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Sciatica October 2, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise, Depression , 2 comments

I think Omegamom and I are soul sisters. We are both going through sciatica. Damn it hurts. Really really really hurts. The scoliosis I have occasionally causes this. I have been trying to exercise (the leg/pelvic movement loosens the muscles there) and using my hula hoop more. Driving and sitting are the WORST. UGH. And of course, my job involves a lot of sitting. Right now, I am listening to a telecon and trying to stretch.

I am trying to figure out how to get back to my book. I am pretty frustrated that the depressive episode caused me to stop writing. I was really on a roll there! The problem is, I am not quite out of the woods on the depression, so the evenings are tiring. I have the emotional energy to work with the girls and be happy for them, but to actually sit down and write, I have no energy.

It is finally nice here in the Boston area. It’s been raining and raining and raining. Today is nice. I hope we can walk down to Harvard Square today for lunch. That will help my back a bit (any sort of exercise helps it).

 

Send some healing thoughts? October 2, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Weblogs , 9 comments

A friend of mine is overly generous. She has triplets. She has also done two surrogate pregnancies for a couple who could not carry their own child.

Last week, my friend was in a car accident at 36weeks with the second surrogate pregnancy. She started to bleed. They confirmed yesterday that the baby could be delivered (his lungs were matured). They did the C-section.

During the C-section, they discovered she had Placenta Percreta,  the placenta had grown through her uterine wall and was attaching itself to her bladder. They had to perform a hysterectomy and at one point, she went into cardiac arrest and needed CPR.

She is resting now and the mother of the little boy is with her. They are both enjoying the baby.

But I am requesting some healing thoughts. She is exhausted and needs to heal. This was a pretty bad situation and she went through this to allow another person to have a child. What an amazing person.

Thanks in advance!