Gall bladder surgery update

Well I had stones in my gall bladder (ick)! They had me go back to the hospital about a week ago for an endoscopy into my liver to make sure there weren't any stones that had tried to pass from my gall bladder. Good news, there weren't any! I only have two more follow-up appointments and then I am done with all this. The best part is no more hospital visits! At least not for this... I pray nothing else happens that may send me, Nick or Jayson back there. The smell alone is enough to send me running - blah! Oh, when I went in for my follow-up after the gall bladder surgery, the doctor gave me a little container (normally used for urine samples) that had 'my stones' in it she had taken from my gall bladder - totally grosss! She told me to take it home and show it off, now I don't know what to do with it. Do you keep that sort of thing?? Oh well, it will find it's way to the trash eventually I assume. Any ways, well Jayson is doing well. He is growing like a weed, fortunately a very cute weed =) Nick and I are thoroughly enjoying being parents and love him to pieces! Thank you every one for your well wishes and congratulations, it is appreciated as always. Love you all!

Jayson Robert Blank is here!

Hello dear family and friends! Nick and I are ecstatic to announce that Jayson is finally here. Jayson Robert Blank was born on December 27, 2008 at 8:49 am. He weighed 7lb. 4 oz. and measured 19 3/4" long. He is healthy and such a good baby! I was able to have him vaginally with an epidural. With out it I think I would have died! I am just happy I didn't have a c-section. It can really limit the number of children you can have and I want to have as many as my body and our bank account can handle =) I was induced early because of complications from pre-eclampsia (or at least that's what they thought was the cause). On December 26th around 2pm I went to triage to get checked out because I was having really bad pain under my rib cage which is normally a symptom of the above mentioned condition. They noted my blood pressure which was in the 140's over 80's and also found out through blood work that my liver enzymes were high and another count was low (I can't recall what the other count was). They monitored me until about 6 pm before they were given the ok by my doctor and midwife to go ahead and induce me. They broke my water around 3 am and Jayson was born almost 6 hours later. Well two days after being released from the hospital, the pain under my rib cage returned and this time it was not going away on it's own like the previous time. I called my midwife and she told me to go to the ER and ask them to do an ultrasound on my gall bladder. I did just that and the following morning I was taken to surgery to have my gall bladder removed. I stayed one more day and then they finally released me. Nick and I had to leave Jayson with my family during my three day stay and it was so hard! I cried most the time, even after returning home and having him back I was still emotional about it all. Having to leave your son after only having him two days prior is so hard! So needless to say, Jayson's coming has been a rollercoaster, but Nick and I are just happy he is healthy. He is such a joy and a blessing, we couldn't have asked for a better son =)