So, where we last left off, we were looking towards the week when Brittany and Ondine were coming to visit then go back up north to celebrate their birthdays. It was great to have them visiting, and it was a lot of fun to see Ondine and how the two of them interacted. Ondine is one talkative 12 month old! Aurora was trying to take cues from her and managed some pretty loud coos on occasion.
That weekend (Aug. 11), after Brandon got home from his week doing Army stuff, we went car shopping. We were actually successful in finding ourselves a bigger family-friendly vehicle. We were ecstatic.
That evening, however, ruined our good mood. Jessica had some severe abdominal pain that spread to her chest, so we hurried to the ER to check it out. After going through the EKGs, chest x-rays, and being moved (and forgotten) around the ER for a while, we finally saw someone who was able to do a diagnosis. All the chest and heart tests came back OK, what happened was Jes had gall stones and one might have been blocking. Apparently, it is common to develop gall stones after pregnancy because of the extra hormones running around. Well, by the time they figured this out it was after 9pm (we arrived around 5:30) and those in the ultrasound department, who could confirm this, had already gone home. So they stuck her on some pain meds and we waited until the morning. By Sunday afternoon, we were speaking with a surgeon and around 3pm Jes went in to have her Gal Bladder removed. The surgery went well, however the stone that was blocking caused further issues that developed into Pancreatitis. While this is not rare, it is also not a common development, so Jess stayed in the hospital until Thursday to recover. The only known cure for pancreatitis is to not eat and to rest, its rather painful so they had her on some serious pain medication. Luckily, Jess' parents came in as soon as they heard from Saturday - Monday and Tina was around Monday onward to take care of the baby during this time. Keith arrived for his visit on Friday as well, and although the circumstances weren't wonderful, it was nice to see him and let him have some time with Aurora.
The following weekend (Aug. 18-19), even though Jes was still weak, we had arranged for an infant dedication at FBC Plymouth since both Keith and Tina were around. We decided that we would go anyway, since Keith was in town and Jes was home, to get out of the house a little. It was a nice ceremony, and we were able to see Brandon's uncle and family Sunday afternoon. Jes still hopes to have an actual baptism though, perhaps at the UCC church where Brandon is starting work this month.
After that, Jes was back to work and Tina was around for one last week. The next weekend (Aug. 25) we had bought tickets to see an acapella group (Straight No Chaser) in CT with Jess' parents and Kathi and Brian. Aurora seemed to like it, when she wasn't sleeping. Not too bad of a three-month birthday. :)
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| 3 month mugshot |
Finally, on August 29 we started our road trip vacation to Minnesota and arrived home yesterday. Details about the trip will be its own blog post, stay tuned!
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