The appointment.

Hello sweet people!   I (again)  am sorry it has been so long between posts, but I just have so little to update.  Nothing has "happened" yet.  We have a big doctors appointment tomorrow.  I say big because they might ACTUALLY do something tomorrow that results in some sort of appropriate health care for this precious woman.  We have had a REALLY frustrating struggle getting this hospital's Maternal Fetal unit to treat this woman as her needs demand.  It has been a super big mystery to me, my family, and several doctors I have talked to outside of this hospital, as to why they are not treating her as most pregnant high risk wheel chair-bound women are treated.  They have not done an ultrasound, they have not checked her wounds (she has two severe wounds/ulcers/bedsores), they have not checked her cervix, they have not given her a plan for delivery (either c-section OR induction).  The last time we were there for an appointment we waited 3 HOURS  just to be taken back to the appointment.  It was beyond NOT OK.  Then they again did nothing, medically speaking.  They asked her the same questions they had asked before....."do you have other children? when were they born?  Was it vaginal or C-section?".  I finally just said for them to look on her chart,  because they asked us these same exact questions last time.  I got a little perturbed  when again they were ready to finish the appointment without discussing the delivery, or checking her, or giving an ultrasound.  We were told twice she would be given one and each appointment they changed their minds.  Why?  I have no idea.  But after pushing and reiterating how dangerous going into labor at home will be for this woman, which of course they already know, they finally agreed to check her cervix and do an ultrasound at the NEXT appointment.  That next appointment is tomorrow.  Yes, they made her next appointment, in her third trimester, three weeks apart.  GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

 *breath*

Anyhow, we are really looking forward to having some answers tomorrow for her.  This poor woman just wants to be done with this whole thing.  She has been such a trooper.  I am so proud of her.  I have never met a person who had a harder, more emotionally painful life, than this woman.  She has been amazing through all of this.   Now, the scary part is that she told me today that she is feeling "weird" and sort of "sickly" and out of breath.  She is also feeling a sort of "pressure".  She is mostly numb and cannot really feel "pain" or tightening, but can sense the pressure internally.  When she has trouble breathing, that often means she is having Braxton Hicks contractions.  I am sooooooo hoping she does not go into labor tonight.  It would be a terrible situation.  One that they would survive, only by the Grace and Miraculous power of God.  I will update all of you on how the appointment goes tomorrow.  We are hoping she is dilated so that they will have to keep her there and not send her home.  That way she will be well taken care of.  

On a good note, my home group from church raised $805.00 for her!  YAY!  We are hoping to buy her several medical supplies soon, and maybe some treats as well. :-)

Until then!