Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

Last week was crazy. 

But it did reaffirm me that there is a Willie Nelson song for every significant thing that 

happens in my life.

On Tuesday I had an appointment at my OBGYN's.

I had done a routine blood work-up the day before. Anyways when 

my doctor came in he was all grim looking. 

Our conversation went a little like this:

The first thing he said to me was, "I've made an appointment for tomorrow for you with Monterey's best blood and cancer specialist. Is that okay with you?"

My response, "what? why?!"

"You need to meet tomorrow with a hematologist." 

"Why? I'm confused are you saying I need to have the baby tomorrow?

"No you have a condition called Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purura."

"What?!"

"Your blood platelets are dangerously low"

"What? (my mind immediately goes to worse case scenario) My friend,

she had low platelets and it was cancer, it was leukemia!"

"It on the table"

"What?! I don't understand? Do I have Cancer?"

"What you have is very dangerous. But you can just go about your day as of it 

was normal." 

"What? I don't understand!"

"Go about your normal day, just don't cut yourself, fall down, bump into

anything, get a bruise. But yeah you can do what ever you normally do."

"I'm so confused! Whats happening to me? Can I take my

daughter to the park? Can I go for walk? Can I play basketball with my husband?"

"I feel like your not listening to me. You have Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purura."

"What is that?! I am so confused?!"

Basically it was the worst combination ever.

An extremely hormonal lady, who is thinking she is being told she is dying and a doctor who is annoyed that the said lady is asking so many questions.

I spent the next 24 hours calling family, googling, having them google and arranging my impending death.

The next day my friend watched Ha Jyn for us and Boo took time off of work to go to my appointment with me. The first thing the blood and cancer specialist said to me was, "this is NOT cancer." I told him that my OBGYN had said it was, "On the table"

The specialist rolled his eyes and said, "That's your Doctor being political! Your chances

of having cancer are the same as everyone else."

At this point my heart rate started to beat normally for the first time in 24 hours.

The specialist was great and answered literally a list of 30 questions my family and I came up with.

He explained to me that the average person has  around 450K platelets and that my test the past had shown low around 114k, which is low but can be expected in pregnancy. But that what was worrisome is that on my most recent test, I only had 26k platelets. He explained all the new blood tests he wanted to conduct and all the possibilities of what could happen.

After the appointment Boo and I went to a lab to get more blood tests done. Even at that point I was feeling much better because the specialist had really been so great about talking over all the potential outcomes. 

The next morning the specialist himself called me. He said that I do have Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purura (ITP),  and will have to take steroids until the baby is born.

He said I also have a condition that 1% of people with ITP have. Basically my blood clumps right after it is taken out of my body. So the longer my blood test sat around untested, the more my platelets group together and the lower number it showed on the tests. Out of all the outcomes the Dr. had explained this was the very best. No emergency c-section, so transfusions, no cancer! 

Basically my condition should improve right after I have the baby.

I am so happy it is what it is and not something worse! 

Leila and I having a, "I'm not dying" celebration pizza. 
I don't know what I would do without her! 
She is going to watch Ha Jyn when MynJune comes. 

Today at the beach. It was a gorgeous day for a bunny cookie and a 
walk on the beach. 

 

Yesterday Ha Jyn was my mini mouse/lady bug super hero.

She protected me from monsters with her pink magic sword.

I felt VERY protected! 

MynJune LaMar Son

 Introducing:

MynJune LaMar Son

손민준 

Pronounced: Min June

Here is the best picture they could get of him at the last ultrasound.

From the looks of things he has a big head and will be around 8.5lbs at birth. 

He is a very active and healthy baby.  I am crazy ready for him to be on the 

outside as opposed to the inside.

 

While we are still deciding how to spell his first name, (either MynJoon or MynJune) his

middle name is for sure.

After I found out that he has a boy I was really nervous. One day I was driving home 

from work and thinking about how I know nothing about raising boys,

or being a mom to a boy. While I was giving myself an anxiety attack it popped 

into my head, "You are right you know nothing about having a son! But one thing is for sure, this kids

middle name is LaMar!" 

My Grandpa LaMar passed away when I was two.

Here is my Salt Lake Grandpa (LaMar) and I.

While I have no memories of him while he was alive we have things in common.

We both got married on April 28th. He married my Grandma 55 years before I married Boo.

He and my Grandma went through the LDS temple on my birthday August 29th, just nine years before I was born.

Also, word has it that his last words were:, "Oh Shit!" I am about 80% confident those might be 

my last words too.

 My Grandparents and I.

While we have had basic things like a crib and car seat ready for about the past two months, now we have EVERYTHING ready. 

Bags are packed, clothes are washed and folded and

 HaJyn's extra car seat is installed in our friend's car just in casehe wants to come early. We are READY! 

Last week my friends threw me a baby shower.

I was overwhelmed at how many people came out to party

and support baby MynJoon (Sp?)! Also with the amount

of effort my friends put into the shower.

  

While we are not so patiently waiting for baby to come,

I am doing my best to keep HaJyn and I busy and me from going crazy.

