Oh man, I've been through hell and back. I was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night with a severe case of endometritis. It took three full days of three different kinds of intravenous antibiotics to finally kick the infection (we think). It was scary and painful and all kinds of miserable. At one point they thought I had something called septic pelvic vein thrombophlebitis, an extremely rare blot clot. YUCK. They ruled it out with an emergency CT scan at 3 am on Monday, thank GOD and by Tuesday the fevers had subsided and they sent me home on oral antibiotics. Oh, and my pre-eclampsia decided to stick around and my blood pressure is still super high. So I'm on procardia for the next few weeks until my BP normalizes. Oh, AND I am severely anemic! A hemoglobin level less than 13 is considered anemic and mine was 7.2. So I had two blood transfusions to give me a boost. Fun, fun, times. But I am on the mend and feeling better each day.
But...BUT....we get to bring Ellie home!!!!! She passed her discharge tests and we're picking her up later today! The doc gave us the option of bringing her home on an apnea monitor, which we agreed to, which will likely be a huge pain in the ass...but anything to ensure our little one's health. How cute is she in her car seat?!
Arden continues to improve. Her jaundice is gone and she's nursing like a champ. We're hoping to bring her home either Friday or Saturday. It's crazy how much has happened and they're not even two weeks old! We love them so very, very much and just can't wait to all be together!
They sure do look like twins, huh?
Beautiful! GREAT news on the babies! I am so sorry you've had such a terrible time. Hopefully, both your sweet girls will be home VERY soon!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, A, you've been through hell :-(. It sounds horrible. Happy to hear that you're doing so much better and you get to bring Ellie home! That's amazing! I hope Arden will be joining her at home very, very soon!
ReplyDeleteMan! I'm glad you're on the mend. That's just CRAZY!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you get to bring Ellie home and hope Arden will be home soon!!! They're beautiful!
Good lord! I'm so glad you are doing better, and that Ellie is on her way home!! Hope you all continue to get better by leaps and bounds!
ReplyDeleteOh my, just what you needed! I'm so glad you're feeling better and moving on to the good stuff. Those babies are so cute I could die. Enjoy every second!
ReplyDeleteThat sucks! I hope that you are finally on done with all that crap and can get to feeling better and enjoying motherhood soon!
ReplyDeleteAh that sucks you've been soooo sick. But on the upside you're sweet girls are super close to both being home. So glad to hear it. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you are having all these medical issues. But I'm so excited that one of your bundles is going home with you! Your girls are beautiful. I'm hoping that Arden gets to come home Friday and that everything continues to go well for everyone's recovery.
ReplyDeleteMy gosh girl !! No stinkin' wonder you felt like hammered CRAP !! The c-section itself is bad enough... but then all of the other..infection, bp issues, anemia.... I'm surprised you can even drag yourself from the bed to the bath !! Best of luck...mend well and quickly and enjoy the first of the two sweeties you are going to be taking home :)
ReplyDeleteWow! You have had some serious bad times! This must be the best/worst week of your life. I'm glad your girls are doing so well and that you have Ellie home with you. They really do look so much alike - what sweeties!
ReplyDeleteYou poor lady! Sounds horrendous! Glad you are feeling better and improving now. Your girls are little champs too - and so so sweet in the pics! Hope Arden can come home soon! You all deserve lots of relaxing snuggle time together!
ReplyDeletei cannot believe the $hit you have been through. i'm just glad they caught everything and you are finally on the mend. the girls look very very much alike, esp for fraternal twins. sooo glad that eloise gets to go home with you guys :o) xoxo.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that you're finally getting better - what scary times! And yay for Ellie coming home! Arden will come home soon,I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteThey are so sweet!!! Hope you're feeling better very soon!
ReplyDeleteThey really are so gorgeous, and they look totally identical! I wonder how they'll change as they age. I'm so sorry for what you've had to go through, and I hope your recovery speeds up!
ReplyDeleteMy friend, you have been through the freaking RINGER! I am so so so happy you are on the mend and that both of your darling girls are going to be under one roof with you and B so very, very soon. Take care of yourself! xoxo
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