More Complications

by Jessica

Well, where to start. Wednesday, June 24th was a normal day and turning out to be a great evening. Floyd made plans to have a close friend and his fiance over for grilling and to watch the LSU baseball team beat Texas Longhorns for the NCAA championship. Food was smelling great, Lacie and I were have a great conversation, and I took a potty break and then it all went wrong.

Started bleeding and called the hospital right away. Floyd started packing and Lacie and Reggie helped by cleaning up the food and stuff. Well 20 minutes passed and no call from the on call doctor, so I called again and they transfered me to the nurses station. They supposedly told me to go to New Iberia emergency room, but I missed that, so we headed to Lafayette, 30 mins away. I started getting nervous because I had heard the nurse telling someone in the background that I was going to New Iberia, so called again on the way and that nurse told me to come to Lafayette. So now I'm starting to worry about Renee and making sure that I feel her move.

Got to the hospital and started checking in and I was looking at the pictures on the bulletin board and thinking this woman needs to hurry up!!!!!! So I kept looking and trying really hard to feel Renee move, but then while searching pictures I noticed a red cardinal sitting on top of the bulletin board and I knew she was okay!!!! Grandma is everywhere!

So it is Saturday and I'm here until tomorrow or Monday. Bleeding has stopped and no more contractions, but I had high blood pressure when I got there, so they tested me for preeclampsia and I have a mild case of that now too!!!!! WHAT ELSE? So now we will be visiting the Dr. 2 times per week and hope that the placenta previa moves more and the preeclamsia doesn't get any worse. I will definitely have her the beginning of Aug though, and if she is healthy, then I'm okay with that! So Grandpa Steve, be ready for a great birthday present!!!

I've had a few visitors and Floyd has stayed every night. I think Grandpa is with me too, because I happen to pick the flying pig when I play monopoly on pogo game network, and most of the time we win. Really big too! Grandpa would be here playing games to keep me occupied and laughing.


Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts, and only 5 to 6 more weeks of boredom, and I do hope it is that long!!!!!

Happy Father's Day

by Jessica

Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful men in my life!!!!

One very special Father's Day to my husband, a father to be. I'm so excited and can't wait to see him interact with our baby girl. As I watch him interact with our friends' kids, I see how much joy it gives him, and with me being so emotional and pregnant right now, I could just cry with Joy, cause I KNOW he is going to be the best father he can to our little Renee.

Vernie....... Thank you for always being there and cheering me on! I don't ever remember a time that you missed a volleyball or a basketball game, and I know there are so many pig shows and horse shows that you were at. I know who my biggest fans are!!!! I love you tons.

Now Dad....... You are sometimes a man of few words, but you always new what to say and when to say it!!! He kept his mouth clean when scolding me on the discovery of my belly-button ring, which was outed by my 3 year old niece. Or the time when we were traveling to the tree nursery for work and both singing "Take this job and Shove It". Next one was the last thing he said to me when I was packed and ready to get on the road for Texas, "I'm not worried about your moving, I'm worried about you and spending Money", is what he said. Now, he is making sure that I'm keeping still and in my chair so he can see his new grand daughter, Renee!

Thank you for everything Dad, Vern and Floyd, you are going to be the best, I just know it!

Love you all!

A Big THANK YOU!

by Cora

I know Mom would want me to write this, so here it goes. This is a big THANK YOU to all that have helped our family through this tough time!!!! Mom has been on bed rest since Feb 16th and lately it has been strict. After her incident and almost going into premature labor or having to have an emergency c-section, the doctor said no more going anywhere, or doing house work!!!! She is able to use the bathroom, thank God!

Well Grandma Jo came to help out when Mom first went on bed rest in Feb. and was a great big help. She made sure that Mom didn't do much of anything, and she also found great deals with some of our neighbors ladies at garage sales. Grandma stayed with us for about 2 months. After she left, Mom had many friends come over and Grandma Sandra came to help as well. Aunt Holly would come over often and chauffer Mom around to get groceries and run errands for school, or even just go to the bank and post office. Rami has been here 2 times and has helped mom with errands as well as doing Mom's toe nails, since she really can't reach her toes anymore!!!! Amanda brings Jack's girlfriend, Tina, over quite often to visit and let us all play. Uncle Peter also comes over to give us our baths!

