That Smith

Some of you may have heard that Laura is in the hospital (thanks to my late night updates on Twitter that appear on Facebook and MySpace) and I’m sure you are wondering how she is doing, and what got her there in the first place.

We don’t know what exactly is wrong with her, but doctors have ruled out every other possibility, so we know it isn’t anything too serious. Just a lot of pain.

Late last week she finished her antibiotics for the sinus infection she had a couple weeks ago, but started having a sharp pain in her lower right side. A nurse at her OB said it was round ligament and should go away after a few days. It did, but a few days later she started feeling another sharp pain higher in her right side. This one was continuous and wouldn’t go away after drinking water.

We ended up going to the ER Tuesday because she couldn’t even sleep without being in pain ( which means I couldn’t sleep either ), and there we found out she was having contractions too. They were about 2 minutes apart, which is a good sign you are going into labor. We stayed the night and they ran several tests to see if Kaden was coming early. He was not.

Then Wednesday they got the contractions to stop, and did an ultrasound to check the baby and all her organs. Everyone inside was ok, so they sent us home after giving her a few doses of morphine and a prescription for pain killers.

The meds didn’t do much at first, but she started feeling better Thursday, so I went back to work and her sister came over for the day. Then Friday her mom kept her company, but ended up taking her to the hospital again because the pain came back worse, and kept making her throw up her pills.

The rest of the weekend has been a long, uncomfortable blur (hospital chairs are not nice to sleep in). She felt like crap all of Friday, but started feeling better Saturday afternoon after her mom arrived so I could go to work. She got worse after dinner, but felt better when I came back for the night. Then this morning it was off and on until she fell asleep around 4am.

Her mom and I switched shifts at 7:30am so I could shower and come back over here for work. Now Laura is up and feeling better – and has showered – and I guess as long as the pain and contractions don’t start up again, I should get her back this afternoon.

We still don’t know what is causing the pain, but do know it was making her have contractions 3 months early. At this point the doctors and nurses think it might be something simple like early labor pains or a really nasty pinched nerve.

She has her phone on her and is answering text messages, so you can talk to her if you want. Or you can call me if you would like to know what hospital she’s in. If she does make it home today, check Baby Smith tomorrow for an update from her.