Soooo Long Overdue

My humblest apologies to those who check in regularly- seems I say that a lot on this thing! This time, though, I think I have a pretty good excuse.

Well- my summer was great ... uh ... yeah.

Now that we are almost caught up--

Rebecca and I moved to Philadelphia on the 30th of August. The week before, Rebecca started experiencing severe abdominal pains and we went to the ER. After several visits, tests, doctors visits and ultrasounds, we were told the following: you have a hemorrhagic cyst (causing the pain, most likely) and you are pregnant! WOW!

Well, the pains kept coming, we were both up at all hours of all the nights that followed, up until a few nights ago- well, even that isn't entirely true...but I digress. In the week before our move, Mom Meyer, Aunt Patricia, and Amanda packed our belongings (THANKS SO MUCH!) as I tried to finish some projects around the house in between trips to the doctors. We moved here on a Saturday (with the help of Mom M and Uncle Joe and Aunt Patricia- THANKS SO MUCH!), only to return to Canada Monday for more tests. The doctors were mildly concerned about a possible tubal pregnancy or a phantom pregnancy. Since we found out so early about the pregnancy also (4 weeks because of the cyst), they wanted to monitor Rebecca's HCG and progesterone levels.

So, after returning the next day to Philly, we focused on getting settled in our apartment and beginning studies.

So far, so good. Rebecca's pains seem to have disappeared, only to be replaced with ever-present nausea.

But, we had a pretty good scare the other night. Monday, after class, Rebecca started bleeding. With all the uncertainties we had experienced, it was off to the hospital again. After more tests and an ultrasound from very friendly and reassuring staff, we found out that all is well with both Rebecca and our baby! We even got to see the heart beat (FHR 128/min.)! There is a small hemorrhage inside the gestational sac, but the hospital staff has assured us that this is fairly common, and not much of a concern.

Praise God for His grace! So here I am, after all of that, already behind on readings (but catching up), and often tired and sore from restless sleeps. But I am not complaining. God is good, He is with us, and He is using these trials to keep us on our knees before Him- where we ought to be.

So, now that we are caught up on this end, how are y'all doin'? Please keep in touch (as I will try harder to do), by either emailing (glen.slinger@gmail.com) or phone (1-215-407-8138).

Blessings!