New Doctors, New Experiences

It's hard to believe that its only been a month since I posted last. We spent the majority of our weekends in Utah dealing with the stress of life. Which to elaborate on that I guess I better start out at the beginning. So we have had a couple of follow up ultra sounds since we first found out about the baby's echogenic bowel. The first was on April 7th, they found that her bowel was dialated even more. So once again I set up another appointment with the specialist that comes to Pocatello from Salt Lake. That appointment was on the 17th. In only 10 days between the appointments her bowel had gotten even bigger. After the specialist saw this he felt that the reason for the dialated bowel was an obstruction and that she probably would require early delivery in Salt Lake. He set up an appointment for us down in Salt Lake to meet with a whole other slew of doctors. On the 27th we headed down to Utah, where we met Josh's parents for lunch and went to University of Utah hospital and met with a high risk OB specialist. She did another ultra sound checked the bowel and answered all our questions. All in all she was great, she let us know that the baby wouldn't have to come early and I wouldnt have to have a ceasearan. HUGE RELIEF on both counts. She decided that I need to be living in Utah by 36 weeks in case of early delivery and at 38 weeks they would induce me. After that appointment we headed over to Primary Children's to meet with the pediatric surgeons. The surgeon showed us some of the ways her bowel could be obstructed. She told us that the average stay after a bowel obstruction surgery was about 6 weeks, however it could be less or it could be more. From there we got to take a tour of the NICU where she will go to stay until she is fully recovered. The nurse giving the tour was a great help, and even though we don't like the situation we are in we feel completely confident in the doctor's we have been blessed with. The good news out of all of this is that most likely once they fix the obstruction Addie will be able to grow up healthy and enjoy a lively childhood.

Beyond hospital drama we got good news that Josh got the promotion, yay for us!! We also spent time in Utah for my mom's birthday and my brother Alex's birthday. We decided til our next appointment we are going to stay grounded in Pocatello. We are all but sick of traveling! We also hit our milestone 1 year anniversary. It has been a year of highs, lows, and a truckload of new experiences. We will keep plugging away at our next truckload for the next 100 years, I'm just so excited for what more can come... ;)