The Beginning

Welcome to my blog. I have never done this before, so here goes nothing.

July 31st. 2006 was mine and Corey's first date. We dated for a year and a half before getting engaged in March of 2008. Corey and I got along great. We had a lot of fun together and understood each other. So I thought. On April 18th 2009 we got married. It was a wonderful day! All of our family was there and the rain held off until after the wedding. That night after we got home I learned something about Corey that would forever change our lives. He was addicted to marijuana. I know, I know, could be something worse right? Yeah, thats true but this is an illegal drug and he was addicted to it, not just using it randomly. The monday after our wedding we left for Mexico for a week. We had many ups and downs during the week. I was still in shock from learning about the pot use and was just having a hard time dealing with it.

We made it throught the next couple months. On June 22nd, 2009 my best friend Karen had her first child! A little girl! So adorable, I was in love with her and wanted a baby myself so bad. One week later on June 29th 2009 I went to the doctor to get meds for a UTI (tmi, sorry). It is standard practice for the dr to do a pregnancy test so they give you the right meds. Well the dr came in and said the pregnancy test was positive. I was scared, nervous, happy, excited, terrified, and sick all at the same time. I seriously almost threw up on the dr's lap!

So the dr wrote me a script for porenatal vitamins and I took them to Cash Wise and had them filled. While I was waiting I called my bff Karen and told her the news (yes, before I even told Corey). I didn't want to tell Corey over the phone but I HAD to tell someone. I called Corey and made sure he was going to be home when I got there. He could tell something was up, but had no idea what. I pulled up in the driveway and he was sitting in a chair in the garage. I pulled out my bottle of prenatal vitamins and handed them to him. It took him a minute to realize what they were and that I was pregnant. We were both in shock! That night we went to Albert Lea and told my parents. The next night we had supper with Corey's parents and told them. Our families were very excited! So were we!

My due date was March 6th 2010. In late October 2009 I had the big ultrasound and the dr determined we would be having a little girl! I was SO happy to have a girl! Corey was too. I started to have a lot of swelling in my feet and hands at the beginning of December and was put on restrictions at work. I was only allowed to work 4 hours a day and couldn't lift anything over 15lbs. By the middle of December I had so much swelling that my ears were being plugged and I couldn't hear. I thought I had an ear infection so I went to the dr and they gave me meds. A week later work was shut down for the Christmas break. I went back to the dr because my ears were worse. The nurse checked my blood pressure and it was 152/92. Extremely high. At that point they weren't worried about my ears. I was wheeled to the hospital and monitored for awhile. I gave a urine sample and I had protien in my urine. I was given the option of going to Rochester or to the Cities because I was only 29 weeks pregnant. I chose Rochester. I was immediately started on an iv drip of magnesium to prevent seizures and strokes and given a shot in my butt of steriods to help the baby's lungs mature. I was taken to Rochester by ambulance and Corey met us over there in the truck. I was admitted to Rochester's Labor and Delivery unit at the Methodist hospital right away. They monitored me for a day and a hlaf and determined I had Severe Pre-eclampsia. They needed to take the baby out as soon as possible. On December 24th 2009, Savannah was born at 12:14 pm via c-section. She weighed 2lbs. 9oz. and was 15 inches long. She was born at 30 weeks gestation.

Savannah was intubated and taken to St. Mary's NICU in Rochester. She spent a total of 8 weeks and 3 days in the NICU. While Savannah was in the hospital I lived at the Ronald McDonald house so I could be with her every day. Corey moved into our new house in January 2010 and went to work during the week then stayed in Rochester with me and Savannah on the weekends.

February 8th 2010, Corey went to work and ended up leaving early because the weather was bad. Once he got home he started drinking and using pot. He had a mental breakdown that night. Corey called an ambulance and was taken to the Mental Unit at Owatonna Hospital. This is where he was diagnosed as Bi-polar. Savannah was still in the hospital in Rochester so I had to be in 2 places at once which wasn't working very well.

Savannah was released from St. Mary's on February 21st, 2010. Corey was still in the mental unit in Owatonna so we stopped there to visit him. After spending 3 weeks in the mental unit Corey was released to Fountain Treatment center in Albert Lea for alcohol and chemical dependecy. Since then He has been on numerous medications and none of them seem to be working. This is my blog to write about what goes on around here on a day to day basis and to help me cope with my emotions.

Thanks for reading.