First, I had a baby appointment today. Met with Ann, a day shy of 30 weeks. My blood pressure was great...the best it's been so far! I couldn't believe it. My weight gain is still low and she was very happy about that. We listed to the heartbeat...for once, baby didn't hide from the doppler AND it was the loudest it's been yet. It was perfect! She measured me and baby is right on track, but, she didn't mention what position baby was in, so that leads me to believe she hasn't turned yet. I have a horrible feeling I'm in for a repeat breech, but, I'm still trying to think positively! We didn't have too much to talk about this time...she just mentioned the Pre-Term labor stuff to watch out for since I'm kind of at that stage now, she verified, as usual, that I am still planning a VBAC, which I am.
The rest of the day was all about Grandpa. Today was surgery day, so it was pretty hard to focus on work. My dad called every few hours to update me on everything, so that eased my mind. The surgery ended up taking a little longer than expected, but overall, everything went perfect and just as it was supposed to. He ended up with a triple bypass, which wasn't originally expected, and had the valve replaced as they anticipated. Everything went smooth, his heart started right back up after the bypass and things are looking good. Unfortunately, in the midst of everything, they realized he has pretty significant lung disease..I think my dad said something like 44% blockage. There isn't anything they can do about the damage, but it's definitely time for him to stop being a "closet smoker" (I quote that since really, we all know he was doing it...)! As long as he quits, it shouldn't get worse, so that's promising. So, he's resting and recovering in the ICU right now, and he'll be closely monitored for the next 24 hours. As long as everything is going well, they should have him off most of his machines tomorrow evening and up walking around his room. Then, he'll start physical therapy on Thursday and hopefully go home good as new next week. It was very scary, but things couldn't have gone much better. Fingers crossed he has a great recovery now!
Other than that, it was just another busy day. Lots of meetings and problems at work...I hate days like that...where EVERYTHING you touch has some kind of problem associated with it. After work, I picked Olivia up and rushed home to get some laundry done. I got about half done, so that was successful. The rest will wait until tomorrow!
Tonight was taco night in the house (YUM), and Olivia was very into it :)
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