Life...back on the road to normal

While sitting here in the hospital I am finally past the sleepiness and yes, still on drugs, but I am aware enough to let you all know how things have worked out the last week.

As you know from our previous post we moved on the 1st of the month, what a long day that was! With A LOT of help from family and friends we were able to get everything packed and out that day before Jake had to get to work at 6pm. I finished cleaning the other house Saturday and we made it to our new ward on Sunday. We felt so at home in that ward, it was neat.

Monday and Tuesday were crazy, I literally had two days to get everything unpacked and put in it's place and without the help of Melissa and Danielle (my sisters-in-law) and Jodi (my mother-in-law) I would have never gotten as far as I did. I wouldn't say that I am all the way unpacked, but I would say that I have a functional house. I exerted too much energy over the weekend moving and cleaning that I was really not able to do a whole lot Monday and Tuesday without Melissa doing a lot of lifting and with her bad back I know it was a sacrifice for her to help me or without Danielle helping me get things organized.

Late Tuesday night we got a phone call from the hospital letting us know that the surgery had been moved up 3 hours and I needed to be at the hospital at 6am! Whoa, freak out time! I was not prepared for that, but again Melissa and Jodi came to the rescue where Melissa came over at 5:30 that morning and took the kids for the day and Jodi had them last night and all day today. I have never had an epidural during the delivery of my children so to have a spinal block (a 1/2 epidural) was very frightening, I did survive, but I will not have an epidural during delivery, I did not like the side affects or the feeling (or rather lack of).

The surgery lasted about an hour and the large 9cm. mass growing inside my ovary was a bone...with a full grown molar attached to the bottom of it and two other teeth floating around inside. Yes, that's gross and no, I do not know how that was possible (I'm not really sure I want to know either). I slept almost all of yesterday and today have really felt the pain of the incision, which will be painful throughout the rest of the pregnancy simply because I get so extremely large in my pregnancies. I have also felt the first real noticeable movements of the baby today...quite the active mover! I guess it's just as excited for space as I am :) Throughout this whole thing Jake has been extremely supportive and helpful. I am so glad that he was able to miss a day of school to be with me.

So, in a nutshell everything has turned out just fine although I will be on the recovery side for quite a while. I hope to post again before March, but without internet I do not know how quickly that will be. Thank you all for your support and prayers and faith on my behalf. I have truly felt your love and concern. Thank you for everything!