Rough Days
The last couple of days has been rough for me and, probably by association, rough for Rachel as well. Baby’s Law, a not well known subdivision of Murphy’s Law, states that if the baby sleeps in you will get a less restful sleep. So, as Rachel slept in later than normal the last couple of days, I’ve found my own sleep wanning. Tampers flared as the sleep deprived (me) went up against the cranky two year old (Rachel).
It seemed, in the last couple of days, that she intended to fight with me on every single thing we did. This may also have been caused by my own tired state as we seem to feed off of each other in a spiraling nosedive. This always ends up in a very cranky, crying toddler refusing to go to sleep. And a very tired, almost relieved it’s 7:00, dad.
Yesterday started out pretty good until we neared lunch. Out shopping, we ran a little late on lunch and Rachel started to get really fussy. It’s hard to tell, sometimes, if she’s just being fussy to be fussy or if there is a real reason like she’s hungry. We got her home, fed her and put her down for her nap. Some how, while she was sleeping and without my knowledge, an alien came down, abducted my daughter, and replaced her with some evil alien creature.
I swear the person I got when she woke was not the same person I put in there a couple of hours earlier. I put down a nice, sweet and innocent little child. I got up a demon seed of satan!! Ok, maybe she was not that bad, but it was close.
Good Note
Today, was a early morning, and very tiring, but we received very good news. With the first pregnancy, my wife had pre-eclampsia. Without going into too much detail, it’s biggest characteristic, is high blood pressure which can cause fatal complication to both baby and mother. This was a pretty scaring time for Michele and I as she developed a severe case. Everyone made it out ok the first time, but considering her mother had it with all four children, it was very possible Michele would get it again.
We saw a specialist today that is working on some emerging medicine that deals with pre-eclampsia. I’m not going to bore you with all kinds of medical jargon, but will give you the gist of what going on. Michele took a test and it told her she’s normal, well her cardio output was normal. If we take this test again in six weeks and it’s normal, there is a very, very slim chance that she will develop pre-eclampsia again. This will be a wonderful load off our minds.
Even if the test says she could develop it, this specialist has medicine that will help keep her from becoming as bad as the first time, and possibly stop it completely. This means a two hour trip once a month, but I say that’s chump change when your talking about the health of my child and wife.
