Ahh - can't tell the boss to get stuffed eh? That makes it a bit harder. Do you have any friends that could assist in the donkey work? I guess you would have already thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
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Ahh - can't tell the boss to get stuffed eh? That makes it a bit harder. Do you have any friends that could assist in the donkey work? I guess you would have already thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
G'day Gumby,Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
That's what I'm hoping to be there for, see how it goes.
TassieKiwi, thanks. What I'm doing right now is pure design so it's not something I can pass on too easily. Just hoping I have enough ink for the printer.
Waldo
I jsut came across this thread. Sorry to hear about your situation mate. With a baby on the way I can relate.
Hope it all works out.
Trav
Your getting there.
every days a winner.
Tell her she has a lot of fans out here.
Really hoping it works out for you guys there.
And jam the work. I'd walk out on my work here instantly if family asked it of me. No hesitation whatsoever.
If the clients can't understand that, then I'd be inclined to think yer prolly better off without people like that. ;)
On the cooking, if you need some ideas for cooking your own grub, give a shout. I'm sure we can come up with something.
Says I with a sirloin steak (from you know where) in the fridge for tomorrow night's dinner. :D
Good luck mate, sounds like you need it more than we do here.
Waldo our hopes prayers and good wishes are with you.... and the boss lady and ur whole family hope today is a better day for u all jules
Again, all the best to you Waldo and Kylie.
The whole situation must suck, however it seems that you are in good hands and each day brings you a little closer to a new little member of your family.
Hope that you can stay supportive and strong for Kylie, and tell Kylie that there is a whole heap of well wishers that are cheering for her.
Can't offer any help with the design work - however if you need a lawn mowed or if you feel like a bleat session over a coffee - give me a yell.
Go you good thing.
Keep the chin up Chris, thinking of you all.
Regards..............Sean
G'day,
Kylie is much better today. Last night was a killer for her with the bed set up the way it was which resulted in a lot of presure on her chest etc. meaning she had no sleep. Today she consulted with the medicos and they've put her bed to a much better incline which will mean the pressure is back on her cervix and bub could come sooner - but the torture of the pain reduced on her chest.
No bub yet but that is good in ways. Survival rate is now 91% against 58% which everyone is happier for.
Some cute nurses there which is always good.
Schtoo, can I have that sirloin medium well done with some pepper sauce?
Yeah Clinton1, the lawn is taking a back seat at the moment and I have to atack the weeds in the garden on Saturday.
I'll post with any more news later on, have to go watch Ghost in the Shell on good old SBS. :cool:
Good news.:)
G'day Waldo,
Just caught up with the news. The road is still a bit rough but you are all getting there. My very best wishes and hopes for you all. Stay positive & put work on the back burner for now & be with Kylie.
To Rob ( Wood Borer ), my personal thanks for your offer to Chris re parking his car. I don't know if I can give you a greenie so I'll just say Thank You. To all who have offered help to Waldo, Thank You.
Take good care,
Barry.
News is getting better Chris, hang in there. You're nearly at 100 % !!!
G'day Gumby,
Yeah , getting there just playing the waiting game now. Spend the arvo watching some woodie DVDs while at the hospital :cool:
Have a weekly parking ticket until Tuesday, if we're still waiting past then I'll take Rob up on his offer. So long as he doesn't mind a Ford in the driveway. :eek:
Chris,
There's been Fords there before. I'll PM you all the contact details and if we don't answer the phone, just park in the driveway anyway. No inconvenience at all.
Keeping our fingers crossed for you and the family mate.
Just came across this thread Waldo and have read it all with much excitement for you, your wife and all the board behind you. So happy to hear it developing in a positive way and hope and pray for you guys to have a wonderful outcome.
Cheers matey and goodluck
G'day Teejay,
Thanks for your post. Bub is still staying put and had it's head poked this morning by the specialist - that's how low Bub is.
Hi Waldo
I have been following Kylie's progress and while I haven't sent a message to you before, my thoughts and prayers have been with you. You may not have noticed but there are many like myself who while they have not sent a message they are wanting the very best for the three of you- just look at the number in the 'views' column.
All the best from the West
Ray
G'day Razor,
Thanks.
