Took Steph to the ER last night (due to extreme abdominal pain) and she spent the night in observation. Long story short, she has gall stones. Come the second trimester of the pregnancy, she's probably gonna have surgery to take out the gall bladder altogether. Apparently she's got all sorts of gall stones in there. And they can't blast 'em like kidney stones. Whole 'nother ball game.
She's sleeping now. Super tired, didn't get much sleep at all. She's feeling okay in terms of the pain and everything. We just have to avoid spicy, fatty, hydrogenated foods for the next 8-10 weeks til her surgery. Weight Watchers is gonna go into high gear.
One upside to all of this: they did an ultrasound of Steph's tummy to scope out the gall bladder, etc. and since they were there, they also did an ultrasound of her womb. We saw Little One, all 1.3ish centimeters of him/her. Puts Steph somewhere around 6 weeks. Two cool things: 1) the tech let us hear the heartbeat. Man, that never gets old. Makes ya cry every time. 2) the tech printed us a picture, even though she wasn't supposed to. Coolest tech ever.
2 comments:
Hey Hutch Family,
Sorry to hear about the gall-stones. It's amazing that they can perform the surger and not harm your little one. I'll be praying for Steph's pain and protection for your little one. I'm glad you guys got to hear the heart beat. I remember when Julie and Farrin's baby was born -- the tech filled the whole room with the sound of the baby's heartbeat. It is such an amazing sound.
Kelly
We too were amazed that they suggested surgery during pregnancy. However, they also informed us that gall stones are strangely common in pregnancy. They don't know why, they just know that they see a whole lot of pregnant women for this very thing.
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