Doc Evans

So we made our first trip to Doc Evans today. The 2.5 hour drive stunk but it was definitely worth it. We got good news, bad news, and great plans for the future.

Good News: Ty is on meds that will help with his attempt at quitting smoking for good. He should see some results within 2 weeks, noticable results in a month, but may have to take meds for up to 6 months. At least we have a time frame!

Bad News: Ty's hand does not look good. Doc Evans changed his antibiotic to Bactrim, he worries about Staph. Ty has to clean it with peroxide and our favorite nurse Sally must check it on Wednesday and call the doc with her opinion. (Doc Evans gave you the job Sal) If Sally thinks it looks good then she can remove the stitches. Doc Evans told Ty that he probably won't get complete movement back in his hand. Ty is having a hard time with that. So hunting might be interesting.

Plans for the Future: We met with the doc to talk to him about our 2 previous miscarriages, our concerns with getting pregnant again and so on. Evans doesn't seem to think that there is a major problem right now, considering we have one healthy little boy. Since both miscarriages were early on in pregnancy and no d&c were performed, there is no concern for scar tissue. I have zero medical history that would compromise a pregnancy so the field has been narrowed down. His only concern is that they were so close together being only 10mths apart. He has a plan though. I must start taking Tandem (prenatal vit), calcium 500mg, and a baby aspirin everyday. The need for prenate vitamins are obvious, the calcium I'm not quite sure about. But the baby aspirin is interesting. In some cases, miscarriage can be caused by blood clots. Clots in the mothers blood cuts off supply to the baby, resulting in miscarriage. I don't have a history of blood clots but it is really the only step we can take at this time. When and if we find out we are pregnant, we are supposed to contact Doc Evans and he will start running tests the next day!