Re: Re: Update on Me - Lillian

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--- bklyn1429@... wrote:

> I know that I have not written in quite sometime

> although I have been

> occassionally reading some of the digests.

> Since mid May here is a review of some of the things

> that have been going on

> in my life.

> approx May 15 my daughter (Cydney) who was pregnant

> was put on bed rest after

> being in and out of the hospital i n New Hampshire,

> so, my husband went up

> there from here on Long Island to pick up her 3 year

> old daughter to come and

> stay with us because as we all know you cannot be on

> complete bed rest with a

> 3 year old around . She stayed with us until June 1

> when we brought her back

> to New Hampshire.

> During the above time my daughter was air lifted

> from her local hospital to

> Dartmouth Hospital because of all of the pregnancy

> complications ( too

> numerous to list )

> Her husband was starting the Broward County Police

> Academy on June 17 and so,

> they had a move planned for early June and she was

> still in the hospital!

> The doctors agreed to discharge her straight to the

> airport as long as all

> tests that morning looked okay. They did, and off

> we went- Mommy to be in a

> wheel chair ,me as escort and 3 yeard old in tow!

> Daddy was on his way to

> Florida from New Hampshire with a U Haul !

> We arrived safely and set ourselves up in a hotel

> and immediately went to her

> new obstetrician who sent her immediiately to a

> Maternal Fetal Medicine

> Doctor. The next day they moved in to their new

> apartment and the next day I

> left. That day she was put back into the hospital ,

> but , now in Florida.

> I returned to Florida

> She stayed in the hospital for one week and had her

> baby delivered

> byC-section 5-6 weeks early on June 14th.

> Josua was 3 lbs 4 oz and 16 inches ( a little, but

> cute guy) Josua is still

> in the neonatal intensive care unit and is doing

> well gaining, breathing on

> his own and now is out of the incubator.

> Daddy has started the Police Academy now.

> At least they are all together in Florida and not

> seperated because of the

> academy and hospitalizations etc.

> Meanwhile through all of this I have continued with

> my full time job managing

> a retail store and my husband has been working

> almost full time too.

> All of this took alot of organization, but, we did

> it

> Now, this has been one of the most stressful periods

> of my life and not

> once, I repeat, not once did I have any kind of RP

> flare. Did Mother Nature

> just not allow it ?

> I am amazed but very thankful that my own issues did

> not get in the way of

> all that I had to do.

> Lillian

>

Well, Lillian I think you and your family can be

proud of yourselves. Congratulations on , I

hope and pray he continues to thrive. Also I am so

glad you are doing well and could cope.

I think it is the rp that causes the stress, not the

other way round. If you are having a flare and it

just happens to be a stressful time, obviously things

are going to be more difficult. Also stress is a fact

of life, whether you have chronic illness or not!!

Take care, love Liz

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