Well when I said comfortable night sleep I was being sarcastic. Actually that night was the worst night sleep I'd ever had in my whole life. At 3:00am my alarm went off that my blood pressure was way to high I think it was 173/114. My back was absolutely killing me and kept cramping up. The nurse called the Dr and then came in and said she needed to check my cervix. Turns out, I was already dialated to 1 cm! I wasn't due for another 6 weeks! I then asked "should I call my husband now?" She replied with yes, your Dr is on his way in and we are going to do an emergency C-Section.
I called and woke Erik up. He rushed the Dog over to my parents house and jumped in the car to come to the hospital. That morning had to be the foggiest morning ever and it turned out that the 405 was closed at Euclid so he had to end up taking side streets to the hospital. Can you imagine how nerve-racking that would be?
They were prepping me for the C-Section and I just kept saying "we can't do this until Erik gets here." Then I heard his voice, "I'm here babe, everythings going to be fine, I love you." Ahhhh yes, he's here! My blood pressure then went up to 200/140 and they rushed to get Casey out.
I didn't feel anything during the surgery except for the initial tug to get her out. Which must have been hard on my Dr as it caused him to cut the cheese. I looked at Erik and said "was that you?" He looked at me as if I were crazy thinking he would do that in front of all of those nurses and the Dr. LOL
Then, I heard it. The cry of my beautiful little girl, and I started crying as well. She was born at 4:44am and was 4lbs, 4 oz, 17.5 inches long. Her being 6 weeks early made me nervous but to hear her cry, I knew she'd be alright. They handed her to me for a quick minute before they rushed her off to the NICU and she was beautiful and little. She had the biggest Angelina Jolie lips and looked just like Erik. She was amazing. After that, I went to recovery. My blood pressure dropped down to 144/74 which was great since it had been so high just an hour before.
After I got admitted into my room and the drugs started wearing off, I started feeling more lousy. I desperatly wanted to see Casey but everytime I tried to get up, I threw up. :( I felt so thirsty too and all they'd give me were ice chips. I con'd Erik into buying me a sprite because that would make my stomach feel better. Boy did he learn his lesson on not to listen to me, when it all came back up onto his shirt and shoes. :) I finally got to get out of bed without throwing up and got to see Casey at 10:00 pm. You can see the picture below. Not beautiful of me, but it was a rough day.
Anyway, this last year with Casey A. has been amazing. She's grown and is so beautiful. She's tall and lean. She still looks like Mini Erik. She loves the park, Willie, Daddy, Mommy, music, books and cartoons. She has 7 teeth so far and is not walking but really wants to. Will update the blog after her birthday party. :)
