All settled in!

Well.....we are officially all settled in our new place! We had a lot of wonderful help from friends at church and it was such a blessing to have them help us make the transition go smooth.

There is so much more room for the kids and they absolutely love their backyard. We bought them a little playhouse, sandbox and bubble maker. Now Maelynn begs to go outside and will spend a good hour and a half at a time playing contently by herself.
(I will try to get some pictures up soon)

Unfortunately the past two weeks I have been in more pain than normal. My normal days I will be about a 4 or 5 on the pain scale and I'm able to deal with that fine but lately it has been going up to 8-9. We think it may be my growing uterus causing more pressure on my lower back which already has some disk and nerve issues. I spoke with my Midwife Wednesday to see if I could get something a little stronger than Tylenol and after telling her my symptoms (numb-tingling in legs, dizziness and unable to stand or sit without shooting pain) she urged me to go to the hospital right away. I guess she and the Dr. were concerned that the amount of pain I was in would spur on early labor. Once at the hospital I was seen by a specialist who determined that I needed to get an MRI done on my lower back. I was offered a few different pain relief methods but choose only one Vicodin pill totally convinced it would be enough because in the past 1/2 of one would knock me out. The nurse kept telling me she didn't think it would do anything because my elevated blood pressure and clammy skin were a good indication I was in a lot of pain. She was right. The Vicodin didn't even touch it and I ended up getting IV Morphine. Even the Morphine just took the edge off. I have been prescribed Vicodin twice daily and Flexeril 3 times daily. It would be impossible for me to function correctly, take care of the kids and house if I took the recommended doses so I have resorted to just taking one each right before bed. It hasn't helped. Today I'm just as if I never went to the hospital. In fact I'm now having a Fibro flare-up due to the IV. Anytime I have something done invasive that involves nerves or muscle I flare-up for a few days. I'm at a point where I'm not sure what the next step is. Once I have another MRI done hopefully we will have some options on what we can do to help alleviate some of the chronic pain.

On a lighter note: Once Madisyn gets home from school today we will be headed to Big Bear for the weekend to visit Great Bee Bop and Grandma. Also a nice surprise, my Dad happened to be planning to go up there to look at property so it looks like we will get to see him also! The weather looks like it will be beautiful and I'm hoping to get some well needed R&R.

Well better run. Maelynn sounds like she is stirring from her nap. Hope all is well and we are sending love and prayers your way.

The Bergs