Declawed

One of the conditions of living in my mom's basement is that Gogo had to be declawed so he didn't claw up the carpet. So on Monday I took Gogo to Animal Crackers Vet and got his front claws out. He was so groggy when I brought him home. All he wanted was to be held and sleep. When he walked around he stumbled around like he was drunk. It was sad and funny to watch at the same time. He had bandages on his paws and when he started waking up he wanted to get them off. During the night he managed to get one of them off by putting his paw in between a tote and the bottom of a shelf and pulling. He is a pretty smart kitty. The other one he got off the next day by flicking his paw a bunch. He is starting to feel and act more like himself now. I think he is sad that his claws are gone, but he will just have to deal.

Moving

So a couple of weeks ago my mom offered to let me and Joel live in the apartment that they put in their basement. Joel and I took her up on the offer because it will allow more space for us, Gogo and Colin when he gets here. This last week has been very busy with packing, moving, and putting things where they need to go. Joel has been amazing with all his hard work. He has had to do more than he normally would have because I can't do as much as I want because I am pregnant and have high blood pressure. Joel has been making sure I don't do too much because he wants Colin and I to stay as healthy as we can. So far we are pretty well situated. We just need to get the rest of our stuff from the storage unit. I am very excited to have more space than the little room we were in at Joel's parents' house. Gogo is loving it too.

Bi-Weekly NST

So after my hospital visit my doctor decided to have me go into a doctors' office in the hospital for bi-weekly NST's and an AFI. An NST is a Non-Stress Test, and an AFI is an amniotic fluid check. My doctor just wants to monitor my blood pressure really closely to make sure it doesn't go up too high. So twice a week I go in and they do an ultrasound to check the amniotic fluid levels and then they hook me up to two different monitors. The first one measures Colin's heartbeat and the other one sits at the top of my uterus and measures to see if I have a contraction. I am also hooked up to a blood pressure cuff that goes off about every ten minuets. I usually am there for about half an hour. What they are wanting to see is my blood pressure going down from me resting and they want to three good spikes in Colin's heart rate. The spikes are good because it tells them that he is moving well and getting the things he needs from the placenta. I really like the nurses that are there. They are super nice. They will even print me out pictures of Colin when they are doing the ultrasound.