Complications...

The Conclusion:
We are home safely after another 36 hours back in the hospital, and Emily is going to be fine.

The Story:
Emily woke on Tuesday night with a great difficulty breathing. She was already very swollen from her hips to her feet. (Very swollen means she weighted the same on Tuesday evening that she did before the baby was born). The doctor wasn't too concerned about the swelling, but told her to keep an eye on her breathing and watch for headaches and nausea.

Wednesday morning came the nausea and terrible headaches and we rushed to the emergency room under the doctor's orders. Fearing post pardum Pre-Eclempsia, all kinds of tests were ordered. Drugs to flush the water from her system and to stabilize her blood pressure brought everything under control, but there were still fears of heart or clot issues being a possibility. We stayed over night (mom, dad and new baby) and by this afternoon everything was declared OK since the water had been reduced enough that it was no longer a threat to her heart or blood-pressure. I am deliberately being a bit obtuse so if this is confusing, go read the conclusion up at the top again and relax.

Anyway, it wasn't any of the terrible things that they were testing for, so since the symptoms have subsided, we are back home and resting. Thanks to Em's mom, Sandi, for being with our kids while we were in the ER. And thanks for all of the support from all over!

"They say we are made up of 98% water. So, at any given moment, we are all this close to drowning." -steven wright