Monday!

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. Last week was one that I hope not to repeat again. On Thursday, I woke up feeling a bit ill. As many of us know, when you have kids, you can't take the day off, so I got up and went about the day as usual. Around 3 or 4 I started to feel pretty bad and at 6 I called Gareth and asked him to try and come home early. At 6:30 I called my mom and asked her to come over and help with the kids. Gareth was able to come home about an hour early and at 8:00 when he walked through the door, I told him that I thought i needed to go to the hospital. Long story short, by the time we got there, i had a raging fever, and my heart rate was over 140. They took me straight back, hooked me up to an IV and that is where I stayed for the next few hours. At 2:30a.m., after many tests and check x-ray etc., they explained that since they couldn't get my heart rate down under 120, and I had pneumonia, they were preparing to admit me. GREAT!!! I got to spend Friday and Saturday in the hospital. On Saturday night when the doctor came in, I told her I was going home. What an awful place to be if you are sick. Needless to say, I am trying to take it easy now. I did go out for an hour today and kinda regret it now:0) i will be taking it easy this week trying to get my strength back up. We do have the most wonderful friends that have helped with the kids and that have made some meals so that Gareth doesn't have to stress about food this week. As for me, I don't have much of an appetite yet, so maybe the plus to this will be losing a few pounds:0)

We are praying for news on the adoption by the end of the week. Hopefully it will be good news!!