Another update

The nodules in my lungs are where the cancer has metastasized to So I am having a full body cat scan tomorrow to see if it went anywhere else and will be seeing the oncologist on Friday or Monday. I will be needing chemotherapy and at my appointment I will find out how much and the stage of my cancer and everything else. I think my first treatment will be next week. Please keep praying for me. I know the Lord will take care of everything I am just really scared of all the side effects of the chemo. So please PRAY!!!!

Life update

So I have waited quite a bit to post an update on our blog. It was a little bit on purpose but not so much. I believe everyone pretty much has found out what has happened these last 6 weeks if not here is the rundown. WARNING!!! This is a very long story and there is a lot of talk of blood and medical procedures so read at your own risk!

March 9 Th I went to the Dr for a check up on my blood pressures for my pregnancy. My pressures were no good so they sent me directly to labor and delivery to take Maxwell out.
Maxwell was born around 1 pm 5 lbs. 14 oz. 19 3/4 inches long (a very tiny boy, just skin and bones!)and we went to recovery. In recovery they noticed his face seemed a little different and they called in the pediatrician. Come to find out Maxwell has Facial Palsy on the right side of his face. Basically the right side of his face is paralyzed. It isn't really noticeable unless he is upset and his right eye doesn't blink and takes awhile to close when he goes to sleep. So you can often find him sleeping with one eye open. Good news is it doesn't effect him to badly right now. We just need to be careful to keep his eye moist and protected from any scratches so he doesn't go blind in that eye. So back on to recovery..
So they sent me to my room and 2 days after my surgery I was in alot of pain. I told the nurse while I was bawling in pain from walking and she checked my incision and called the Dr. Apparently I had HELLP syndrome and my body was destroying my white blood cells and I wasn't clotting so I was bleeding into my incision! The Dr immediately ordered two pints of blood for me stat and there was my first blood transfusion.
2 days later I was better and getting ready to go home when I spiked a fever! Then came a battery of test to find an infection. I had blood drawn, urine tested and chest x-ray done. I guess they found a bladder infection and also found nodules in my lungs. The nodules could have been cancer but I have since had a cat scan and they say they are benign and I just have to have cat scans every six months to monitor them.
So now I am home recovering and almost two weeks after being home I am having heavy bleeding. I went to the Dr and they put me on some medicine to get it to stop, sent me to get an ultrasound to make sure I didn't have any retained pregnancy products and told me to go to the er if it didn't improve. I went to the er that night and the put me on more meds to get it to stop.
A few days later I woke up bleeding very badly and in extreme pain. I had to call the ambulance to take me to the hospital. After 15 hrs of bleeding out in the er, seriously I was in and out of consciousness and my legs were turning blue, a Dr who knew what he was doing and came in and said "she is hemorrhaging and needs blood now!" I was then getting my second blood transfusion and then wheeled into the or for a DNC that was to take 20 min. 2 HOURS later the Dr came out and said he did everything he could to stop the bleeding and he thinks he did it but I was not out of the woods yet. I woke up in my room and didn't remember much.
2 days later the bleeding started back up again and I was so done so I said take out my uterus. They had my uterus out within a couple of hours and with one more blood transfusion I was on the road to recovery. The Dr's said my uterus was pretty much falling to pieces when they took it out. A few days later I got to come home.
One week after my total hysterectomy I got a call from my Dr. Apparently I had cancer. Choriocarcinoma to be exact. Luckily he said they did the right thing in taking out my uterus. So now I am getting my blood drawn every week for the next ten weeks to see if the cancer hormones come down. If they get down to 0 I will be cancer free! If they stop coming down or start going up I will be sent to the oncologist for chemo and whatever else they need to do.
I am praying that I will be cancer free but know that the Lord has it all under control and I WILL TRUST IN HIM!!! I am not saying I haven't lost it once or twice OR maybe a few more times then that but ultimately the Lord is good and He will be glorified no matter what!!! AMEN?

So that is it for now I will keep posting updates on my lab numbers. For now here is a few pictures of Maxwell :)

Baby update...

So we had our pre-op appointment today and the Dr said baby is pretty ready to come out...But they are still waiting til next week on Thurs unless I go into labor. I have lost a few more pounds which is exciting giving me now only 18 lbs to lose after I have him to get to my pre pregnancy weight!!! Even though I would like to lose more than that I am sure it is going to take some time. But I guess that's it for now. So any day now or for sure on Thurs the 12Th!!! Almost there:) And here are a few more pregnant pictures I am now 38 weeks or 9 1/2 months!!

No baby yet...

but baby Maxwell, yes Maxwell has pretty much stuck as his name. So yeah, no new news on him lately but I wanted to post a picture of the awesome crib and bedding Micah picked out for him. I was so excited to see Micah get so involved in getting this ready for baby Max! He even put the crib together all by him self! Something I don't even think I have ever let him do. So It was super cool seeing as this is the last one for us. So that's it for now. Hopefully next time I update there will be a baby in that crib:)

NINE whole months!

