The start of our world blowing up, Part One

****This contains some medical terminology and grossness!
(When I talk about Turkey I am talking about my daughter)
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I have not had the easiest pregnancy. My first trimester I was so sick and food and smells made my stomach turn inside out. Once I hit about 13 weeks life got a little easier and I got hungry! I was on bed rest on and off from 7 weeks on. It seemed that once I finally felt better I would get sick again. At 20 weeks we found out we were having a baby boy! We could not be more thrilled to be having a boy. I started having kidney problems the end of July. I ended up going to a urologist to get an ultrasound of my kidneys. They found that my right kidney was full of stones. I spent the next week or so in horrible pain passing this loving bunch of coconuts, well that is at least what it felt like I was passing. After I got them all passed I still had some horrible pain. They ended up doing a dye test to test my kidney function. It came back saying that my baby was blocking off my kidneys. I learned how to do stretches and some yoga type positions to move baby off my kidneys. This all is happening the week before I am suppose to go to Utah for a vacation. Once I got the okay to travel Turkey and I jumped on a plane and flew to Utah. By the time we had gotten there I was having more issues. My throat had swelled and so did my mouth. I ended up having about 200-300 canker sores in my mouth. My lips swelled huge, my glands in my throat looked like golf balls, my whole mouth was a wreck. I ended up going to the dentist to see if he could offer some relief. I was able to get a numbing mouth rinse that made it so I could at least drink a Boost to get some nutrition. I was very thankful of my parents for helping take care of Turkey while I was so sick. After almost a week my mouth was getting better and I was able to eat. I was able to feel better in time to go on a trip to Portland for some adventures and to spread my cousin Floyd's ashes. We got back from Portland and spent a few in Utah before we flew back to North Dakota. We arrived in North Dakota on a Friday night. It was so nice to be home and around James! We hadn't seen him in 3 weeks. That is a long time to be away from home. I was exhausted all weekend from traveling and Monday came around and I wasn't feeling the best. I figured I could tough it out because I had an appointment the next day. Well I am a wuss. My dinner time I was hurting really bad in my back and kidneys. I ended up going to Labor and Delivery and they admitted me Monday night. Tuesday morning they did a renal ultrasound to check my kidneys for stones. The ultrasound showed no stones but that my kidneys were blocked again and swelling. My doctor suggested that it would be a good idea for me to get stints in my kidneys so the fluid would drain and hopefully fix the problem. Since the urologist we had in town had fallen ill and had a major back surgery he would be no help to me. My doctor told me to find a good hospital and get admitted so they would do the surgery. James and me talked it over and decided that coming back to Utah would be the best choice since I have an ob/gyn here and we have family here to help with Turkey while I recovered from surgery.
Turkey and I jumped on a plane Wednesday at 5 am and made it to Utah by 9 am. My mom picked us up from the airport and we drove straight to the hospital in Logan and I got admitted. We met with the urologist who wanted to give me a few days before we did anything. By the time I got admitted into the hospital my bladder had stopped working. So not only was my kidneys swollen my bladder wouldn't drain. They ended up having to put a catheter in. My bladder was holding twice its capacity. I got transferred from the ER to Labor & Delivery to Mother/Baby.
Thursday I was still hurting really bad and was showing no signs of improvement. I took a nap that afternoon and woke up cramping and I was sure my water had broke. We ran some tests and I was assured that everything was fine. Thursday evening was long and I didn't feel the best.
Friday they decided to do the surgery and put the stints in both kidneys since nothing had improved. Before surgery Turkey and my mom took me for a walk and I felt something go down my leg. I had forgotten about it because I was taken to surgery shortly after. I went in and they put the stints in. I woke in recovery the most awake I have ever been coming out of surgery. I was very aware of what was going on. I was in labor. I was having contractions and was having gushes of fluid. I freaked out! I was 27 weeks 6 days, I couldn't have my baby yet. The nurse thought I was just being out of control from the surgery. She realized after a little bit that guess what I was really having contractions. I got rushed to Labor & Delivery. They ran tests to make sure that my water had actually broken. They determined that my water had broke Thursday sometime. They got a doctor in there to check me and I had not dilated. I was having contractions about 5 minutes about. I don't remember a lot of what happened. I remember there was one nurse who really helped me focus and get through a lot of the pain. And who stayed with me through everything. My sense of time is non existent. I have no idea how long I was in Labor & Delivery. They called the ambulance to transfer me to hospital that has one of the best NICUs in the US. I will write about my transfer and what has happened since in another post. I am tired and going to bed.