Happy 30th Birthday to my wonderful husband Kyle!!!
I wanted Kyles 30th to be a birthday that he would always remember. Little did I know that that was exactly what he was going to get. It all started out good. I was doing 30 presents for 30 days. He would get one present a day for the 30 days leading up to his birthday. It was a lot of fun and I think I really impressed him with my planning and thoughtfulness. Score for me. Well for his actual birthday we wanted to do something fun so we decided to go camping up at Navajo Lake on Cedar mountain. We headed up there Friday and his parents and brother were going to join us on Saturday for a picnic and celebrate his birthday. Well after we finally decided on a campsite we started unloading the truck. We had about half of it unloaded, we had just set up the tent and we decided we would hurry and eat before we finished setting up camp. We had bought Cafe Rio for dinner so we were all really excited to eat. I got the kids all set and had about three bites of mine when I stood up to get some water. All of a sudden it felt like I was peeing my pants. I know my bladder control is not what it once was but to have no control at all was crazy. So I told Kyle, "oh my heck, Kyle, I am totally peeing my pants!" He was like "what!?" That's when we looked down and not pee, but blood, a lot of blood, was pouring down my legs. Well as you can imagine, once it registered what was happening panic kicked in. We threw the kids in the truck and just left everything there. Kyle started down the mountain. We were about 30 mins from Cedar and we couldn't get any cell coverage. I finally got some cell service so we pulled over just long enough to call for an ambulance. We headed back down the mountain keeping our eyes out for the ambulance. All the while I was still bleeding like crazy. My poor Bailey was freaking out, probably because I was freaking out, despite my best efforts to stay calm. I kept trying to reassure her that everything was going to be OK. Kind of a hard thing to do when your not even sure of it yourself. I told her it will be OK just keep praying. She was praying her little heart out that everything would be OK. I kept praying my heart out too. Kyle just kept saying, "relax, relax, just keep breathing, its going to be OK, lay back, try and relax." Luckily I was out of it enough I wasn't paying attention to his driving, otherwise I think it would have been even worse. After what felt like forever we met up with the ambulance, I have never been more relieved to see one before. They got me in and started working on me, it was kind of scary and I guess I was hyperventilating because I could move my arms and I was getting light headed. Luckily they where really good and where able to get me to calm down a bit. The whole time my mind was racing to worse case scenario's. They kept asking me if I had felt the baby moving, I wasn't sure. For whatever reason there machine they have to listen for the baby's heartbeat was not working, they even changed the batteries and it wouldn't work. We got to the hospital and the first thing they did was check for the baby. I think everyone was holding their breath including me. Even the EMT's where waiting. It actually took her a minute to find it but then we all heard her little heart beating. I think the whole room exhaled at the same time. I have never been so relieved to hear that sound before, and I just started crying. Shortly after Kyle got to the hospital. They were so good to us, they took the kids to another room and gave them books and coloring books and crayons and stickers. They stayed with them and made sure they were OK. Eventually Kyles brother came and picked up the kids and took them to his house. Kyles parents got there and his dad and brother headed back up the mountain to get all of our stuff. At this point it was late and they didn't get of the mountain until like 11 pm or so. Thank you so much Vince and Paul!! Then Kyles parents took the kids home with them. Meanwhile the blood loss had irritated my uterus and between that and my stress level it had sent me into labor. I was light headed and had the worst headache. The Doctor in Cedar said if I continued to progress the way I was going I was going to have the baby in the next 24 hours. I am 31 weeks along right now so you can imagine I did not want to have the baby yet. Cedar doesn't have the facilities to take care of a baby born before 34 weeks so back in the ambulance I went and they transferred me to St. George. Well during the transfer the EMT really helped me calm down. She explained everything in depth to me and told me most likely all would be well. By the time I reached St. George most of my contractions had stopped and I felt a ton better. My parents were waiting for me there. From that point on they just monitored me for the night. By the next morning everything seemed to be fine. My doctor came and chatted with me, explaining things, telling me all of my do's and dont's and then said I could go home. It was at this point I realized I had nothing to wear home, so Kyle ran out and bought me some clothes and shoes. I told him now I know how to get a new outfit out of him. He told me next time I want a new outfit, all I have to do it ask. It turns out I have placenta previa. That is when the placenta attaches too low in the uterus, it increases your risk for bleeding and unless my placenta moves between now and the baby's birth I will have to have a C-section. Well after a long couple of days we finally made it home. Well we weren't home 20 mins when they decided to call an ambulance for Kyles Grandpa. Unfortunately he is not doing well.
Well I tried to salvage some kind of birthday party for Kyle. It wasn't horrible...
Kyle we love you so much. Sorry things didn't go according to plan. We are so lucky to have such an awesome daddy, husband, friend and playmate! Happy Birthday!!