Well Kylie has been in hospital now for a bit over 2 weeks and aside from some pain and discomfort she's doing OK. Hates of course being bed ridden and the same four walls, she has a view from the 10th floor but all she can see is the sky and the occasional plane.
Was allowed today to get up to say g'day to the loo, which in her circumstances is a luxury and is a now and then thing. MIL and I are keeping vigil. Kylie is hoping Bub doesn't arrive on her b/day on Monday because she wants Bub to have it's own day and not share hers.
Hang in there mate, there's a lot of us with you, hoping for a good outcome for you all.
Cheers mate!
Kylie is hoping Bub doesn't arrive on her b/day on Monday because she wants Bub to have it's own day and not share hers.
Oh god i can understand that on e fullly i had Skye my daughter on my birthday its kewl in some ways but not having to share is better cheers jules
Waldo
How is it going?
We are all praying for you and yours.
G'day DavidG and everyone else following this thread,
The specialist today told us that Kylie is no more dilated than when she was admitted Friday fortnight ago, so the drugs are doing some things right.
Has a lot of discomfort in her ribs etc., a friend brought around yesterday a bit of bumpy foam (like gun case foam, apologies for my ignorance of what it's called) the size of a mattress which is really working for her as far as being a bit more comfortable goes.
Just now hoping that she'll make 28 weeks which would be excellent, but any extra day gained is beaut.
Said in earlier posts that I'm working out of the hospital for 1/2 or full days which is a killer in ways because I can't sit still for too much on their chairs.
Had a liitle shed time and I'm itching to get down there more, I might spend a few hours of a night when I get home and have a play.
Yes have break mate. Enjoy.:)
Least she is still going each day is a blessing and the longer she stays now the better for all concened toes crossed it all goes well.... jules n doug
ps Kylie hope u had a good birffy !!!!:):):):):):)
G'day,
As an update on the proceedings.
One of the consequences of being a diabetic and pregnant is the build up of fluid, which is th case of the normal person is in the range of 5 -25 with the average being 15, Kylie was 45. So yesterday she had a needle to drain a lot of the fluid, all 2.5 litres of it! She is now 29 on the scale.
The needle posed a few major risks:
• infection;
• bringing on labor with the sudden decrease of fluid by way of breaking the membranes.
Not having the needle also had risks:
• the fluid could build to a point where the pressure becomes too great that it blows the placenta off the wall which would mean loosing Bub.
The needle worked and for the first time last night she had a relxed sleep and slept all the night until 11:00 this morning. The effects of the needle reducing the fluid will last for three days and will have another needle every two weeks (if she stays in that long)
Kylie hit 27 weeks today which is great, if she can hit the magic 28 weeks historically that will be excellent, 30 weeks would be even better, but so too really is another day gained.
(sorry Rob things have been a bit up in the air in regards to client meetings, deadlines and Kylie for me to have been able to do Wednesday night, see what I can do next week)
We are all there with you and Kylie. My SWMBO asks me every day for the latest news.
Waldo,
It is great to here that things are going well at the moment. I hope the good news keeps up!!!!
Chris,
Great news mate.
You know where the driveway is, you use it as necessary. Having a beer in the shed is secondary at this time.
I know what you mean, with us it wasn't so bad, but as I said she still was about 8 weeks in hospital before the birth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
A great highlight of her stay was that one weekend about 3 weeks before the birth I was allowed to take her out for the day as long as she was back by night time. That was a welcome break from the hospital routine.
It doesn't look like you'll get that break but every week she is in there is better for all of you.
Take care.
Peter.
Waldo thanks for the update - with you all the way brudda https://www.ubeaut.biz/wave.gif
Good to hear the latest news mate... seems that you are staying positive, it must be difficult for you as well.
Kylie obviously has the worst of the situation, with being confined, worried and with the health problems, I guess she is trying to maintain her patience and "wait for the rollercoaster to stop".
For you, being fit and healthy and limited in what you can do for your wife... - I guess it must be frustrating. I guess I'm saying "look after yourself as well".
My wife would like you and Kylie to know that she is thinking of you both and we are both in "Kylie's cheer squad".
Originally Posted by Waldo
Thats what my wife is sleeping on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
G'day,
Time I guess for an update as some are keen for some new news.
