Vorheis Family

I'm so far behind it's a little embarrassing. I've got a sick little baby, so I think it's a good day to play catch up. It's so hard having a baby that doesn't feel good. He's been so fussy and just wants to be held and rocked, or he wants to eat every hour. Having him eat every hour at night is so hard, it feels like as soon as you go to sleep he's up again. Ben just put in shelves and cabinets in our extra closet, and I'm supposed to be going through all of the craft stuff, and getting that room cleaned up. The room is so full there is only one path to get through to the other side. I really need to work on that room, but Dylan just doesn't want me to. We have Ben's work Christmas party tonight, and we're not going to go. I think Dylan would cry the entire time for babysitters. So it's just going to be a day at home today, to get everyone feeling better.

A few weeks before Thanksgiving I had a Dr. appointment. I had a lot of problems while I was pregnant. I had really high blood pressure, and the last month and a half before I had Dylan, my kidney's and liver started to fail. I had Dylan six weeks early, and would have been in real trouble if we waited any longer. The hospital that I was transfered to was really mad that I wasn't indused two weeks eariler because my health was so bad. We had had an ultrasound a few weeks before, and his lungs weren't developed enough, so I think that I had him at the right time for him. It was amazing that he was six weeks early, and didn't have to go to the NICU. I have been on three different blood pressure medications and am finially on on that seems to be working well. My liver and kidney's are in bad shape right now. My liver is working too hard processing food, so I was put on a special diet that will make it easier for my liver. It's no salt, sugar, white flour, red meat, anything processed, and one serving of dairy a day, because I'm feeding Dylan. It's pretty easy to eat while I'm home, but it's pretty hard on a road trip. Wendy's is the best option for fast food. I can have salad's, and the baked potato with pepper on it. It was really hard at Thanksgiving to be around all this food that I couldn't have. Ben's family was really nice about making sure that there was food that I could have. I know it was a big inconvience for them. Hopefully I don't have to be this way for a very long time, but it sure is a healthy way to eat. Dylan turned into a happier baby, I'm not sure if it was age, or that he likes this new diet better. He would get really upset anytime that I ate chocolate. Ben say's that he's getting teased at work for having healthy lunches, but it's good for him. lol. I did make him cookies for his lunches, so it's not all healthy. Right now things are looking good and improving. Hope that it continues.