After Mom's hospital visits the first week of June, Dad and Mom decided to ask Grandma Jo to come back if she could. It was quite a scare and now Mom is doing really well with me and Jack's help keeping her butt in the chair. Grandma Sandra has been over often to visit and help around the house, and Grandma Jo just left this morning. Dad comes home during lunch to be with Mom, and our neighbor lady Miss Barbara comes over often to visit and help out when ever Mom needs it!!!

So a big thank you to all of you who have been here. I apologize for those that I have missed. You are greatly appreciated and we all love you!!!

From the Frederick house hold!!!!

To the Love of my life!!!!

Dear Floyd,

We have been married, 3 years today. Someone told me recently that in those short, feels like forever sometimes, 3 years we have been through things that people never go through in a lifetime !!!!

Your deployment to Africa was the first obstacle..... You had to go about a month after the wedding and were gone a total of 9 months. People go through this everyday, and I always thought it could be worse!!!! With my friends, family and your family, we made it and actually realized the love we had could make it through anything!!!!

Next was the loss of our little boy!!! We were so fortunate to start talking about getting pregnant and BAM, it happened so fast I think we both went HOLY CRAP! (that is in good terms) And just like that he was taken from us. No warning! But we worked together, again with the support of family and friends and made it through.

Now, probably our biggest challenge, being pregnant again with many complications! Our little girl will be blessed with our love and support, and I can't wait!

Through all of this I have come to learn how much I depend on you, and for me that is hard to say, because I am so independent! You are my rock and I knew it on our first date, that you were the perfect one for me!!!! I love you so much and can't wait to pass up Grandma and Grandpa Nilson's 67 years!!!!!

Yours always,

Jessica

Our Doctor visit!

by Cora

Today Grandma Jo and Uncle Peter took Jack and I to the doctor! We were so excited when mom asked us if we wanted to go for a ride. I thought at first.....well you can't take us Mom, but duh she wasn't. Mom gave Grandma Jo a list of things for the doctor to check on us. Jack weighs 61 pounds....TUBBY, and I weigh 84 pounds, which is less than last year!!! Yeah, you know how a girl's gotta watch her weight. They stuck that thing up our butts and stuff in our ears, but we just had to sit there.

Oh yeah, while in the waiting room, two people were gawking over Jack and how pretty he was. They couldn't believe he had 2 different colored eyes either! That's all right, I've had my share of gawking and Mom loves on me enough, I don't need the satisfaction of strangers telling me I'm beautiful.

Anyway, the list. Jack chews on his back paws and Mom wanted the doctor to check that out! Doctor said he has a fetish and nothing was wrong!!! My list, on the other hand, was a bit longer. The doctor checked my hips, and Grandma Jo was calling Mom. I couldn't figure out why she had to call her, but then I remembered when Mom was talking to the doctor about my episode or seizure. Well I over heard him tell her that I have a heart murmur. Then I was worried about Mom, because that is not something she needs to be thinking about right now. He also told her that I shouldn't be running around and getting over heated until they can really take a look at my heart and see if it is really that bad. So NO FRISBEE!!!!! That makes me sad. Dad just bought me some new ones!!! Oh yeah and I have an infection on my paw, nothing to worry about, Mom just has to put this spray stuff on it!

So now I have to lay low with Mom until I get my x-ray and blood work done! Hopefully Mom doesn't get sick of me laying with her all of the time!

Mom's appointment!!!!!

by Cora

"Everything looks good", Mom says as she walks into the door and as her hip gives out! She is just not having the best pregnancy, but she would disagree, because she loves to sit in her chair or in bed at night and just watch Renee roll around and move! Mom has a bad back from a previous back injury when she was a little girl, so her hip used to do that before she got pregnant! She is ready for a good massage and chiropractic visit! But all that matters to her and us right now is that Baby Renee is doing great and Mom isn't in a lot of pain! Seems that the kidney stones either dissolved or she passed them as sand and couldn't catch them in the strainer!

