The Labor Day Oops '09

I've decided to go back to the beginning of September, not really because I want to relive/remember it, but because I think it might give you a better picture of what a crazy month that was in our lives.
The first week was great. I was 37 weeks along and everything was going great, other than I was getting HUGE and my legs and ankles were swelling. This was very strange to me. With Boots I didn't get very big at all and had no problems. It was just a waiting game.......was the baby coming early or late? No one knew, but at this point and time they were estimating that it was over 8 pounds. I personally was hoping it'd be early!! We also found out that Jeremy had got the job of his dreams down in Independence, KS. We couldn't have been more excited about the job...... the timing, not so great. They wanted him to start October 1st. No big deal really, that is the longest amount of time we have ever had to pack and move, but, the question was, when was this baby coming?
The weekend of Labor Day, started out like any other weekend. We wanted to go camping with some friends of ours, but for some reason we all decided not to go. I don't know what we did on Saturday. Sunday we went to church, then had supper with our neighbors. Sometime as the weekend progressed it was decided that we should just camp out back behind our house. Great idea, right!?! We didn't have to spend any money, it was close to our houses, we didn't have to get all packed up to go anywhere. So Sunday after a fun supper we walked across the road and started a fire and the evening began. Monday morning we all got up, went in the house and ate breakfast and all went on our merry way. We spent the day together not doing a whole lot of anything, probably started packing a bit. I can't remember if it was later that day or the next day, we noticed Jeremy had a bit of poison ivy, not really a big deal, he gets it all the time. Then I started getting it. That was a little bit stange, since I had only had it once before and that was almost a year earlier to the day. (we weren't even sure that is what it was at that time). Anyway, a few days went by and it was getting worse and worse.

Soon I had huge blisters up both arms, and I could hardly bend them. Everything I did hurt! It itched, and oozed. We called the clinic, they told me there was nothing they could do because I was pregnant. Then we talked to a paramedic who is a friend of ours and he agreed. He also said that it was the worst case of poison ivy he'd ever seen! So, I was left with trying oatmeal baths and various herbs, which I think would of worked great in milder cases, but didn't do much in this case. I did give in a few times and took some benadryl, but that didn't do much either. It was hard to eat, and it was hard to sleep. I was just drained. By this time I was just praying that the baby wouldn't come early like I'd hoped.

Jeremy was great. He helped me so much! He took Bethany with him as much as he could. He was still driving truck some and working another job and trying to get stuff ready for our up coming move. I didn't go anywhere except my 39 week appointment at the midwife clinic and supper at Jeremys parents. By the 16th it started to heal up a little bit. But here comes the kicker.....then it showed up on my face and ears!! My eyes were pretty much swollen shut, I constantly had blisters breaking and icks running down my face. Talk about nasty!! I won't put up a picture of that, it's too gross!




By the time Cody was born on the 24th, my arms were healing and I could open my eyes all the way. My face and ears still felt a little sand paperish, but, for the most part, the ordeal was finally over.