Beta 2

1650!! We are very excited. Unfortunately we had to celebrate in the hospital with my dad. On Christmas eve he came to visit and looked terrible. I'm a nurse so I immediately knew something was up when his legs and abdomen were swollen and he was having shortness of breath. Long story short his heart is in very bad shape. He gets this from a lot of years of treating his body like crap. He is a uncontrolled diabetic who never goes to the doctor has uncontrolled hypertension, and now his heart is only working at about 30%. He will go for a cardiac cath tomorrow and may need to be flown out to Johns Hopkins. Fortunately, because of my pregnancy, (yes I pulled out do it for your grandchild) he is getting medial attention he desperately needs. They said he could have dropped dead any day. SO, this Christmas has been very bitter sweet. I'm definitely concerned about the stress this puts on my pregnancy. But to day was a good and reassuring day. My dad was happy. He did make the comment if anything happens to this pregnancy he will blame himself. I know for a fact it won't be his fault and I'm almost more worried about how he will react then myself if something terrible does happen to the baby. I'm praying for a speedy recovery for my dad and many years with his grandchild(ren)!