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In 2007, I began my original website, Sonshine's Haven. In 2007, it was turned into a blog and used to keep family updated on my first husband's fight with liver cancer. He passed away November of 2009. We were married for 34+ wonderful years and this journals some of that grief process I've gone through.

I have since remarried another widower, but Mike is missed dearly, and will always be a big part of my life.

At times, all of us will be called to act as witnesses to the suffering of another. We will be unable to affect the outcome physically. Words will fail us. Prayer will seem futile. And yet, the act of bearing witness to someone else's trials is a sacred sorrow that offers and astounding glimpse of eternal joy." by Ginger Garrett

"Being willing to stay with a loved one throughout their travail, can be difficult....YES! But offering yourselves as faithful companions on a dark and dreadful journey can be an unmeasured blessing." (paraphrased by me)

8.05.2010

(I received this update from Jill on what I had posted below...and figured I'd just include the entire explanation, so I wouldn't confuse anyone.

I think I may have explained the version in a confusing way. From what I gathered from Dr. Henderson, I will wait an hour at the hospital after the version just for them to monitor me to make sure everything is okay after the procedure. I didn't get the impression I would go into labor that quickly. The medicine they give me to relax my uterus for the procedure - according to the Internet - is actually a medicine that is also used to stop contractions in cases of early labor. When Dr. Henderson said after the procedure, if it's successful, they'll wait for me to go into labor, she said, "we'll send you home and wait for labor." She didn't lead me to believe at all that the procedure itself would do anything to stimulate labor.


The reason I'm having the procedure in the hospital is so that just in case there are any complications with the procedure (I'm assuming, such as the baby's hearbeat dropping or any type of fetal distress), they can do an emergency c-section. She told me that she has never had that happen to her in any version she has attempted, and online it said complications arise in less than 1% of versions.

So, although I'll have my bags packed and have everything ready just in case, I don't expect that I'll have the baby immediately as a result of the version.

I'd love to have the baby that week, but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up. :)
Love,
Jill)


We learned today that Baby Alyssa is still in a breech position.  She is scheduled to have the baby manually turned by her doctor at the hospital,  Monday, August 16th.  They will wait an hour at the hospital afterwards to see if Jill goes into labor.  If not, we're good to go until around August 31st.  If they are not successful in turning her, Jill will be scheduled for a C-section, August 26th.

Jill's mom is feeling a tiny bit better once her stint was removed.  Now we're waiting on a scheduled visit with a surgeon, about removing the kidney.  It will have a six week recovery period for Judy.

Thank you for your continued prayers!
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