Steroids in the buttocks...

John and I headed over to Central Baptist Hospital this morning at 7 AM for our first steroid shot for baby McCauley, this is so that her lungs will get an extra boost before the birth on Tuesday. They had to admit me to the hospital, monitor the baby, take my blood, make sure the white blood cell count was high enough (it was high enough!) and then give me the steroid shot. It was a WONDERFUL experience to say the least...only took 2 hours...
On a side note, my hair has slowly been coming out this week. I haven't washed it or combed it in a few days (I just stick a headband it and go), so we will see if it survives til Tuesday. The good news is that the chemo is in there doing its thing!
John and I are prepared for baby...I think everything has been put together and washed, etc! Bart, the black lab, is barely hanging in there...pray for him...he is so afraid of the swing, cradle, bobby, rocking chair and the list goes on...
The schedule for tomorrow is a steroid shot again at 7 AM and then check in for labor at 9 PM.

Skinny Bobble Head

Well, I have not been updating my blog as I should because the horse sales have been keeping me extra busy. I have met with the high risk pregnancy doctors and McCauley got the final "OK" to be delivered on the 29Th. I had my last ultrasound last Tuesday and she weighed a whopping 4 pounds 12 ounces which places her in the 30% percentile for babies this far along. My mom kept telling the ultrasound tech that McCauley looked "really skinny" (oh and her "head looked big...like a bobble head on such a skinny body"). I guess we haven't seen a really skinny person in our family in so long she was shocked or something.
My hair is still on my head as of today.It was supposed to fall sometime between days 10-14 after the first chemo. I keep telling John that bald and pregnant just aren't going to go together so maybe it will hang on til next week.
I did finally purchase a wig. Yea!! I took it to Mickeys and they are dying it to match my hair color this week and cutting it!

Chemo One- one down three to go!

Today was my first chemotherapy. It is a little creepy that's for sure. I sat in a room with five other people while I received my treatments. First I was given antibiotics for nausea and then the two chemo treatments. One that they call the "RED DEVIL" has to be put in slowly because if my vein were to blow it would permanently scar my skin. The nurse was shocked that I watched as she put it into my arm so closely, but I was secretly telling the "RED DEVIL" to go and do its thing!People can get so comfortable during chemo, its amazing. The woman to my right snored the whole time she was there. I was having a small panic attack and she just snored on and on. The whole treatment took about 3 1/2 hours.

McCauley's a Libra!

So today John and I talked with Dr. Ashmun, my OBGYN, and the date is now set for McCauley to finally join us on the outside. She will be born on September 29Th, after a couple of steroid shots to make her lungs extra strong. Kinda a cool birthday...9/29/2009. Lots of good 2's and 9's in there. She will join her Great Grandmother Peggy and her Aunt Megan in the Libra sign.
I had my heart scan done this morning over at Saint Joe's and I am now ready for chemo next Tuesday. No more doctors this week!