Friday, April 16, 2010

So many latest hapenings







I was gearing up to post these pictures and lots more of our new house which has pretty much consumed our time and thoughts for months now. We've been working on it a lot and were just picking paint colors when this happened..




Monday on my way to work I got in a serious car accident. I was going through an intersection on my green light and someone coming from the opposite direction decided to turn on their left red arrow and I didn't see them until it was too late. I slammed on my breaks and closed my eyes upon impact. I opened them and grabbed my face in pain and there was blood everywhere and I am this pregnant right now (35 weeks)...




So I was screaming and crying pretty positive I had ended the baby's life. People helped me out of the car and the paramedics were there to whisk me away in a few minutes. As soon as I got into the ambulence I felt the little man move and they heard his heartbeat so I calmed down like 100% but I was scared I might go into labor. They took me to the hospital and kept me there till 6pm the next day to monitor my placenta in case it tore from the uterus in the first 24 hrs and to give me turbutiline to stop the contractions. While I was there I had a CTscan to see why my jaw hurt so bad and found out it was fractured. Yesterday I went to the oral surgeon for an assessment of what I should do about my jaw and left there with my jaw pretty much sealed shut. Without any warning he put these lovely things on both sides of my mouth....



They are like these braces things that i put these tiny and not stretchy rubber bands on. They're so small you probably can't even tell that that is what is in my hand..



I have to double those rubber bands up on those metal things so pretty much how you see my teeth closed in the above picture is how they will be for weeks. I can barely fit a straw through my teeth so its liquid food for a few weeks. This baby is already so big and needs so much food all day I don't know how this will go. It feels like I had braces put on because of the achiness, but I guess this is all a blessing right? Everyone says the main thing is that me and baby are ok. I know this is true but I am starving and had to miss a week of work and now have no car. I guess I'm just happy that I didn't have to give birth because of all this. P.S. the fractured jaw is from the airbag, those things are crazy! It busted my lips open and bruised up my left arm. But that's actually not that hard to do to my arms if you remember correctly. Maybe one day soon I'll get some before and after pictures up of the house. But for now we are a week behind on getting ready for this baby. Thanks everyone for all your calls and texts and messages in concern. I really am thankful that the baby and I are ok. He's as active/crazy as ever.

12 comments:

Marcus Lane said...

ahhh! we are glad you are ok.

cant wait to meet the baby!

and where is the house??

Julie and Kyle said...

so crazy. glad you and baby are good though. how depressing that you cant eat anything the last month of your pregnancy!

Brenda said...

What a scare! Bummer that your San Diego baby shower didn't work out, but you'll have a great story to tell the little guy.
Much love,
Brenda

Cal said...

Nichelle!! I can't believe all of this post. I can't believe your house! So fun. I can't believe your accident. So crazy and scary. I am soo relieved that you and little baby boy are doing well. And I CAN'T believe you can't eat anything for this last month. Chocolate shakes? Soo glad you're okay though...

Trent & Brooke said...

oh my gosh nichelle. as i was reading this i got so scared but i am so glad baby and you are ok. still, im sure that is rough having your jaw shut! i hope you feel ok!

Susan said...

We're so glad that you and the baby are okay, Nichelle. Bummer about the jaw. Let us know if we can do anything for you. How about if we bring you dinner? Smoothies with a side of ... smoothies and for dessert ... smoothies :)

Take it easy. We love you!

dana and justin said...

oh my gosh nichelle! i can't imagine how scared you must have felt. that got me teary:( i'm glad baby is ok. and congrats on the house!

karyn said...

oh my gosh nichelle, that is so scary. i am glad you and the baby are o.k. i am so excited to see him! i can't believe you can't eat anything. i guess you won't be able to scream while in labor :) can't wait to see pictures of your house. good luck with these last few weeks!

Karen said...

so glad that you and the baby are ok. I sent a gift card to the ladies who were giving you your baby shower in San Diego. I'm sure they will forward it to you. With love,
Karen Rose

carLy hart crandaLL said...

sheesh neesh! this post = nuts. thank the heavens you and the babe are safe n sound. and oh, that new abode! i love!!

Lezlie said...

nich... the rubberbands kill me!!!

birds do it better... said...

nichelle, its amber... what the heck? Lez was here last weekend and I got filled in on your life! I can't believe how far along you are! then i check your blog and hear all this!? so glad the little bugga is ok, whew, what a nightmare. your baby shower sounded so skinkin cute! post more pictures of that crazy cute belly!! im now a huge life fan of your blog...