A Plan (Finally)

The morning's renal ultrasound revealed Allison does indeed have a kidney stone. With this diagnosis comes an actual plan, which is something the doctors had failed to give us up to this point. They are going to do everything they can to get the stone flushed out. Allison will not be coming home until this happens. In the meantime, they have made some needed changes to their approach to pain management. She now has a button she can push if she's hurting. The PO dilaudid just wasn't getting the job, even when they basically gave her a double dose.

As for the baby, everything checked out fine. Dr. Graves reviewed the ultrasound and saw nothing of interest. She actually agrees with us that he was simply reacting to Allison's body's response to the pain. It is kind of annoying that the nurses reacted the way did to this, but the baby may have ultimately done us a huge favor. His occasional higher heart rates pushed them to call Dr. Graves. She is exactly the type of doctor Allison needed right now - one who would come in, see something is clearly wrong, take charge, and be proactive in solving the problem. If only she had been around on Thursday, this might all be done with my now. Also, they took fetal measurements this time. The estimate came in at over 6 pounds. This calculates out to a 9+ pound baby at full term. If today's estimate is accurate, he's close to surpassing Ayden's birth weight. The chance of Allison having a VBAC may be officially out the window.

So, as we've said many times in relation to Ayden's hospital stays: now we wait. Speaking of Ayden, he got to hang out with Jude for a while today while I went to the hospital. He got upset when I dropped him off, but recovered quickly and had a lot of fun. Thanks for taking him for a while, Matt and Diana. And thanks again to Elise for being the middle-of-the-night hospital chauffeur.

I've been so well behaved amidst all the turmoil of the past week that Dad took me to Sweet CeCe's today for lunch. Frozen yogurt for lunch! How great is that? (I ate almost half a pound.)