Sunday, February 3, 2008

My Shower Has Been Postponed

We have unfortunately made the decision to postpone the shower until March or April. I'm so sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. There are just too many illnesses going around right now and I don't want to risk getting sick and bringing home something to Olivia. My mother is extremely sick right now and there are only a handful of times I can even remember her being sick (of course, this is after I made her get a flu shot.) My dad felt fine Friday morning and came home at noon from work due to vomiting, etc. Luckily, he was excluded from our house because my mom was sick, so none of us were exposed. I think this was the first birthday in. . . .oh, 30 years that I wasn't able to spend with my parents. I was looking so forward to my shower, but I need to place Olivia's health first and foremost. To do that, I have to remain healthy. Again, I'm so sorry. . .I feel just awful about this. My sincere apologies to Denise and Michelle for any trouble this causes. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please email me or Denise at omlicrew@sbcglobal.net.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You made the right decision for Olivia. I'm just sorry that you won't get to hang out with everybody like I know you were looking forward to doing. Don't worry though; we'll all wait for you. We will still be here when you emerge in a couple of months! Give Olivia a nice squeeze for me!

Kerry

Anonymous said...

I have a song request for the music player. Safe and Sound by Matthew West. I heard it when I was watching the video on cfhusband.blogspot.com. It's a really sweet song.

Kerry

Anonymous said...

If you heard all of this already, just ignore this... I'll just tell you what helped us with the EEG. We did follow the directions of sleep deprivation and skipping a feeding. That seemed outrageous to me since we were always trying so hard to get bottles down! Plus we had an hour drive to Wichita and it was almost impossible to keep the baby awake during the drive. Anyway, it did really help to have our baby tired and hungry, so that he was ready to crash when it was time for the EEG. (We also did this for a BAER hearing test in order to avoid sedation) I'm assuming your doctor is Dr. Shah. His office was very helpful and understanding to us and gave us plenty of time to try to get him to sleep naturally. We didn't keep our baby awake extra the night before or the morning of. We just skipped one nap and one feeding, so he wasn't so overtired that he wouldn't go to sleep. I sure hope that helps! I know I was so nervous and prayed the whole time that he would sleep as long as they needed him to! I know there are no guarantees, but hope that might help a little.

Also, I read a few of your other posts and just wanted to let you know you're not alone in your questioning! I too look back and think why didn't my cervix get checked? Why didn't I notice the symptoms? (of course, all of the symptoms of incompetent cervix are similar to regular pregnancy stuff, so who would know the difference?! and I don't think they regularly check cervical length) why does God let others have babies so easily when they don't take good care of them? I don't know if we'll ever know the answers, but God is still faithful.

Hope everyone stays well at your house!
Love,
Neva