This week has been scheduled pretty full:
Tues. Morning: Take kiddo to ballet/tap class
Tues Evening: Architect comes over with 25 completed construction-grade blueprints and his hand out to get his last check.
Wed. morning: take kiddo to CCD class
Wed. morning and afternoon: I begin calling contractors to begin the bidding process.
Wed. Evening: Hubby gives blood at local blood center; he has the most-coveted "O-negative" so they pull out, instead of just a pint of "regular" blood, a larger volume (2 units) using the ALYX system which just pulls the red blood cells and puts the plasma back. It means that he'll be pretty wiped out and I'll have to do more of the evening chores. (cripes - that makes it sound like we have a dairy farm or somethng, huh?!)
Thursday: Try to get an appointment with our loan broker to begin the process for construction financing for the addition.
Friday morning: Hubby stays home with kiddo while I travel to a Northshore hospital for another level II ultrasound and a fetal echocardiogram with a pediatric cardiologist. I'm fairly certain I already know what they are going to find - likely either a VSD or AV Canal defect - which, simply put are holes in the lower chambers of the heart (vsd) or in the upper and lower (AV). Both are fixable and common to babies with Down Syndrome. Nonetheless it does mean open heart surgery for the baby so I hope they are able to get a good idea of what's going on so I can work with my healthcare providers (a vertiable TEAM, at this point) to get a gameplan for birth and post-natal care together.
Maybe its good that I'll be so occupied this week; otherwise I might be obsessing over my Friday appointment.
Posted at 11:00 am by
brandy101
 | Posted by loz @ 09/14/2005 12:14 AM PDT | |
aha, this reminds me... R for the little one specifically today, and was it a *pull*. cool. I'll do that again :).
thinking of you & wishing you all well with your various endeavours & appointments, this week.
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| Posted by Deirdre @ 09/13/2005 11:23 AM PDT | |
Wishing you the best.
:o) |
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| Posted by chrysalis @ 09/13/2005 09:03 AM PDT | |
| My father is O- and also gives blood regularly. I'm O+ and also in demand ... but on meds :( |
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| Posted by AbbyNormal @ 09/12/2005 01:35 PM PDT | |
| Oops! Sorry about that "not really", just a leftover. It was me! |
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| Posted by AbbyNormal (not really) @ 09/12/2005 01:34 PM PDT | |
Wow, this is a busy week for you, but maybe it is a good thing, like you say. Hope it all goes smoothly as can be expected. Go Brandy & Patrick's team!
My husband is also O-negative, but I've never heard of the process you've described other than the usual drip-into-the-bag. |
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| Posted by chrysalis @ 09/12/2005 11:54 AM PDT | |
| Wow, that is a busy week, crowned with a very important appointment at Northshore Hospital. Will be thinking of you. |
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