My "life-saver"...

Well, I can see that I haven't been on here in almost two months! Ughhhh.... and to think at the beginning of the year I had made it a resolution to blog constantly to help me with my weight loss plight, etc... now the blog has turned into once every so often and is about the family and the new baby on the way (which I really don't mind, it'll just be about weight loss too after Sadie is here! LOL!)

So I thought I'd do a quick update to let you know what has been going on...

Sadie is doing wonderfully, constantly moving around like crazy. Thank the Lord I haven't dealt with anymore morning sickness, etc... We are now in the third trimester and counting down! We had another ultrasound done a few weeks ago and they said that it looked like my Sadie girl was going to be tall! They said for the time frame she should measure approx. 9" or so - she measured 10 1/2"!!! WOW!! Maybe tall like her Daddy? Then I get a phone call last Friday after one of my routine visits (more on this later!) from the doctor saying that they may have my due date WRONG!!!!! Oh my goodness! They think since I have a small uterus and this has caused problems with my fluid levels with my other two children, that I am measuring bigger than my 28 weeks and the only way that should be possible is if I'm further along than expected! However they are perplexed because they are dead set that a very early ultrasound is the best way to detect a due date - that was December 24th - Christmas Eve! Now they say it could be around the 12th! So we are just going to wait and watch, keep measuring for the next few weeks, and then the doctor will decide if he wants to officially change the due date! Good grief! In a way I'm ecstatic because I just want her here and we really wanted to have her home with us and Kenzie and Ty for Christmas, but her coming earlier is making it all the more REAL to me! If that makes sense to anyone! I know it's real and I certainly feel her all day long, but it almost seems as if it will stay that way forever!

Now to the other part of my appointment... Last month at my monthly checkup I was told that when they ran lab work that they had detected some problems... Immediately I think "Problems with the baby?" It's not her... it's me.

I have been diagnosed with Stage 0 (zero) cervical cancer. Now I have to say that the Lord ABSOLUTELY knows what He is doing! And I AM SURE OF THIS! If it hadn't been for me being pregnant with our "surprise baby" this would not have been found at this stage, it would have been a lot worse! Stage 0 is considered "pre-cancer". They have found pre-cancerous cells that if not treated immediately will develop into full blown cancer. We would not have found this if I wasn't pregnant - I hate going to the doctor and would always put it off if possible.

The treatment for this (especially since I'm pregnant right now) is biotherapy. I receive an IV injection of IL-2 once a month (this is basically only something that boosts my blood cell count to fight the pre-cancer cells and kill them before they have a chance to turn into anything else!). It's a slow process (approx. 1 hour or so) and it's a round of IV's for the next 6 months. We should be done with this first round in February 2010 and we're praying that it works the first round so I do not have to continue for a second round!

My first treatment was last Thursday (some of you from our Sunday School class knew this already!) and it went okay during the IV except for my blood pressure going up but I really think it was just nerves and not knowing what to expect! I went to the hospital lab after my regular monthly check up, they took me in, hooked me all up, monitor on the baby and all, and left me there reading a book for about an hour... that part was not so bad! Afterwards they tell me what the side effects are (don't sound horrible now!) and send me home. No sooner had I gotten outside to the parking lot was I vomitting. Ughhhh... Really that was the major thing that I experienced along with flu like symptoms of achiness, etc... They went away within 6 hours or so, so I feel it's a small price to pay for my health and the health of my baby!

The good news is that this will not affect Sadie in any way, since they are aware of it, they will be prepared for it during delivery with antibiotic through and IV for me. Other than that - they say it'll go smoothly! We'll see!

So now we're on the waiting game/count down... just a few months to go and Sadie will be here! I am now being bumped to checkups every 2 weeks and soon will be bumped to every week! FUN!

I want to thank everyone in my family who may read this and our Sunday School class for praying... I love knowing that I have "prayer warriors" behind me and wouldn't be able to do this without all of your support and friendship!

More later!!!