Amy Loses 20 Pounds!!!

I once saw an early clip of Dave Letterman's standup comedy, and he said he was in line at a grocery store and saw a tabloid headline that read "Woman loses 100 pounds without exercise or diet" to which Dave replied "That pretty much leaves disease, doesn't it?" Thankfully Amy doesn't have any diseases, but our beloved fetus is already sucking the life out of her. We're hoping that this isn't a preview to parenting, but I've joked with Amy that when this kid is 16 and doing things 16 year olds do, we'll miss the days where Amy puked and slept all day.

We finally got in to see our OB, and he was great. We told him that Amy called and hoped to get an appointment ASAP because she couldn't eat, and we were told there was nothing that could be done because we hadn't been seen at that office yet. Dr. Jones was upset when he heard this was how we were treated, and said that they should have bumped us up. When we told him that Amy had lost about 20 pounds over 3 weeks, he took some tests to make sure Amy was ok. Turns out her body was digesting itself, and he ordered her to spend a few days at the hospital to get her feeling better and to clean out the damage her body had done to itself. We had a good time at Riverside Methodist. Amy got all kinds of cool drugs, and managed to choked down her first real meal in almost a month. I missed not having her here those two nights, but she came home feeling 100% better so it was worth it.

In addition to all of that, at our first OB appointment, the Dr. did an ultrasound, and we got to see the baby's heartbeat! According to Dr. L. Fred Barker, heartbeats at 9 weeks is a very good sign. Not only did we see the heartbeat, but the little guy/girl moved when it was in the ultrasound spotlight. We get the feeling that this baby is coming into this world no matter how much Amy eats or doesn't.

School has been going good. I really enjoy my classes...except for the night I was up until 4am doing accounting homework. The leaves are starting to change here, and once they peak, I will get some photos up. We are still loving Columbus but we miss everyone back home. We will keep everyone up to date on everything.