Below are the 7 most recent journal entries recorded in Roya's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, June 12th, 2002
10:01 am	Crow [09:23] [gdd] ok, so i walk into the office today, and i hear this noise behind the game [09:23] [gdd] something loud and moving [09:23] [gdd] im like, that the fuck [09:23] [gdd] and all of a sudden this crow comes flying right at my head [09:24] [Scott] It's like "It's a Wonderful Life!" [09:24] [gdd] im yelling jesus! [09:24] [gdd] this thing is flying all over the place [09:24] [gdd] finally i got it outside the office, and it keeps flying into the glass door to the outside [09:24] [gdd] so while im unlocking the door it flies back in [09:24] [gdd] finally i got it out of here [09:24] [gdd] it was weird (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 2nd, 2002
10:23 am	Armpits [10:22] [koz] So I went to Osco yesterday and bought a new stick of deodorant. I thought I got the same type as before, but apparently I picked Powder Fresh instead of Original. The deodorant is reacting badly with my body soap, and now my armpits smell like burning plastic. End of story. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 1st, 2002
9:07 am	Lawn Bags [11:04] [Ted] Thursday, after Collin and Lisa came home, I went to Dominic's to fill a prescription for Lisa and to pick up a couple of things from the store. [11:05] [Ted] While wandering the store, looking for my items, I saw they had the big paper lawn/leaf bags on sale, so I stuff a pack into my hand basket. [11:06] [Ted] Today, I woke up wondering if I need more garbage and lawn refuse stickers and my thoughts turned to the bags I bought. [11:06] [Ted] I can't find the bags, and I don't recall bringing them home. I left them at the store. [11:06] [Ted] The End. [11:06] [gdd] man that is a total roya story (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 30th, 2002
8:21 am	Jake [10:02] [Ted] I think I should wash my bathrobe. I keep getting a waft of baby poop smell. [10:03] [nek] sounds like a good idea [10:03] [nek] although you probably will be smelling that smell a lot anyway [10:03] [nek] no matter how many times you wash it [10:04] [gdd] oh that reminds me [10:04] [gdd] this morning I got out of bed, and I hadn't showered or anything yet. Its like 6:!5 am [10:04] [gdd] 6:15 [10:05] [Ted] Well, I didn't shower until 8:00pm yesterday. [10:05] [gdd] And I'm kind of standing in our living room puzzling out what I'm going to do with myself [10:05] [gdd] And all of a sudden Jake walks up to my shoes which are sitting on the floor in front of me, and pees right on them [10:06] [Ted] Oh, nice. [10:06] [gdd] the end [10:06] [doho123] WOOHOO!! Roya story! (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 25th, 2002
8:13 am	Collin Edward Estes [07:59] [Ted] I'm just enjoying a cup of coffee before I head back to the hospital. [07:59] [Cameron] How is lisa doing? [07:59] [Ted] She was doing great yesterday. Finally zonked out about 1:30 when I left. [08:00] [Cameron] Wow .. that's a big baby! [08:00] [Ted] Actually, he's a normal weight, but he's long. [08:03] [Ted] Lisa did a few hours of natural, but the pitocin was cranked pretty high and she couldn't take it. [08:04] [Cameron] pitocin? [08:04] [Ted] I think it would have been better if labor had begun naturally, and we had been able to spend a few hours at home. [08:04] [Ted] As it was, she had been in an uncomfortable bed for about 14 hours before contractions started, and she wasn't able to walk around because of the blood pressure problem. [08:05] [Nancy] what was the time of birth? [08:05] [Ted] 7:31pm [08:05] [Ted] We got a bit frazzled with the amount of intervention that happened earlier in the day. [08:06] [Nancy] so she was induced? [08:06] [Ted] Breaking the bag, attaching a probe to the baby's head, Lisa tethered to an IV and BP cuff. [08:06] [Ted] Yes. Monday we went to the OB and he did an ultrasound. [08:06] [Ted] Her amniotic fluid was dangerously low, so he sent us to the hospital. [08:07] [Ted] Monday night, they inserted a Cevadil capsule (prostaglandins) to soften up the crervix. [08:07] [Ted] So, they check her around 7 in the morning, and her cervix has not progressed. We thought for sure we were on the path to a c-section. [08:08] [Ted] So, they start up the Pitocin, and nothing happens. [08:08] [Ted] And they crank it up, and nothing happens. [08:08] [Ted] And they crank it some more, and nothing happens. [08:09] [Ted] Finally, the contractions start, but they're pretty mild. We begin to think that maybe Lisa will be one of those women