As Day 4 and the following days moved on, I was limited to walking to the bathroom and back, I was not allowed to stand for more than 10-15 minutes at a time, enough to shower and brush my teeth…, and then back to bed. My loving husband had arranged people to come and visit me as often as possible. He was trying to think of anything that would help me pass the hours, a DVD player, a steady stream of books, magazines, puzzles and anything else which would help pass the time. I expected to be there for the next 10 weeks.
Of course, God had other plans…, only a few days later, just as I was settling in and had come to peace with the fact that I wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon, I started to have contractions. This was to be expected and the nurses quickly came to my side with additional medications to control the contractions. This worked for a few more days. On the evening of Wednesday, January 24th, I felt something very different. I felt the pain that feels like a knife is being stabbed into your tailbone. Any mother knows what I am talking about!!! This is a pain that takes your breath away! I told my husband to call the nurse, and immediately, the nurses gave me something for the pain and called the doctor. Since it was rather late that night, the nurse told me that the doctor’s instructions were to keep me comfortable (which I was all for) , give me something to help me sleep (even better) and she would be in to see me the following day!
I did sleep very well that night, and that would be the last time I would have the opportunity to sleep like a baby! More to come…
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