Wednesday, August 18, 2010

thankful.

I'm not normally "personal" on here, however, I feel so thankful to have Colin that I thought I'd share...

A year ago today my doctor got on the phone to tell me my blood work was not looking good and I had most likely miscarried. I left work in a bucket of tears and probably shouldn't have been driving. The roller coaster of emotions Justin and I went through in a 2 week span was exhausting. I was met at the door with my mom and sister of course- even though I told them not to come to my house it would only make me more upset (I should have known better). The next day I received another phone call from my doctor to come back in.

She then sat down to tell me in a very soft voice... she made a mistake. Made a mistake?! My blood work had been mixed up. I was confused, shocked, mad and happy. I was a mess in that office. How was I going to go home and explain this to Justin?

We dealt with excitement, loss and happiness (with caution) all within 2 weeks. Someone was looking down on us. Now a year later I have this face to look at every.single.day and feel very thankful for the mix up. I could not imagine my life without this man...

5 comments:

Ashley said...

such a blessing!

joy said...

he is such a beautiful little soul--you are all lucky to have each other!

Mary said...

I'm in tears...I cannot believe that mixup. I'm so happy for you and Justin to have been blessed with Colin!

The Mendenhall's said...

Katie - I had almost the same thing happen with Brynlee. I had my blood drawn and they called me (on a friday) to tell me my levels were too low and I was most likely going to lose her over the course of the next week. So everyday I woke up waiting to lose my baby. It was the worse experience, but I know how you felt. Thank God we have beautiful, healthy children. =) Thanks for sharing your story.

Sarah said...

I'm Sairi from the WTE April board...

I read your blog and it brought me to tears. I can't even imagine how hard that was.

I'm very happy God had other plans for your family.

Thanks for getting personal. :)