Tuesday, July 28, 2009

What a Day!

What a long day. Here is a summary of the day:
11:30pm- Ben went to the store to get me Crunch n Munch (I have never sent him out for anything before). He's so wonderful.
1:00 am(or so)- Benadryl kicked in and I was out, for a little. Ben was awake a little longer.
5:00am- I woke up because of my rash and made an oatmeal bath for my itchy, burning feet. Ben also woke up to help me. What a wonderful husband.
8:45- Ben woke up late for work (probably because he was helping his wife earlier), which ended up being a good thing.
9:00- I received a phone call from my OB- Dr. Peeden. You know it can't be that good when the doctor calls you. She told me that my liver levels were fine and that was not the cause of the rash. (I had gotten blood drawn yesterday to rule out a liver back up being the cause of my rash). She then proceeded saying that my platelet level was low and she had called the lab to make sure there wasn't a mistake. She had also talked to another OB- Dr. Tsaltas (he delivered Abby) about my levels. She told me they wanted me to be admitted to the Women's Pavilion so I could see a Hematologist quicker. It would have taken a few weeks to get a referral and appt which we did not have.
9:30- My dad came over and got Abby as we packed the rest of my bags and Abby's. Thanks to my parents for coming and getting her and watching her.
10:15-12:00- Admitted to the Women's Pavilion and hooked up to monitors in the triage room. The nurse faxed the request to Dr. Avery(Hematologist). He called and said he couldn't be at the hospital till about 7pm tonight. He then said I could come see him at 3 if I was able. I was able and left. While being monitored, the boys looked good and I had several contractions recorded.
3-5- At the Hematologist office. They took 15 tubes of blood (no exaggeration). Bottomline- I have thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and they are not sure of the cause. I started out at 250,000 count at the beginning of the pregnancy and right now 96,000. You want the range to be about 150,000-350,000. He's not sure of the cause because I have no other symptoms. I go back Thursday morning to check my platelet count and then go to Dr. Peeden's to have the boys monitored. They will go from there. I'm just going to be closely monitored.
Please keep praying for us. Abby was worried all day about her mama and kept asking mom why I was taking so long. Then when we got there she asked why I wasn't spending the night at the hospital. I think she wanted to spend the night with mom and dad. So tomorrow I am putting myself on bedrest!!

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