  

My friend's dog that I walk once in a while.

He's the dog of my dreams!

There is a new art exhibit of painted pianos around town. 

Ha Jyn and I like to venture around and try to find them. 

We have found eight pianos so far.

We are also getting our spring garden in. 

So far Ha Jyn's frog filled with grass has had the most successful outcome.

Pregnancy in review

I still have a while before baby comes,

but it feels like I have been pregnant my entire life.

It's safe to say that this pregnancy has been harder than

Ha Jyn's.

The first trimester and half of the second

was full of nausea and tiredness. As a result I would 

come home from work exhausted and nauseated, 

lay on the couch and watch reality singing shows.

Not normally my choice of entertainment, but between

feeling out of it and pregnancy hormones, those saga clips about

the competitors really got to me. 

I played and re-played this song after I found out that I was

having a boy.

Up until the ultrasound I was sure that it was a girl. Mostly because

I assumed I would have all girls like my mom. 

After the ultrasound I became very unsure my parenting abilities 

with a boy. But the lyrics to this song brought me a lot 
of comfort. So I played it over and over and over. 
Ha Jyn loves the song now. She sings along to it and 
calls it her, "uh ah uh" song. 

Baby boy and I have a lot in common it seems. We both like to eat.
 He loves in-n-out!  Whenever we eat there it tastes SOO good to me.
I've NEVER liked hamburgers before in my life, but when I eat an in-n-out burger it is 
pure ecstasy! Nothing else seems to be satisfying. 

My crazy hands. The last couple of weeks have had some 

stress to them and it seemed to have taken it's toll on my hands. 

The first is a day time hand shot, the next is a nighttime one. 

I met with the Doc, he ordered a spilt for me to wear to bed and told me to relax

a bit. My blood pressure was great so he was not to worried about my elephant hands.

This was around 25 weeks. I had morning sickness so bad one day

that it popped a blood vessel in my eye. 
As of today I am 34 weeks along. I CANNOT wait for my baby to come. I've never
been a quite complainer, I am so excited for him to be outside of me instead of inside. 
I think Boo is going to do a victory dance when I am no longer pregnant. 
For the last nine months I have done my best to complain about this pregnancy
every minute that I could. It's good to keep Boo involved right? Poor Boo only six more 
weeks!! 

Ha Jyn turns three and our mini vacation

This year Ha Jyn decided she wanted 

an animal theme for her party. 

The monkey mask invitations turned out a tad creepy! hahaha

It was my second time to make a pinata. This was the one thing Ha Jyn really wanted.

I was teasing her and Jason that I was going to fill it with broccoli and they almost cried! 

Animals running wild in my house! 

 The birthday girl waking up to her new tent. 

After it was all done, Ha Jyn said her favorite part was eating the cupcakes.

Pinata vrs. bubble wand

 (we forgot to bring something to brake it with).

In the end Boo ripped it apart with his hands. 

It was pretty funny. 

  

Games and homemade pizza. The weather was AMAZING. 

Monterey's summer usually comes around in February and October. 

I was so grateful it was not raining. The hit of the party was 

definitely Jason and Celine's bounce house. 

After a three hour nap to recuperate, 

Ha Jyn requested the beach 

and blowing out more candles. 

Since it was a long weekend we decided to leave church

after teaching our Sunday school class and go on an overnight 

vacation. 

 The best of both worlds: tennis on cable for Boo and

a California king sized trampoline for Ha Jyn. 

We drove south through Big Sur and were able to see 

Grey Whales migrating south as well as elephant seals.

We got to Morro bay just in time to collect sand dollars 

and watch the sunset. 

 I had read about bubblegum alley in San Luis Obispo and needed to see it for myself.

It was disgusting, even for me. My favorite part were the 

scripture quotes and phone numbers people hung up with their gum. 

 A ghetto zoo whose main attraction was their turkey. 

We came home to find that Ha Jyn's long awaited 

art desk had arrived. Between that and 

her tent it looks as though

we are going to have to suspend the baby's crib from the ceiling! 

Goodbye 2012

Its hard to believe that 2012 is already over.

It was a great year for us, with a great ending full of family and 

friends. 

The Monterey Boat Parade

Marshmallow snowman

Baby #2's favorite Friday hangout spot.

HaJyn in Bethlehem

Santa Clause

Diabetes on a plate

Korean Christmas Potluck party

An awesome Ladies Christmas Luncheon I got 

invited to. 

A few last minute requests with Cousin Annika

Christmas Eve Party

Christmas!

Boo cooked lots of yummy food for all of us!

3 peas in a pod! 

I had so much fun having my family here with us. 

It took a few ice cream runs and spending of gift cards to lift my spirits back up!

Hopefully baby boy will bring more visitors when he arrives in March. 

All HaJyn wanted for Christmas was a gumball machine.

Santa got her one that she is in love with. 

She decided she needs this upgrade for next year.

Our first annual New Years day ride. 

Team Orange at the New Years Eve Party.

Boo was pretty shocked at getting his dance moves beat over 

and over.