An Answered Prayer

I hadn't posted on Wednesday because I really wasn't sure where we were headed, but our number had gone from doubling every 36ish hours to doubling every 77 hours. Talk about a thrill kill. To say I was scared to death is an understatement. The number itself had risen, but only from 569 to 873. When I got the call I was expecting a minimum of 1000 and more like 1300 so I was devastated. All I could think was I can't do this again, I can't lose another child. I won't go into all the details of the last 48 hours because it is NOT pretty, but I'll say it was one of the toughest. This morning an awesome lady, Karen, whom I've never even met in person spent a good 30 minutes on the phone encouraging me, mourning previous losses w/me, and just all together being a wonderful person/friend. She recently went through the same thing and it was nice to talk to someone who has been there. I got in to get my blood work and left feeling completely drained. When I got to the point I could no longer take it anymore I called and got one of my nurse's on the phone who said that my ears must have been burning because she had just gotten my HCG numbers off the machine and didn't even have my other numbers yet. I knew anything less than 1400 was bad news and even 1400 wouldn't be all that promising. My number today was 2288, thank you Jesus!!!! She said everything is OK, looks good, and who knows why it did that. I was scheduled to go back in Monday for my next round of blood work but it looks like we'll be postponing to Tuesday and having our ultrasound at the same time. I am so blessed that our number is back up and I pray that things get even better from here on out!

~Kahla

**I am thankful for
1) an answered prayer
2) our pumpkin, please stay w/us!!!
3) support
4) Karen, thank you so much for this morning
5) Hope, Faith, Love