What a week!

This week... has been a doozy. My very uneventful pregnancy had two scary events almost back to back. After my slip and fall last weekend, I ended up with some kind of stomach flu on Thursday.

I had a great doctor appointment on Wednesday and rewarded myself on the way home with a chocolate shake from Steak and Shake. My belly was feeling a little off but I thought the shake was just too much sugar or something. I wasn't really hungry for dinner but ended up having some soup just to get something in me before heading off to bed. Around midnight I woke up feeling nauseous and a little achy and just generally uncomfortable. I went back to bed hoping I'd wake up feeling better. The alarm went off at 5:30 and I still wasn't feeling great. I decided to call in late to work and get a little more sleep. I slept for another hour but when I woke up I was still feeling crappy. I had a meeting at 9am that I had to be at so I showered and tried to put myself together. I was doing okay until I started brushing my teeth and ended up throwing up.

At first I thought I was having morning sickness. I've heard it can come back in your third trimester. I stopped at the grocery store on the way into work to pick up some saltines and gingerale hoping that would help me make it through the day. But after almost throwing up in the middle of my meeting, I knew I wasn't going to make it. I came home and crawled right into bed. I was in bed for about a half hour when I felt the urge to throw up coming on again. I got up and ran to the bathroom and threw up all the crackers and gingerale I had eaten earlier. After that I started feeling really horrible. I had chills and body aches and was so exhausted. I slept off and on all day. I wasn't able to eat anything and was just barely keeping water down. My fever got up to 101.6.

I called the doctor again to see if they had any advice for me and the news wasn't great. If I couldn't manage to keep food or liquids down for 24 hours, I would have to take another trip to the hospital. Joe made an emergency trip to the grocery store to stock me up with all the essentials... Gatorade, bread for toast, bananas and Tylenol. I took two Tylenol and started sipping some Gatorade and woke up sweating profusely. The fever had broken and I started to feel a little bit better. I made some toast and moved from the bed to the couch. I still wasn't feeling great after the toast but I was glad to have something stay put in my stomach. The fever and vomiting stayed away through the night.

Friday I woke up feeling better but still pretty crappy. I was achy and just felt exhausted. I still wasn't ready for real food so I stuck to toast and Gatorade and water for most of the day. I was finally comfortable enough by lunch time to have some white rice and by late afternoon I graduated to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The doctor's office was happy with my progress and told me to make sure I was getting plenty of fluids so I didn't get dehydrated. I lost 4 pounds in two days, I'm sure a combination of the throwing up, not being able to eat, and being dehydrated.

I've been trying really hard to get back to normal yesterday and today and feel like I'm finally getting there. My latest aggravation is heartburn which seems to have come on with a vengeance over the last two days. Holy crap, it is killing me. I've battled heartburn before so I'm not new to this but I'm usually able to combat it with a glass of milk. Not now. This heartburn thumbs its nose in the face of milk. I hate Tums with a passion but I might just have to look past my hatred and start devouring those chalky little tablets.

Besides the illness, this weekend was pretty good. The mural got done last weekend but Joe put the sealant on it this weekend. It looks really good. It has a slight sheen to it now and the colors really stand out. We sent pictures in to the website we purchased it from and entered into their contest so cross your fingers for us!! Joe and I finally ventured out of the house today and met the Newman's in Port Orange for a little lunch and shopping at Home Goods. We got a floor lamp for the nursery, some hangers and a few other little things. Now its back to the couch to relax before we jump into another work week.

I know I said we were going to try to be better about taking belly pictures but we have forgotten yet again to take a picture this weekend. I'll have to try to remember to take one after work one day this week. Until then...