whew

finally feeling so much better, fever and chills are gone. pain is gone. almost back to normal, as normal as i ever get. . .just thought i needed to clarify that as i can just see you all rolling yours eyes when you read it.

anyway.

so my big decision to go to el rosario next tuesday hit a snag. i completely forgot that austin's appt. with the arm/hand/knee surgeon was on wednesday afternoon. i want to be there to make sure that his surgery gets scheduled before his insurance runs out. that means we have to have it done before the end of april.

so it slips my schedule a bit. now i'm thinking of leaving on thursday and returning on sabbath, or whenever we feel our work is done. we, being friend david and myself.

megan/gavin news. meg started her weekly appts. today. that's the countdown to the finale. when they measured her, they became concerned about the small size of her uterus. they did an ultrasound and said that gavin is very small. he's like in the 5th percentile. that means that 95% of all babies born are bigger than he is. now my older two kids were small once they reached a year, but they both had average birth weights.

they told her that she would not be allowed to go past her due date of 4/22. i thought that odd because i figured they'd give him every opportunity to grow. but i guess there is a chance that he is a intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) baby. This is when a baby does not grow well during pregnancy because of problems with the placenta. they told her that in all likelihood, her placenta will not be able to handle the strain of birth and so chances are higher that she will go c-section.

please keep her in your prayers. little gavin too as he may face a host of health issues.

we will be right there for them both.