So thankful..

I had my every two week dr's appt this past Wednesday.. I had been to the beach with friends the weekend before & was feeling totally normal- didn't expect anything abnormal from my visit with the dr.. I went through the normal routine when they called me back- weight, blood pressure, etc... My blood pressure was a little high, but it has been a little high the entire time.. Dr. LeBleu hasn't been to concerned b/c I've told her I get anxious before appts & she hasn't seen a spike in it.. It has been pretty consistent. The nurse puts me in a room & when Dr LeBleu comes in she tells me that I have protein in my urine which is a sign of preclamsia. (toxemia) Oh great... She tells me that I will have to do a 24 hr urine sample & if my protein levels are over a certain amount, that means I have it & I will be put on bed rest. She also said it would be likely that I would deliver Hudson early b/c of the blood pressure. I asked if there was any medication I could take & she said no, bedrest was the only option. I also told her that my Mom had toxemia with me & she just kind of said hmmm.. Genetics does play a role, so it would be likely that I will have it if my mom did. So, Thursday am to Friday am I had to do the 24 hr urine sample.. Talk about humbling! haha! Thankfully my co-workers were all in the know & didn't make too much fun of me! lol! Dr LeBleu told me to go back to St Francis on Friday am & they would draw blood etc.. She said I could expect to hear from her on Friday with the results.. So off to Monroe I went Friday morning... As I was leaving the lab I asked them when the results would be ready- they said 24 hrs... Well of course that means today- Saturday... I call Dr LeBleu's nurse & ask her about it & she said they normally have the results back the same day & she would remind Dr LeBleu to check on it. She said I should hear from her on Fri or Sat.. I try to let it escape my mind all the time thinking- I might not be at work on Monday?!? Crazy feeling! Needless to say by 6 last night I still had not heard anything... All of family & close friends had been calling me all day to see if I'd heard anything.. We are blessed with a large group of people who love us! :-) I had resigned myself to knowing it would be Saturday before I heard anything, and possibly even Monday... Well at about 9:15pm my phone rang & it was Dr LeBleu! She was calling to tell me the tests were fine & at this point I do not have preclamsia! Praise God! I was so relieved! She did tell me that we would monitor it pretty close & that I would probably have to repeat the 24 hr test again in a couple of weeks.. She also suggested that I take my blood pressure at home occasionally to make sure it was okay & also told me some signs to look for- headaches, blurred vision, etc.. So anyway, for now, things are good! Please pray that my blood pressure will stay under control & that we can continue to sail through!