Happy? New Year

Well I wish I could say I said goodbye to 2010 with a great big kick in the pants but instead it was the other way around.

I woke up on Friday, New Year's Eve, at 3am feeling kind of nauseous. My stomach hurt a little and I thought maybe I was hungry. I got up and ate a banana and sat up for a little while. Then the diarrhea started. Yes, sorry, there's going to be a lot of that in this story! I was in the bathroom every 15 minutes getting rid of everything in my system. R got up around 5am and found me sitting in the dark feeling yucky. I went back to bed with him and within an hour I was vomiting. R called and talked to the doctor around 7am and she told him what you would expect- keep me hydrated. R went out to get me some Gatorade and I started in on it. No luck. I was throwing it up within 20 minutes of having a sip.

Around 9am, R decided it was time to go to the hospital. I was really out of it. I need R to help me put my slip-on shoes on. I reclined in the car with a bag in case I was sick and a towel in case of other things. We checked into the L&D triage around 10am and I was hooked up to IV fluids and the baby monitors. I was still out of it for a while. As the day went on I felt a little better. The vomiting stopped but, unfortunately, the diarrhea kept up. Around 5pm we started talking about when are we going to go home. We naturally told all the hospital staff about Stella and our concerns about hospitals and when they told us that the baby's heartrate was still high and so was mine we decided I should stay overnight. We were nervous about going home and I could get sick again and then have to drive back to the hospital and what if something happened?

I was bummed but I was also so tired I couldn't even imagine getting to the car and coming home. I was transferred to a room and hooked back up to baby monitors. R came home to take care of Alice and get some rest himself. Both of us were asleep by 9pm.

Saturday morning I felt better. I was still tired and not keeping much in my body but I was ready to come home. Heart rates were back to normal. I was released around noon. Once at home I showered, thank goodness, and ate some toast and went back to bed!

Since then I've been doing a lot of lounging. I wish I was doing more eating and sleeping but it's getting there. Bathroom trips are still happening but less frequent. I am home one more day, hopefully, to get more rest and eat a more normal diet. And I have a doctor appointment this afternoon to follow-up. Plus we have another ultrasound. I can't wait to see this baby that we'll meet in 22 days. R told me this morning he can't wait too. I love when he gets excited. It's been such a rough road for him.

So, not the way I wanted to spend my New Year's. I wanted it to be quiet and contemplative. I wanted to say a proper goodbye to 2010 and welcome 2011 as a better year. Instead it's all a bit of a blur. I guess if I learned anything in  2010 it's to expect nothing. Well, welcome to 2011. Please be kinder.