Results are in!

PHEW!

After worrying all night, I got the results back from my doctor's appointment yesterday and they are ALL PERFECT! Nothing to worry about, in fact, some of the levels are slightly low so that means I am perfectly healthy. Now I can tell you what the scare was....

I have been having some REALLY bad rib pain on my right side, now this is a normal occurance as her feet can be up there kicking, but the thing that scared me was that the pain was SO localized to the right side of my chest (near the liver). I have also been experiencing fatigue, headaches, and a few other symptoms that are ALL common in late pregnancy. What they were testing me for was Preeclampsia (pregnancy induced high blood pressure) and a condition called HELLP Syndrome (pregnancy induced liver failure). BOTH of the conditions are DEADLY and require IMMEDIATE delivery of the baby. Once the baby is delivered in both cases, the condition goes away. However, if not caught they can cause long term effects and even death if left untreated.

SO....needless to say, I was VERY anxious to get my blood work results back. They came back today and I was NEGATIVE on all accounts for both conditions! Which means, my rib pain is just Layla getting her foot WAY up there and kickin' the DEVIL out of my ribs, lungs, and liver!! Also, it means the fatigue I have is not medically related, it is just common pregnancy fatigue, the headaches are hormone level changes and I DON'T have any problem with high blood pressure which is fantastic!

THUS.....what this means is that I SHOULD (knock on wood) have NO problems making it another TWO weeks until Matthew gets home before I have Layla girl! This is a GREAT thing and really encouraging. Although, I must say that time is neither moving NOR making this wait ANY easier! I really think the last few weeks of deployment are made solely for torture purposes! I have already been cleared for the drive in a couple of weeks as long as nothing drastically changes before then, GREAT news! I will now be seeing the doctor's once a week until I deliver so my next appointment in next Wednesday. Then I will have one more appointment the following Monday before I head to North Carolina on Tuesday. Once in North Carolina and once Matthew is home (AHHH!!!) we already have an appointment scheduled up there for that Friday, August 3rd. This will be the FIRST appointment he has been to since I was 10 weeks pregnant!!!!! What a blessing for him!!!

So....two weeks from today I will be driving ONE WAY to North Carolina to get ready for Matthew's return!! I have to say though.....it makes me VERY emotional to be leaving Kristin and Brian's house. They have been SO kind, caring, and giving of all they have to me during this time. There is NO WAY I could have done so well through this without them! They will ALWAYS hold such a special place in mine and Matthew's lives for what they have done for us and how kind and inviting they have been. I will truly miss being so close to my dear sister and her husband that it makes me tear up at just the thought of leaving. I cannot thank you guys enough and we love you SO very much!!

I will keep everyone updated, there isn't really anything exciting happening this week (no news is good news right now!) Next week will start the fireworks as Matthew will be returning the following week! SO exciting!

Matthew, handsome, you know what I am thinking, words won't do it justice. I love you.