ABOUT MINA:

Mina is a precious little girl recently rescued from an orphanage in Eastern Europe who is now finally home with her forever family! She had been without a mother or father to love her & care for her each day. No one to rock her, kiss her gently or tell her she's loved. She is blessed with an extra chromosome known as Down syndrome, which for her that meant a life of being viewed as worthless in the country she was born into & a life without hope. Because of this her parents gave her up at the age of 6 months when they found out the diagnosis & from there her life progressivly went down hill. We are the Gower family residing in OKC who recently adopted this little angel. She was extremely malnourished and unable to do just about anything when we first met her. She will be 2 in January & is the size of a 3-6 month old weighing 14lbs. She continues to amaze us at how quickly she is progressing with love and nutrition. She has learned to sit up, roll over, feed herself finger foods, hold her own bottle and loves to interact with toys and other children. Her life has changed so much in such a short period of time and will forever be changed! Thank you Lord for putting a burden on our hearts to rescue this little blessing and making her apart of our family!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Doctors visit~ Pregnancy!

Well I wish I could say today was such a wonderful day enjoying our new little blessing but that’s not quite how the day went. My fever went back up again during the night and I’ve had terrible aches and pains with severe migraines, dizzy spells, and sore throat. This afternoon Julia met me and took me to the doctor. Oh my how the doctors are different here than back home. The first doctor did a pelvic exam… probably the most painful exam I’ve ever experience and not sure how sterile. I was literally shedding tears. She then tells me that I need to be hospitalized and stay there for however long so that they can evaluate me and check me each day. I about panicked. I did not at all feel comfortable being put in a foreign hospital where nurses and doctors would come in who I wouldn’t understand and who knows what type of medicine they would give me. Not to mention all the other fears that would go along with that. I told them I would rather fly back to the US and get medical care there. The doctor advised I leave asap and go back where I can have medical care. Julia said that was good because she would worry about me being there in the hospital by myself and who knows how long they would keep me. They had me right in English on a piece of paper that I was advised to be hospitalized and refused. Then I went to an ear, nose and throat type doctor who prescribed me some throat spray. Then I went to have an ultrasound down. For all those who don’t know I AM PREGNANT! I am 14 weeks and due February 22nd. This has been a big part of our concern with me being sick right and left. So we saw the baby move and the dr said he could see the heart beat but that my uterus is having spasms. They kept wanting to give me shots of different things. They wanted me to get a shot for my fever but I told them I have Tylenol which helps reduce fever and I’d prefer to take that. Then they wanted to give some other shot (can’t remember what that one was for.) And they wanted to give me a shot for the spasms. I asked about that in pill form so that I could check with my doctor back home before taking it. My mom called the pharmacist back home to check on that medicine and they said absolutely not do not take it. Thankfully I didn’t let them talk me into getting a shot and thankfully I got out of them hospitalizing me. I was so fearful and it was such a crazy different experience. All that and it only cost 300 grivnas ($37.) I was advised to not do anything, no walking, drink lots and lots of fluids, and basically stay in bed all day and go home to get medical care. Jim and I have debated on whether or not I should go or stay this last week with him. As of now the plan is for me to stay because I am so weak and dizzy and just about fall over anytime I stand up so I’d be afraid of being in an airport with Myla and pass out or something happen. Plus I just don’t think I have the energy to get the 2 of us back home at this point. So I am taking Tylenol for the fever and got an antibiotic and will be doing a lot of resting and lying down.


Please pray for Jim. Pray that God gives him strength and help him to not get stressed during this time as he cares for his 3 girls. He is such a wonderful husband and father. Today has been quite difficult on him because the worry of his wife being sick and the girls didn’t nap well this afternoon which made for a cranky evening. Plus lets just say you should see our apartment now. I feel so bad that I am not able to help him with everything. I was looking forward to enjoying these precious new days as a family and it’s not quite turned out how I’d imagined.

I am very thankful that for the next few days we don’t have anything we have to do. Monday or Tuesday we should get the passport and then be in Kiev probably Wednesday and Thursday and fly home Friday. Hopefully if all goes well. Marina our facilitator said to pray that the passport is done on time with no problems because the US Embassy is closed the last Friday of the month so if the passport is not finished by Tuesday we would have to wait until the following Monday to go to the embassy.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and following along our journey. Sorry no pics today. Hope everyone is well!

13 comments:

Envyshope said...

Praying for all of you! Best advice when preggo is always - take nothing except Tylenol and a few antibiotics! Good girl!

Julia said...

I'm so sorry you are going through all of that. I've been so out of it and caught up in our own whirlwind I haven't been able to check blogs until now. We are definitely praying.... e-mail me your phone number if you can and we can talk on the phone!!

Kirsten said...

Oh my goodness, we will be praying for you all! That sounds like one of those experiences everyone wants to avoid in a foreign country! :( Praying for you and your baby's health and for all of you to get home as quick as possible!

Tracey Sharp said...

Oh My Melissa!! Please take care of yourself! We are sending you all our prayers!!!

nicole said...

oh my goodness honey you rest up for sure and congrats on being pregant..big huggs..

kiwicpk said...

Ohh my gosh, you poor lamb! sending "hope you feel better soon vibes" It must be a bit scary being sick in another country and who don't speak english either.
Hope the girls are ok, look after yourself and the little bub.. :-)
kim in nz

Michele Marie Mastroianni said...

Melissa, I've got my "book" out right now trying to figure out what is going on...I wish I could talk to you to understand your symptoms more... if you can try to drink chamomille and raspberry teas; try to eat (when you can) healthy foods - raw veggies, brown rice, grains, green leafy veggies, etc...i'm going to email you now.

Anonymous said...

Your family will be in my prayers and thoughts until you get back home and get the medical care you need...my goodness...life is good!
Blessings to you,
Nancy B

Jamie said...

Oh I am praying for you and Jim and your 3 (!) babies, just rest easy if you can, He's got this.
btw I am so glad that Mina is rescued, I'm praying that her passport is ready on time and you can get home earlier.

Tatum T. said...

Melissa,

I didn't know if you are able to check your gmail account or not but I've sent you a couple of emails there. If you aren't I will just post them on here. Let me know. Praying for you guys!! God Bless.

Tatum

The Sanchez Family said...

It will all work out. REST and good luck in finishing up this process! Get well! Prayers!

heatherbrown said...

How scary! Prayers for your family that you are feeling much better and are able to get home as soon as possible.

Maria and Family said...

yikes. you poor girl! Prayers for your to feel better. CONGRATULATIONS on the new baby !!