Where do I begin? I must say, God has certainly chosen an interesting path for us over the last several weeks of our vacation. Last fall, when Danielle went through her kidney stone experience, I thought we had logged enough time with hospitals and doctors to last for several years. Apparently...I was wrong. Let me fill you in on some of the details.
One day before we left for Part I of our summer vacation (the NH part), Danielle informed me that the pregnancy test she had taken was positive. Of course, both of us were very excited at the thought of having a second child. Two days later (after we had already arrived in NH), Danielle started experiencing some difficulties with the pregnancy. The next several days involved numerous trips to hospitals and doctors' offices. (We almost didn't make it to Beauty and the Beast.) We were informed about a week and a half ago that the pregnancy would be a miscarriage.
After returning home to Ohio, Danielle had more blood work done and made an appointment to see her regular doctor on Monday morning...7 hours before we were scheduled to fly to Denver. Her doctor informed us that it would be very unwise for us to continue with our travel plans. In fact, he told us that Danielle would need to check into the hospital Monday afternoon so that he could perform surgery to remove a tubal pregnancy. That is precisely what occured yesterday afternoon. The surgery was successful, and Danielle and I spent the night in the hospital while she was recovering. (A friend has been taking care of Eldan for us.)
Here is what we know at this point (Tuesday morning):
1. Danielle should be released from the hospital by this afternoon,
2. She will be rather sore for a few days, but her recovery should be fairly quick,
3. In the meantime, I (Andrew) will be acting as nurse, mother, and housewife,
4. We cancelled our flight reservations yesterday, and we will purchase new tickets as soon as we get approval from the doctor for Danielle to travel,
5. God is good. His providential oversight in the timing of everything is very obvious to us. It could have been disastrous for Danielle had we continued with our travel plans. We thank Him for His protection, and are seeking to learn what we need to from this situation.
I will provide further updates about our progress as I am able...
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Hi guys, we heard about Danielle's tubal pregnancy. We completely understand and wanted to let you know that we are praying for you. We lost our first baby to a tubal pregnancy and completely understand what you all are going through. It is still hard at times, the baby would have been 1 in about a week. Yet, God's grace is more than enough and His way is Always perfect. Please know that we are praying for you all.
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