Long Time Since Update

Ok it's been 4 weeks since the last belly picture and have been meaning to do one.  Keep your fingers crossed and it will be done this weekend.

The big news of this post all started Tuesday night.  Since the trip back to Manitoba, I have been fighting a pretty nasty chest cold and was thinking I was on the tail end of it.  Unfortunately, at about 2:45 am in the middle of a coughing fit, I felt and heard a big pop on the left side of my rib cage.   HOLY SHIT it hurt like an M'er F'er.  I tried to be as quiet as possible so Aaron could get some sleep since he was going to go to work in the morning and I already knew there was no way I was going to be able to adjust people.

  When Aaron woke up we had a short but teary discussion about him not going to work as it was now apparent that I wasn't going to be able to drive myself anywhere since I couldn't even get out of bed without help (A LOT of help).  About 11:15 we made it to the OB's office for a consultation.  She told me that I had separated a couple of ribs from the cartilage and that the only thing we could do was control the symptoms with narcotics and rest.  All I could think was, thank god I can take something stronger than Tylenol cause it's not helping at all!!!

  The Vicodin that I now take every 4 hours ( I have an alarm set!) and the Aspirin prescribed for the inflammation take the edge off so I can at least get in  and out of bed to pee by myself and breathe without wanting to scream.  I will force myself to do nothing for the next couple of days or more in order to get back to work next week and get the baby's room painted before I go into labour.  I'm going to be fine, EM is going to be fine (seems to really be enjoying the Vicodin), I'm just irritated that I am incapacitated when all I want to do is get the nursery ready and clean the house like a mad woman.