Hudson's Baby Dedication

Welllll.... (Spoken with a Texan drawl) it has been a LONG week! Last Thursday at school I started getting bad sinus headaches but that was it. A little tylenol would help but they would come back. Then, by Saturday, I asked Travis to get up with Hudson so I could get more rest, I was starting to feel run-down and sick.... I was feeling better by Saturday night and we welcomed Travis' mom in to town for Hudson's baby dedication on Sunday. We were having a great time just relaxing together. Sunday morning at 3AM I woke up in a very unpleasant way. Let's just say it was not as pleasant to see my supper again. I vomited about 6 times before 7AM, but I had to get up and get ready for our big day. I felt like a bus ran over me. But, this was a day we had been anticipating for a while and it was very special for our family. I had a new dress, wanted to wear my winter boots and Hudson's outfit was precious. More than that, this day represented our first step in Hudson's spiritual life to publically tell our church and family that we were committed to raise Hudson in a Christian home and bring him up with Christian morals and principles. We had written a family covenant and completed a family legacy breakthrough class. I WAS NOT GOING TO MISS THIS!!

My mom willingly offered to come over and help me get dressed. I was a mess. I was able to shower, but she dried my hair, cleaned me up and even curled my hair. She helped me get dressed and I was spent!! I had no energy and was making trips to the bathroom to purge in the middle of all of this. I kept praying that I would not have to run off stage in a hurry during the ceremony!!

My Mother-in-Law is fantastic and helped get Hudson ready for his big day. We got to the church on time and God really blessed me with the music and even though I had no energy, I made it through the dedication without running off stage to the bathroom! We left the service early, and because I was not "all there", I did not get any pictures. I feel so horrible. I wanted a family picture, I wanted a grandparent picture, I wanted a picture of Hudson and Pastor Ryan. FAIL. Well, I'm thankful that Dani got these sweet pictures. They are awesome and I will ALWAYS remember this day! For its spiritual significance and also the unpleasant details.

I finally ate for the first time on Monday morning (a piece of bread) and kept that down and had a sandwich for lunch. Yay, baby steps! I was resting at home, trying to stay away from Hudson (my dad was watching him) and worrying about him getting sick. I went to work on Tuesday, my nausea and stomach were better, but my mom called to say that she was home sick with my virus. Sorry mom! So, Travis stayed home with Hudson since my mom could not watch him. Thanks, Travi! They had a good day too.

By the end of school on Tuesday, I was losing my voice quickly and began coughing. By 9:00 that night, I had no voice and my throat hurt, my head hurt, I think I had fever and my ear hurt! WHAT?? I was already sick this week! Well, it got worse over night and I had to stay home on Wednesday because I had NO voice (could only whisper and that hurt too) and I felt bad. I went to the doctor, and it turns out that my stomach virus made my immune system so weak that I also developed an ear infection, a little fluid in my lungs (wheezing) and a severe sinus infection. I could not go back to work until Friday. Getting sub plans for two days when you did not expect to be out is tough, but I am so thankful for the teachers I work with, they are AWESOME! I am also thankful for my family for their help through this rough week. I cannot see/hold Hudson until 24 hours after I started meds, so hopefully I'll see him tomorrow. It's sooo hard not to hold my baby. I feel like I already don't get to see him enough with working.

The other thing this affects is my half-marathon race on Sunday. I started training for this race in August and despite a few injuries, training has gone well. I am so ready to get this race behind me and have this accomplishment that I've worked so hard to achieve. However, my doctor is really uncertain that I should run this weekend. He says I'll have to make the call on my own and if I am still coughing at all and needing my inhaler, then I should not run. I could develop pneumonia and that would NOT be fun. So, please pray for me. I really want to run this race, but even if I do, I'm also nervous because since I've been injured and sick, I haven't been able to finish my training like I planned. I don't want to be unprepared and I'm worried that it will be too difficult. Mostly, though, I don't want to waste the $100 entry fee for the race or all of my hard hours and miles of training but I also don't want to spend a week in the hospital with pneumonia. Please pray for me to get well and to have discernment to make the right decision. If I run, please pray that I will be able to finish.

Thank y'all so much! I'm blessed to have such a great support system. Y'all are awesome!