On Friday night they hooked Kylie up to a strap thing that goes around her tummy to meausre bub's heart beat, contractins etc.
Bub had a real high heaartbeat of 185 b/minute and due to the high nature of it ran some blood tests to see if there was any infection and also rather than the test just being for the usual 20 minutes they had her connected for 2 hours. In which time it sounded like a freight train roaring through the joint! Her specialst came in urgently the same night to get a scan of Bub to see if anything could be determined. And within 2 minutes against the usual 6 or minuted was able to establish that Bub is in great health and very strong - trying to breath, thrashing about with arms, fists, knees etc.
Basically they're stumped. The blood tests that were taken earlier came back negative. Kylie had very little sleep that night as they ran two more sets of the same tests through the night. Over Friday night Kylie had some very strong contactions measuring 85 on the ricter scale thingy.
They did the same test later on Saturday morning and Bub had settled back to 165 b/minute (should be around 120 or so) and the contarctions had settled big time.
Kylie makes 28 weeks this week which continues to amaze the speacialists as they expect her to have already to had Bub say G'day to the world. But once she gets to 30 weeks it'll be a different story and at that time they'll all have a big pow-wow and work out the best time to bring Bub into the world as they don't want her going too much past 30 weeks.
Good to get the update, Chris, sounds like you're all in safe hands, full on nonetheless.
Did you happen to mention "woodwork", "Lie Nielson", "next years WW show" or somesuch before bub's heartrate went ape####? Sounds like a future "woodie" in there mate ! :D Or a future SWMBO ! ;)
Hang in there, best of luck to you, Kylie & bub.
Regards....................Sean
Thanks for the update, I still follow this with great interest and fingers and toes crossed, hang in there you are both doing fine by the sounds of it.
savage(Eric):)
G'day Waldo set,
Great News mate, another day done......keep it up!
My wife today said that if I didn't hurry up and post our well wishes, I would never again get close enough to her to try and have kids!
So from the A.C.T: Chris, Kylie and Little one, we offer our thoughts and prayers, and hope all the good thoughts help!
Personally, after following the thread since the begginning I am amazed at the commpassion, community spirit and offers of support. I think it is fantastic and an example to other walks in life of what the human spirit should be like! Well done all you woody boys!
Hang in there mate,
Greg ;) ;)
P.S AussieCollector, hope all is going well for you too!
G'day Scooter,
No but I did tell Kylie that I spent $70 at a garage sale on dark side stuff. (I'll post with some pics my treasure haul, could've spend a stack load more but you know how it goes ;) )
2817741, thanks for the post, I'll print todays well wishes off for Kylie to read as they really do help.
Yeah Savage, things are looking better all the time, had 3 phone calls tonight and thought any one of them could've been the phone call. When you don't get many calls at night you kind of jump when the phone rings.
(Aussiecollector - did I read right I think last night that your wife lost her Mum? I saw the topic somewhere but Explorer crashed and I couldn't find the thread to go back to it. My deepest sympathies go to you and your wife and all those who share the sad loss. Apologies if I read wrongly.)
Everyone.
I'm very new to this forum but do love it and everyone is very helpful. I only stumbled on this thread 30 or so minutes ago and after reading back through three weeks of posts I'm absoloutly astounded by the great deal of care and support everyone is showing (god i hope i'm not getting too mushy). What a wonderful site this is.
Waldo.
I too wish you and Kylie all the best, although i think everything will be fine. I bet she gets alot of enjoyment out of reading all these well wishes. Keep it up mate, soounds like you're doing a marvellous job. Tell Kylie to keep it up too. Won't be long and the family will be back where they belong and you'll have an amazing story to tell bubs when he/she grows up.
best wishes
Daniel
Kylie must be under some stress with all this, 28 weeks is cruising my sister had a son at 27 weeks and he's 4 now and quite fine(a real handfull too).
How you handling it I reckon you would be a bit uptight with seeing your bride hooked up the all the machines and tests, taken her some flowers lately?
Best of luck guys hope all's going well.
Waldo
Hope all goes well for you and yours. Best wishes from another expectant father! (just hit 33 weeks)
Trav