Our rollar coaster ride

I have been MIA from this blog and my real life for a while. Thank goodness we are getting back to normal, and that everything is going to be alright. Since we have been on the move for the past month, we were looking forward to a couple of weekends at home. We were going to play on the new boat, and get the baby's room in order. The Powers That Be had other ideas. 2 Fridays ago Jason started complaining of some aches and thought he may be coming down with the flu or something. By early Saturday morning he was in bad pain, the worst of his life. We went to the emergency room. They gave him an IV and ran blood tests. They released him after hydrating and medicating him. We were to wait on the test results. He had spotted a tick on him a week earlier so the initial thought for everyone was that he had Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain. Monday he went to his regular doctor, who ran more blood tests. Tuesday, he was feeling very weak, so we went back to the ER. No one seemed to know what was wrong. Shortly after the 2nd trip to the ER his Dr. called with blood results. Jason had Rhabdomyolysis. Short version: Rhabdomyolysis is the rapid breakdown (lysis) of skeletal muscle tissue (rhabdomyo) due to injury to muscle tissue. The muscle damage may be caused by physical (e.g. crush injury), chemical, or biological factors. The destruction of the muscle leads to the release of the breakdown products of damaged muscle cells into the bloodstream; some of these, such as myoglobin, are harmful to the kidney and may lead to acute kidney failure. Treatment is with intravenous fluids, and dialysis or hemofiltration if necessary. His doctor tried to treat him as an out patient with I.V. treatment in his office but by Thursday, Jason was looking worse. Worried for his kidney's the Dr. had him admitted into the hospital. After a 2 day, 2 night stay, and lots of I.V. treatments they released him. He is back home and finally today is starting to feel like his normal self again. Thank goodness they found out what this was, and how to treat it, and BEFORE it damaged his kidneys. This was really stressful and so scary. (I am sorry, but I do not know how to break up my blogs into paragraphs unless I insert a picture!). We are soooo thankful that Jason is recovering well and is back home with us.

Of course Brighton did not really know anything was wrong and thought his daddy was working. This picture was taken the Friday that Jason 1st started to feel bad. This is a lesson for Jason and I not to take things and each other for granted. It gave us all a huge scare. Our whole family was worried sick about him and are so glad that he is feeling better!

It's hard to believe it

but Monday was little Jameson's 1st day of school. Kindergarten. I cannot believe how the time has flown. She will always be 2 and a half in my heart. Our sweet baby girl, my little niece. She is the closest thing to a daughter I will have and is growing up. It makes me sad.

She was a little nervous about her 1st day, but Lacey said when she picked her up afterwards, Jameson had a huge smile on her face and loved her 1st day!

Long weekend at Myrtle Beach

Jason, Brighton and I have just returned from a long weekend at the beach. We packed up and left late Friday morning. Jason had a trade show to work on Tuesday morning, so we decided to go early and have some fun before he had to work. We stayed at Jason's mom's beach place until about mid day Monday.

This was our 3rd trip to the beach this summer and the 1st time that we have had mostly decent weather. We stayed around the beach or the pool most of the time. Brighton liked the beach a lot but seemed to prefer the pool after he was on the beach for more than 30 minutes or so. I personally don't blame him but his father would prefer to be in the sand the whole time! We did a little of both but I think we found it was a little easier dealing with the pool for longer periods of time. Anyway, it was nice to have both options. It was also nice to have the golf cart option. We took rides whenever we thought Brighton was getting restless, and took it to dinner one night, as we went somewhere close by.

On Monday we checked into the Kingston Plantation Resort where Jason would be working on Tuesday morning. This was our view from the 10th floor.

The resort also had a water park. Brighton was more than thrilled to take his 1st water slide ride. Times 50! He wanted to do it over and over.

This was Brighton and I killing time on Tuesday morning.

We had a great time. It was a nice little break, to get away for a few days. It will most definitely be our last trip before the baby comes. As it should be! We have been on the go for weeks now it seems. I felt overall good while we were gone with some contractions at night, which seem to be the new normal for me. My biggest fear was us ending up in the Conway, SC hospital having this baby early. He has given false alarm scares lately. We made it home just fine though.

Lately I have been feeling very, very...um, pregnant! Yes, i am feeling it for sure. It has definitely been a little more challenging this time around. It seems that I will have a couple of weeks in a row where I am just feeling all around terrible, achy and weak, then I will get a surprise few days where I feel just fine. I have been waiting for those "fine" days to come back lately. I went to the Dr. yesterday and they told me that my blood pressure was very low. Maybe that has something to do with the way I have been feeling. While I was there, the nurse tried to get an accurate heart rate (as they do at every visit). This time, the baby was rolling and 'running' around so quickly under the dopplar that she could not get a count! We could see him racing around and bumping under my stomach. She finally had to give up. At least we knew he was okay in there! This baby moves like that ALL OF THE TIME! I finally got someone else to witness it. This is what he does every night when I get in bed to relax. Luckily my cravings in my 3rd trimester have gotten alot healthier than my previous ones. I am now wanting reduced fat triscuits and salads. I do not have room to eat alot at one time though :( I am 6 weeks away from his birthday!!!! OMG am I ready? Yes and no for different reasons. Mostly yes though. I am ready to see him, and to get myself feeling back to normal.

Charleston Visit

Last weekend we went to Charleston to visit our dear friends The Johnson's. Shayna, David, Remley and Rhett. We always enjoy our time with them. The last time that we were at their house and had Brighton with us, he was crawling. This time he was running around and getting into all of Rhett's toys. The older guys went fishing and Shayna, the kids and I enjoyed some golf cart rides and pool time.

Since Shayna and I are both pregnant, and at the same time for once, we decided to treat ourselves to a girls night on Saturday and went to dinner. It was a fun time. Oh and Shayna's mom Ginny had my bedding finished for the new baby's room! That was a surprise. It looks great but I am not posting pictures until I have done some more to that room. It is still coming together. I am having the glider recovered now, and my mom is going to start on the window treatment next week.