Well, the big day is almost nigh; we go in at 9:00 tonight to start Denine on prostaglandin. If that doesn't kick start her labor, we will go ahead with the induction tomorrow morning. So, God willing, by this time tomorrow our family will be one person bigger.....and Denine will be one person smaller (sorry, Honey, I couldn't resist). I know I should probably be busy packing and getting ready to leave, but I think we are pretty well on top of things. Plus, I'm in that state where I know there is something I meant to be doing, but darned if I can remember what it was. As you can see from the post title, I decided to go ahead and grace you all with one last baby bump pic for the sake of completeness. I have all of these pictures together in a separate folder on my computer, partly so I can resize them to be uploaded but also so that I can flip through them quickly in sequence. Neither of us thought Denine had really gotten that much bigger since the last pic until we looked at them one after the other. You don't really appreciate how much a pregnant woman's belly grows in so short a time when you're looking at it day-to-day.
It's like he's defying gravity...
In other news: Jamie had another seizure on Friday, so he is back on medication for his epilepsy. We are pretty discouraged about that, we had hoped that his epilepsy had gone away for good. The older he gets, the less likely it is that it will ever go away, and once he hits puberty - which would be right about now - the chances decrease dramatically. I believe statistically there's about an even chance at this stage, and if it hasn't gone away by his late teens the chances are slim that it ever will; we will just continue to pray that God will see fit to cure him, and deal with whatever happens. Needless to say, the timing of his relapse stinks, particularly since somebody else will be taking care of him while we are at the hospital. He should be fine now that he is back on medication (Denine was a basket case all weekend because we couldn't get a prescription until Monday), it's just that it is one more thing to worry about. I had to write out instructions yesterday for my sister-in-law regarding what to do and not do if he has a seizure, what's normal behavior versus what to be concerned about, etc. You take for granted the vast wealth of knowledge you have on your children's behavior until you have to explain all the nuances to someone else, particularly when there is an abnormal health issue at play.
Anywho, everyone cross your fingers and say a pray that everything goes well. My next post should have my detailed account of the whole event, plus some baby pics (no bump!).
I'm off to try and remember what it is I should be doing...
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