have my follow up appointment at the beginning of next month (on Steve's birthday-bummer) and a surgery date will probably be set at that time. They also had me get a pelvic ultrasound (not fun either) the same day (by that point I was so out of it due to the meds. I almost fell asleep) to see if anything else abnormal could be found. We will be discussing those results as well at my follow up appointment. Once I got home I was so tired and out of it that I slept most of the rest of the day. Steve was awesome and took care of the kids, made dinner and woke me up to eat. After eating I laid on the couch for a bit and then went back to bed and slept soundly until the next morning. Recovery wasn't too bad and I didn't end up taking any of the meds. I was sent home with.
The kids were running around pretending they were killing monsters...
Avery: "Maddy, please play house with me!"
Maddy: "We were playing house, we were killing monsters..."
Avery: "But I want you to play house with me."
Maddy: "We did, the house was haunted, now lets finish..."
Monday 2/7/11
Lately Maddy has been coming into our room during the night because he says he is either scared, having bad dreams or just doesn't want to be alone in his room. So since we won't let him sleep in our bed he's perfectly happy sleeping on the floor next to our bed. Avery usually wakes up before Maddy in the morning and goes looking for him and this is what I saw when I climbed out of bed one morning...