Grandma Jo brought some Minnesota Twins baseball caps for Dr. Hill. He is a big baseball fan and asks mom about baseball all of the time. I think Mom just looks up what is going on before she goes in to the doctor's office just to help make small talk with him! But Grandma brought them and Dr. Hill loved them.

Baby Renee's' heart rate was ranging in the 130s and 140s yesterday and Mom's belly is definitely getting bigger! We are happy that everything is going great, now we can all relax for a while and definitely keep Mom in her chair!!!!!

I wish THEY could read my mind!!!!

by Cora

Well yesterday, what a day..... of really no news and big events!!!! Mom has been giving me these ear drops, but I just don't like them, but when she brings the treats out I'll lay on one side, to get the drops and then I'll switch to the other side!!!!! It's not that bad, I guess, but yesterday, I wanted the ice in her glass!!!!!! Mom couldn't figure it out. She would lift her glass to drink and I could hear that cold ice sliding down the glass to Mom's mouth. MMMMMMM...... there is something about this Ice too that is so tasty. It is sweet! Must be because Mom is having sweet sun tea that Grandma Jo made the other day! Finally she gets what I want, I don't care about the Pupperoni treats, or the Greenies right now, all I want is that piece of ice!!!!!


We did get some company last night, and Jack was in seventh heaven as his little girls friend came to play with him. Jack even let Tina chew on his rawhide!!!! He never shares with me!!!! It bugs me so much though, because they just chase each other around the living room furniture .........and I always seem to be in the way, so I went and layed in the big chair with Mom. Baby Renee wouldn't let me fall asleep. She kept kicking me in the head! so I moved down in the chair, now this chair is big, cause I'm a big dog and Grandma called me a horse. Well i got a little restless and my hips have been hurting me, so I wanted to get up, but I didn't want to put weight on my back legs, just let them rest for a little while.

Well I understand that Mom knows me better than anyone else does. She just can't get me what I need right now, so I don't bug her anymore when I'm hungry, thirsty or have to go outside. So I bug Grandma Jo, Amanda (Mom's friend), or Dad, but they REALLY don't know my looks!!!!

I can't wait for Mom to get better, so she can help me more!!!!!

Funny Stories!

By Cora

Well as most of you know Mom and Grandma Jo watched a really funny movie last night. "New In Town". I think it just reminded them of funny things they! Well it had to be funny, because I'm sure the neighbors could hear Grandma Jo laughing out loud. Mom told me stories of how she would be on the bench for basketball games and Grandma would start laughing and everyone on the bench would look at Mom. Grandma was on the other side of a really big gym!!!!!

Anyway, they've been telling funny stories and laughing this morning and I thought I'd tell a funny story about Mom.

Mom has the same problem as Grandma Jo, or so she says, with holding on to her car keys when she leaves her car and locks it. So yeah she locks her keys in her car often. She did it when she was here at home and come to find out that her extra house key was in the locked car too, so Mom had to break into the house. That isn't the first time she has had to break into the house either......

While Mom and I were in Texas, before she was married to Dad, Mom flushed her keys down a toilet!!!!! I know, how in the hell do you do that? Anyway, Mom and a couple of friends were driving around looking for rental houses so Mom and Dad could get a house together! They had to stop at a gas station and Mom had to go pee! Well it was a new gas sation with the new toilelts that suck like a airplane toilet! Mom was going to flush and had her keys in her had. While she was flushing the keys fell into the toilet and she tried.... "NOOOOOO"....to grab them. It was her car key, romote unlock, and house key that went down the into the sewer. As mom left the bathroom, I'm sure as embarased and red as could be, she waited for everyone to leave the store, but had her friend Stacey stay back. Once everyone was gone, she asked the cashier if they had a plunger, cause she had flushed her keys down the toilet. Well they had one, but it was ripped! Those darn toilets did a number on the plunger!!!! Needless to say, Mom, Stacey and Rami were stuck at the gas station!

