1 more day!

Last night, a few seconds after I hit publish on my post, my cell phone rang.  It was Kevin and he had called to tell me that Ella had just thrown up!  She had left the hospital about an hour earlier. We shared a kiss and hug and she bee bopped down the hall with her usual spunkiness!  She had been fine all day!  During her naptime at the hospital she had snuggled right up beside me nose to nose.  As soon as he called, all I could think about was all of us getting a stomach virus this week. 

I also hated not being at home to care for her, even though it takes everything in me to clean up throw-up without throwing up myself.  She was so sad and called me and said, "Mommy, I am throwing up and can never go to church."  I think she had overheard Kev saying that they wouldn't be able to make it to church today.  I must just insert here that Kev did awesome on Daddy duty today.  He didn't even get frustrated with me when I called a million times to check on them and to remind him to Lysol and wash hands constantly.

So far she has been okay today...just laying around more than normal.  And thankfully, so far everyone else is okay.  I talked to my doctor this morning and told her I had been exposed and she said if I start to feel sick at all they will go ahead and deliver me asap.  I can't think of much worse than having my stomach cut open (my incision is quite large from my fetal surgery and they will use the same one again on Tues.) and having a stomach virus.  I might just ask to be put to sleep for a day or two. I can also not think of much worse than for Kev to be sick as a dog on the birth day of our last child.  It is kind of a day you can't redo.  So, needless to say I am praying and praying that we will stay well as well as our friends and family who have been around us recently. 

I cannot believe that tomorrow is my final full day as a pregnant person.  I got my 8th and final IV today.  My nurse got an L&D nurse to come and do it because I didn't have a lot of vein options left in my arms and apparently you have to have a bigger IV for surgery.  She did awesome.  I couldn't believe how painless it was.  This has been such a long journey even though it has been a shorter pregnancy.  I am so ready and so nervous all at the same time.