Greetings from the Oh my gosh that's so sad girl,

First off, I would like to say how grateful I am for such wonderful support from everyone both near and far these past few days. This has all been such a humbling experience and a lesson in perspective for sure. Before this week I found myself complaining about the late stage of pregnancy coupled with carpel tunnel, back pain and plantar fasciitis. Well, the broken leg bit puts all of that to shame completely. Never in my life have I been so disabled and totally dependent on others for every little thing. It has definitely shown me just how amazing Brent is who has helped me with everything from shower to dressing as well as get up/down stairs and meal prep. I never thought crutches were that bad but with a huge belly, swollen body, and heavy leg splint and carpel tunnel, it feels like a big scary tight rope walk up hill for short little trips. So yay for us getting a wheel chair yesterday to at least have downstairs and for outings. Noah will get quite a few rides on it with me I think... that will be another funny picture!

As far as the leg goes, I am on splint #4. The surgeon didn't like the first one with the bone alignment which Brent mention (that's 2). Then on Thursday night I began having excruciating calf pain and the on-call doc recommended we go to the ER to rule out blood clot with an ultrasound which was negative but they had to remove the splint to do it. As soon as they cut it open, the calf pain went away which means I was probably swelling too much and constricting the leg. The ER tech put on the most sloppy splint ever which we then got replaced the next morning by the very skilled ortho techs at the Rebound office (splint#4). The pain is getting better and I haven't needed a pain pill yet today but I still have to keep it elevated for the swelling or it will start to hurt.

So as far as the OB visit on Thursday, she said that in her opinion there was no need to induce labor or do a c-section. She said we have every reason to expect a very healthy delivery and that she has delivered several babies with moms with broken legs. Basically she is not worried and said recovery from c-section would not be good with the broken leg thing. She also said she would wait up to a week after the due date before inducing which is when my tears betrayed me. I guess you could say I'm a little past done with the pregnancy at this point. I know it will be hard taking care of Noah when he comes now and will need 24-hour help but I'm ready to get on with it and start to work on healing my body and getting it back to some kind of normal.

I know some of this is quite pathetic but really Brent and I have done quite a good job at seeing the positive and laughing at the situation as much as we can. We keep thinking of a SNL skit with a character named "Debbie Downer" with regards to our situation. Brent might post a link to one if he gets a chance.

Well, I think that's it for now. Brent finally went back to work today and Amy (my sister) is coming down with Sophia to hang out with me. With how protective Brent is, I feel like she is my babysitter as he almost wouldn't leave for work before she got here without a lot of encouragement from me.

Thanks again to all for your thoughts, kind words and offers of help. We just might take you up on it so be careful what you say!!

Buffy