So I am now Nine whole months pregnant! 36 weeks! I had a check up today and I am 1-2cm 60% effaced. Baby is big according to the doctor. I am measuring at 37 weeks right now. They did a NST today since he has stopped moving as much as usual and the test was fine, he is just running out of room in there. I have not gained any more weight since what I lost since the diabetes which is nice because I don't want to have a ton extra to lose after he's here. So as of today I have gained 21 lbs. I have a pre-op appt on March 5Th and then he is set to come out on March 12Th at 12 noon if he doesn't decide to come before than. I really doubt I will make it to that day I am guessing sometime between Feb 27Th and March 2ND so we'll see. I have never made it past 37 weeks and some change but I am sure there is always a first. So that's it for now. Here is another picture of my huge belly. I happened to be wearing the same thing from the last picture. So that's it for now. I hope the next update is when he is here but if not it will be after my appointment on the 5Th:)

And I am HUGE!!!!

Okay so I am 33 weeks 4 days and I am HUGE!!! I think these are the first belly shots I have taken of this pregnancy and comparing them to my previous babies WOW I am HUGE!! So we are due to have him on March 13Th If he doesn't decide to come before then, which is quite possible since the last three babies I had have been born between 37 weeks and 37 weeks 4 days and I have this gestational diabetes thing. So that means he could be here in as soon as 24 days! Wow, I am by no means ready for him which is sad I know but it has been so crazy around here!!! But I am trying not to stress out about it because the Lord has got it all under control :) Also my gestational diabetes is going as well as it could be. I have been able to control it by diet which means NO SUGAR and following a very strict diet given to me by the dietitian. I have since lost 7 lbs because of it too and that was as of last week! I am hoping to stick to the diet even after I have him so that hopefully I can lose the baby weight too. Well I am praying it helps, we'll see. So I guess that's all the goings on in my pregnancy right now. My next appt isn't until the 20Th and I will be 36 weeks then. So I guess that is when the next baby update will be :)

Bowling

Marcus bowling

Myles Bowling

Here is Myles' first time throwing the ball down the lane!! I hate that we live so far away from our family and hate missing my nephew's and niece grow up but getting to be a part of these first make up for it :)



Here were the final standings. Jess' final score was a 120!! And Marcus and Myles did better than I ever could :)

Family comes to town!!!!!

So we were extremely blessed to have Nick, Jess, Myles and Maggie come visit and stay with us!! We had so much fun hanging out. Micah and Nick went to work in the truck one night while Jess and I hung out with the kids and played a game called "beat the Parents" which Jess and I lost and watched a Movie after. We went to the mall one day, went to church together on Sunday then came back home and watched the Super Bowl with the guys. Micah and Nick have been really enjoying their nights together, last night they went to bed at 4:15 ion the morning and as I type this right now Micah, Nick and bobby are setting up their football teams on the PlayStation. I am sure they are going to have another long night. We also went bowling this morning with the boys while my girls were at school. Myles had never been bowling and so that was super fun to watch. So yeah, Marcus and Myles had a lot of fun and Marcus really really didn't want to let Myles leave :( I can't wait to see everyone else soon...I hope! So here are some pictures of the kids...

Here is Myles watching his ball

Marcus watching his ball

The boys

Here is my beautiful niece Maggie!!! She is too sweet and I love her so much!! I am very thankful that I have at least one niece :)

Here she is again :)

And Again:)

Here are the boys playing at the mall on this cool thing that is hard tp explain

The boys playing with bracelets at Claire's in the mall

And another of my niece, and Adrianne too of course

Here's an update..

Here are some pictures of what we have done when the kids were not sick in January, which was only like a week. Matthew got a much needed haircut and when we were sure the kids were well we took a venture out to the park. My poor boys were cooped up for so long in january they were so grateful to be playing outside! It was very nice to see them running around and letting loose :)

Goin down the slide with daddy

Matthew was not at all scared to go down the slide by himself at all

Lunch before we played

Matthew Haircut after

Matthew before his haircut

Jenkins family soon to be SEVEN update!!!

So we had quite a December and I finally have a chance to post about Christmas and such. So after we got back from our family vacation/brothers wedding in Indiana the boys got the stomach flu and were like that for a good week. Then we had Christmas which turned out better than I thought it would thanks to my awesome husband who loves us sooo much! Then a few days later we went to my moms for a visit and then to the coast and saw family, which was great and much needed!! We spent a quiet New Year with Rick and Tina and came home a few days later. We made it to church on Sunday and Monday the boys woke up with some nasty colds...of course I am now getting it since they are hacking all over me, but oh well it's just a cold and this too shall pass! And last but not least I went to the Dr today to check on the baby's heart one last time and the Dr's said he looks great!!! He is measuring a week bigger and is just an ounce shy of 3 lbs. right now and I am only 29 weeks! I really can't wait till he is here!! We are going to be spending the next 2 months getting ready for him...who by the way still doesn't have a name!!! Soon I hope we will figure that out:) So any ways here is a picture of our baby boy #3!!! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years and I pray this year will be a great one for all of us!!! Love you, Jenkins Family Six almost SEVEN!!!!