Failed

I failed my blood sugar stress test. :-( My level was 137. I've been researching the results and it looks like anything over 140 usually means you have gestational diabetes. So my results are still in the normal range, but almost over. I read that most doctors have you take the 3 hour test if your level is over 130. They will draw my blood 4 times and if at least 3 of those times are in the normal range then I will pass.

So I'm going in for the 3 hour test on Tuesday. I'm kind of worried that I'm not going to pass that either. The nurse said not to eat or drink anything besides water after midnight. But that's almost what I did last time, all I had to eat was an egg around 10:30 at night and then another in the morning an hour before the test (my instructions were to eat a protein breakfast an hour before the test, it didn't even matter what I ate the night before). But I made extra sure not to eat anything sugary the night before. *sigh*

Did any of you fail the 1 hour and then pass the 3 hour? Do you think I should try not to eat sugary foods the next few days before the test? I'm worried that I'll be harming Evan before Tuesday. I should have scheduled it for Monday, but originally I was thinking Matt would come along and Tuesday is better for him. But then I decided he's already taken off too much work this week and shouldn't come along, so I'll be going by myself anyways. Oh well..... yeah, I'm bummed, but hoping that I'll pass the 3 hour.

On another note, Matt's foot has been bothering him A LOT this past week. On Monday his big toe on his right foot started hurting a lot. It was worse the next day, so he went to his primary physician who took x-rays and has no clue what it is. He said it looks like there is a calcium deposit on the bone. They are testing his blood (he should get the results soon) and the doctor was going to consult the radiologist about the x-ray. They gave him anti-inflammatory meds. By Tuesday night his foot swelled a lot and was really hot. So yesterday he called the doctor again and they prescribed him antibiotics saying it sounds like there's an infection. So far nothing has helped and he's in constant pain, he can barely walk. He made an appointment at a podiatrist this afternoon, so hopefully they can give us better answers. He's only worked half days this entire week, but he's also worked a lot on Evan's nursery.

He sanded and painted all of the trim and put up curtain rods. We now have all of the furniture in place, it looks great! Now we're starting to think we might have to paint the walls though. There's a lot of black marks on the walls and I tried wiping some of them off with a wet sponge...bad idea on flat finish paint! The black marks are gone, but now there's weird streaks where I wiped with the sponge. So we're thinking that we might need to repaint with a satin finish paint. We'll see.

My grandparents and cousin from Arkansas are in town for my sister's graduation. They came Tuesday and are leaving tomorrow right after the ceremony (my grandma is leaving Saturday to go on a Caribbean cruise). So we've been hanging out with them every evening. Tonight we're going out to dinner to celebrate. My brother came into town last night and in a couple of hours they are all coming over to our house to check it out and see the nursery. So I have cleaning to do!!