Mom called our neighbor, who happened to be home. He came a got Mom and brought her to the house. Now remember, the house keys were on the key ring in the sewer too! Mom broke into the garage door and into the house and got her last set of car keys! The Neighbor took her back and Rami, Stacey and Mom were off again shopping for rental homes. Mom did leave the cashier her name and number and said, "Just in case SOMETHING comes up! No pun intended!"

Well Mom's older sister Leah gave her a nice gag gift for christmas.....a floatable key ring!!!!

What is next!

By Cora

What else does Mom have to go through? I knew something was going on with her and I was trying to tell her, but she just can't read my mind! Yesterday was her 30th birthday and her phone was ringing off the hook and she was receiving text messages and facebook messages, but I could tell Mom was hurting. Jack and I sat with her, trying to comfort her, but the pain wasn't going away. She wouldn't tell anyone she was in pain either. Grandma Jo gave her a back rub and that didn't seem to help. Mom laid on the floor with a ball under her back to relieve some pressure and even iced her back thinking it was muscle pain from being uncomfortable, but that didn't work either. Mom used the bathroom and came out with her back and abdomen hurting so bad she could barely stand. I was so scared........

Mom called her doctor and Dad and they headed to the hospital again! They packed everything this time, just in case she had to stay again. Lucky for Jack and I, Mom came home with Dad and Grandma Jo. They found out that she has kidney stones. Mom has been in so much pain, but it wasn't affecting Baby Renee, so that was a big relief. Now Mom has to wait to pass the stones, and has some pain medicine.

Grandma Jo got and ice cream cake and we had a few visitors for Mom's birthday!

We are so glad that Mom is home again, and we'll keep her in her chair and comfortable!

We miss our Momma

by Cora and Jack

Jack asked me, "Why the sad face"? So I told him something must be wrong for Mom and Dad to leave us this early in the morning without letting us out to potty and puting us in our room! They both looked kind of scared and I've never seen Dad get out of bed that fast before. Mom usually has to shake him and really makes sure he is awake so he remembers what is going on!

"Cora let me write!"

Thank you, she always hogs the computer. Mom and Dad don't know, but I can open this kennel and use the computer all day..... But thank God I know how to close it properly too. Cora must have been right, because they didn't come home. Well Mom didn't anyway. Grandma and Grandpa Tran and Uncle P came over to let us out and that was after 12 noon. Grandpa Tran can't believe how well we listen. He told us to go use (that is... go to the bathroom Cajun style) and of course we had to go, we hadn't been outside since Sunday night. Anyway..... "Cora leave me alone!!!"

Okay Cora here I put Jack back in his kennel cause sounds like Mom and Dad just pulled in!!! I think it is around 6:00pm. Just turned out to be Dad, but I know he'll give us the scoop on Mom.

He didn't seem as nervous as he did this morning, but he gave a lot of info. Mom has to stay in the hospital for awhile, because they don't want Baby Renee to come this early. Mom was bleeding quite a bit and they found some contractions when she got the hospital and gave her lots of drugs to get rid of the contractions and also a steroid to speed up the development of Renee's little lungs. Dad did say that Mom and Baby Renee are doing great, so that was nice to here and that the bleeding had slowed down and maybe even stopped, and contractions were gone. Then Mom called Dad and gave him a list of things to bring to her, so I guess she is going to be there a while. Oh, yeah Dad said probably for a few days, to make sure everything is okay. Mom Made sure that Dad fed us before he left too!!! I miss her all ready. So I guess we are stuck in our room for the next couple of days. Maybe Grandma Jo will come stay with us again!! I don't know, but as far as I know. Mom and Baby Renee are doing very well and I know that they are in good hands. I just wish I could be there with her to make sure she wasn't sad or scared!!!!

We love you Mom and miss you! Come home soon, but make sure you and Baby Renee are safe!

Love you, Cora and Jack