Carmen called me today and said she was off work early and she’d like to come visit. So she did! We had a great talk.
Here is Carmen with me today in front of my house:
I got a call that Carmen was in the E.R. today with horrible abdominal pain. Of course I thought the worse about the baby.
The baby is fine, though. It appears the Carmen has a cyst on her ovary (this is the week for ovarian cysts in my family!) that is causing her pain. It’s really tiny and she’s been told she will just have to put up with it until after the baby is born. Poor thing!
The good news is that it has been determined through an ultrasound at the E.R. that Carmen is 6 weeks 4 days along and while the heartbeat couldn’t yet be detected, it could be seen – amazing! The aniticipated due date is December 24! What a holiday it will be!
So my son told his grandparents and other family members about his impending fatherhood. He told me he still feels like everyone will consider him a big disappointment – and I don’t know why because they don’t and, in fact, everyone is being really supportive. I hope he will get over this feeling soon.
Meanwhile, I will be accompanying Carmen to her next doctor’s visit on May 17! I dropped off several bags of food and personal items for her today, along with a book that I made on nutrition in pregnancy.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 