21 August 2008

Summer fall!

So now... we did the second ultrasound and it was so much fun to see the little baby girl again. She has everything she needs and all in the right places, and I am a lot relieved now.
I am doing good and energetic and this is a great thing since everything around me is falling apart and I am the only one able to put pieces together.

Andrea and I got back from Rome and Andrea had some cough and back pain. On Monday, after the ultrasound, we had to rush to the doctor because Andrea was not able to walk properly anymore... the pain in the back was too much and the normal analgesic was not enough. The doctor prescribed a bunch of injections of analgesic and other cortisone-based drugs for the back pain (he has one or more herniated disc) and some drops and antibiotics for the cough since it looks like he has a thing in his lungs that may start pneumonia.
Two days ago I drove for 100kms to take Andrea to an hospital where they could make a Magnetic Resonance. He was totally in pain and the doctor had to give him 2 shots of very strong analgesic and later put him on a wheelchair to undergo the exam. We'll have the results in a week. We should also find a doctor to visit him but sounds like they are all on vacation in some exotic island on a private yatch.

Yesterday Monocolo (the cat) stopped peeing. And I know that this is a really bad thing. So after I've been around the whole morning for gyno visit, and other burocratic practices for work and grocery shopping... I took Monocolo to the veterinary hospital (since his vet is in vacation), they gave him a couple of shots, gave him an ultrasound and said that if he was not going to pee in the next 24 hours we had to bring him back to the hospital and hospitalize him so they can put a little catheter to help him.
I basically did not slept the whole night monitoring Monocolo and his visit to the box. At 5.30 he finally peed!!!

So no mountains for now... I need to go there on the 30th of August anyhow because one of my cousin is getting married. But I wanted to go there a little earlier so to have a walk on the beautiful mountains around there... but it's not the case since all the things happening...
I hope that in 10 days I will still fit in the outfit I have so that I don't have to spend useless money for an ugly maternity dress.

I hope today is a good day. Lots of good day wishes for you!!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

You need a vacation!

Hope everyone feels okay soon --

Anonymous said...

It will all work out .....there has been a lot of stress in your and Andrea's life so some things shut down. Charlie's back also always give out when he is stressed. Acupuncture works like a charm for herniated discs.
Katharina is growing that is all that really matters!
For maternity clothes I ended up wearing my husbands shirts and bought sarongs and tights and flip flops. Never bought the infantile crap they call maternity clothes.
Have fun figuering it out.
k
By the way...we are back in CA.