Long Day

Erin had her second round of glucose test yesterday.  I went with her for the first hour to make sure that she could stomach the sugar drink as the last round upset her stomach a little.  The test takes a total of three hours as they take her blood four times total.  The whole idea is kind of crazy.  They take a pregnant woman and have them fast for 12 hours followed by a large dosage of sugar and four blood samples.

I made sure that she was going to be alright and then I went to work.  As soon as I made it to the office and fixed a cup of coffee I got a call from the nurse at the doctor's office.  Erin fainted and then got sick.  I went right back to the doctor and picked her up.  The nurse apparently had a difficult time finding her vein.  Erin was anxious anyway and the sugar rush didn't help.

I dropped her off at the house and then went to the gas station to grab her some orange juice and peanut butter crackers to help make her feel better.  I stayed with her the rest of the day while she rested and recovered.

Unfortunately, she will have to retake the test because she wasn't able to complete it.  She called the doctor's office and they want her to come back on Friday morning.  This time they are giving her some anti-nausea medicine and she will lay down the entire time.

Hopefully she will make it through this time.  I don't want her to have to take it again.  The hard part will be keeping her from being anxious about it between now and then.  Wish us luck.