Brian Back Injury

Brian's back pain has continued to escalate. I took him to the ER again, in the hopes that they could speed up the process of having the MRI read by the radiologists. Luckily, it all worked out and the ER doctors were able to get the radiologist to put the MRI on the top of the list and read the tests while we waited in the ER. The ER doctor reported that the MRI shows a severe bulging disc that will likely require surgery. He recommended a neurosurgeon, gave Brian some muscle relaxers and sent us on our way.

Brian Back Injury

A lot of things have been put on hold in our house, as Brian has severely injured his back. He has overworked his body and he is now unable to do anything (including work). Brian is very frustrated by this, as he has a laundry list of stuff to do before the baby gets here. The upper half of his body is completely crooked. It looks like he was cut off at the waist and then his top half put back on, but about 5 inches off from the bottom half. His right leg is as painful as his back and it is numb. We tried going to the chiropractor, to the family doctor and to an ER doctor. He had an MRI on Saturday and now we are waiting for the results. We have an appointment set up with a neurologist, as well, so three doctors are awaiting the results with us. Brian has not been to work in a week and the potential of returning does not seem to be in the immediate future.

Pregnancy - Second Trimester

Brian is working so hard trying to get projects done around the house to get ready for our Baby Boy, but he is not having much luck getting his back to heal. He delayed renovation projects by about four weeks while going to the doctor for his back, but now that he has started the projects again, he continues to make his back worse. Renovations last about a day, with a week off thereafter for the back pain.

Right now Brian is working on getting a section of the basement ready so he can move his office down there. His office is currently where the nursery will be. The basement needs to have forms put along the exterior walls with insulation, some updated electrical and a drop ceiling. There was quite a bit of tear down, clean up, sealing, etc to do as well.

Pregnancy - Second Trimester

It's a BOY!!

We had an ultrasound today and the sonographer was able to tell (without a doubt) that the baby is a boy. He is approximately 1 pound and all of his measurements are good (head, sections of the brain, arms, legs, etc). At the time of the ultrasound, he was breech, but it is too early to be concerned (approximately 1/3 of all babies are breech at this point in pregnancy). Hopefully he'll do a a somersault before delivery.

Pregnancy - Second Trimester

For the past week or so, I have felt a very light (but destinct) flutter in my abdomen every once in a while. It seems to be in both lower quadrants, though mainly on my left and go as far as the left of my belly button. The flutters are real quick - sometimes one, sometimes a couple, but no more than two or three quick flutters (just like a butterfly trapped in a little spot or like my stomach is about to growl, but without the growl). My friend Tiffiny assures me that this is the baby, so I am very very excited. I was starting to doubt my mothering skills, if I can't even feel my own baby moving around in my tummy.