Worry and Relief

I was woken the next morning by the nurse who would become one of my closest friends. She told me I had several test lined up and could not eat before. I told her thanks for taking such good care of me. She replied "Thank you for being such a good patient, and for doing what is best for your little girls." That caught me off guard. She told me her sister placed a child for adoption and knows that it is hard. We talked as she wheeled me down to the ultra sound. They did a scan of my heart. Everything came back good, except my heart would speed up real fast and then slow down. Then they scanned the baby. She was doing great, moving around and active. I was so relived! I loved her so much. There was a feeling of peace that I would not have to call Anna and tell her something was wrong. Then they scanned the gallbladder. Bingo! It was full of stones. The My nurse looked at me and said " I'm SO sorry!" I was puzzled.

I went back to my room. I was meet there by a surgeon. We discussed the options. He said we could deliver the baby and a week after take it out. I said not an option. She was to early. Then he said we could do a classic incision that would be all around the side and take it out. I asked if there was a risk to the baby. He said there was a risk it would put me into labor, cause brain damage from the anesthesia and possibly death. I said no thanks. He said the only other way was to be put on a NO fat diet. I said I'll do it. Anything for her. He said ok, but we have to be careful because my liver enzymes were high. He needed to keep me in the hospital till the liver numbers went down.

I called Anna and let her know that the Dr.'s Appointment was canceled and what was going on. She asked if I needed anything, I said no. A few minutes later I got my breakfast. I thought, wow this is healthy! If I only knew this is what I would get for the remander of my pregnancy!