And We're Live

Today we made the decision to publicly post what is happening to us. We did so after the discussion of bills, supplies, and having to ship Mavis, our dog, back to Louisiana. My mom suggested making a go fund me for everything, so we did. My only condition to it was that we stated that any unused funds would be donated to other families in our situation. It looks like so far we have enough to maybe send Mavis back, so hopefully we get more so that we are able to donate to others no matter what our outcome is. If you would like to donate, here is the link.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lee-baby-bills?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

As for today, it was probably the best day we have had since before all of this happened. I am very skeptical to post any positivity, because I know how fast it can turn, but I will say a few good things. This morning I started off concerned because he wasn't moving at his usual times. I have been able to feel him move since about 14 weeks, and he is pretty set on 5am aerobics. I expressed my concerns at at around 1pm he started moving again. He Moved a good bit after that, to the point where you could see my belly moving as well. Travis was able to make it out to our house to check on the flooding and it seems to have stopped, however the smell of mildew is a new feature. He picked up some more clothes for us and even stopped to get me a shower chair. I'm going to be honest, I haven't showered since we left the hospital on Tuesday. I just don't trust myself standing in the shower, and baths are not an option for medical reasons. With the shower seat, and help from Travis, I was able to actually wash off and wash my hair, and it made me feel so much better.

Travis also managed to get Mavis her favorite bone from our house. She was so excited she even fell asleep with it. I feel so bad keeping her predominantly in the room with me, but we also cannot let her roam our friends house because Mavis is a wild dog. I want to get her home to my family because I feel like she would get more attention than she can get right now, especially with emergency hospital visits in the middle of the night, and hopefully getting to 24 weeks with a transfer to Anchorage for Travis and I.

Mavis is also struggling with the boundaries we had to set for her. She is the definition of a lap dog. Well, actually she is just a body dog. She wants to be on me all the time, including my stomach, and we just can't let her do that anymore. For the first couple of days after everything happened she was actually mad at me and would ignore me because I wouldn't let her lay on me.

Hopefully the positivity continues into the oncoming weeks. I started having stevia with my meals. Apparently there are studies of this helping produce amniotic fluid, stimulate fetal growth, and slow preterm labor. I honestly will do anything to save him. I am very worried for the anatomy scan on Tuesday. Apparently without fluid it is almost impossible for them to measure what they need to measure.

By the way our baby's name is Declan James Lee, since it's posted on the go fund me. We settled on his name around week 10 of this pregnancy.

On another side note (or two) we can't thank everyone enough for the support, love, and donations. From our friends who have let us stay at their house, to the people helping us with bills, and even the people who are just routing for us, we GREATLY thank you. And to the people who have taken their time to read these posts and subscribe to this blog, thank you. Almost everyone who subscribed is a childhood friend who I love dearly, miss greatly, and know that they are always caring about me in life. I may not be answering messages and comments, but I love you all.