who barely notice they're in labor. [08:10] [Ted] Doctor comes in after a while and breaks the bag and attaches the probe. [08:10] [Ted] After that, the contractions start with vigor. [08:10] [Cameron] Amy Brown was telling me about that probe.. [08:10] [Cameron] Gave me the willies! [08:10] [Ted] Lisa was having a rough time of it, especially since she could barely move around. Instead, she could just flop from one side to the other. [08:11] [Ted] Yes, it's creepy. [08:11] [Ted] And the bed was super uncomfortable and her back and hips hurt. [08:12] [Ted] So, eventually, she decides she wants something for the pain. She tried some Stadol (narcotic) for an hour. They say it "takes the edge off". She scoffed at them after an hour. [08:13] [Ted] So, she decided on the epidural. [08:13] [Ted] It went in easy and she felt it right away. No nausea or shakiness. [08:14] [Ted] Then, all of a sudden her blood pressure crashed and everyone started scrambling. [08:14] [Ted] Lisa didn't even know what was going on, but I'm turning white and freaking out. [08:15] [Ted] They stabilized her with ephedrine and oxygen and things settled down. [08:15] [Ted] Then the doc did another exam, and she was already at 4cm. [08:16] [Ted] Once past 4cm is considered the second phase. At that point the cervix dilates pretty continuously about 1cm/hour. [08:16] [Ted] But the doctor started talking about putting in a uterine probe and irrigating the fetus because there's no fluid in there. [08:17] [Ted] I was still freaked, so I told the doctor to please slow down and explain what the hell was going on. [08:18] [Ted] I got my explanation and I calmed down, and they inserted the new stuff. Plus a catheter since the epidural prevents one from being able to tell when the bladder is full. [08:18] [Ted] So, Lisa had tubes and probe connected all over the place. [08:19] [Ted] The good news is that once they got the fluid going back in the womb the baby could handle the contractions. Its heartrate had kept dipping before. I guess it needs some cushion. [08:19] [Ted] And Lisa started feeling pretty good. She couldn't even feel the contractions. [08:20] [Ted] So, I figure we've got at least 6 hours before anything happens again and settled down for a nap. [08:20] [Ted] 3 hours later, the doctor comes in to see how Lisa is progressing. I was on the phone to my mom at that point, so I sign off. [08:20] [Ted] Doctor says Lisa is fully dilated and it's time to push. [08:21] [Ted] Lisa and I both say "What?!! Wow." [08:21] [Ted] I guess most women have a hard time pushing when the epidural is cranked, because there is no feeling of the muscles and stuff. [08:22] [Ted] But the nurse suggests that Lisa try pushing without turning down the epidural, just to see if she can make her body do the right thing. [08:22] [Ted] The nurse and I held her legs back at the beginning of a contraction and Lisa took a deep breath and started to push and the baby started crowning on the first push. [08:23] [Ted] After about 7 or eight contractions, they whipped off the bottom of the bed and the doctor came in. [08:23] [Ted] Lisa still couldn't believe what was going on, because we figured it would be 2 hours or so of pushing. [08:24] [Ted] Baby popped right out after 40 minutes of pushing. No cutting, minimal tearing. [08:24] [Cameron] was there a soft beam of light shining down onto the baby?! [08:25] [Ted] Um, no. Actually, it was a pretty intensely bright light. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 22nd, 2002
9:47 am	Listerine Breath Strip Warning! [11:35] [doho123] DO you know those Listerine Breath Strips? [11:35] [gdd] y [11:35] [gdd] they're creepy [11:35] [doho123] As I was driving yesterday, I put one halfway into my mouth, resting it on my bottom lip. [11:36] [doho123] Which wasn't fully moist. [11:36] [Cameron] while you were driving? [11:36] [doho123] Yes. [11:36] [doho123] SO the strip didn't fully melt. But kind of stuck there while srying out my lip. [11:36] [doho123] drying [11:36] [workkeef] "It's sucking my will to live!" [11:37] [doho123] Again, since I was driving, I wasn't paying to much attention and sort of ripped it off my lip with a strange tearing sound. [11:37] [gdd] impressive [11:37] [doho123] And put it in my mouth. [11:37] [doho123] A little bit later, I noticed that my fingers were covered in blood. [11:38] [gdd] ewww [11:38] [doho123] I looked in the mirror and noticed that a fairly good size area of my lip as sort of ripped off by the breath strip. [11:38] [doho123] The end. [11:38] [gdd] I always knew those things were creepy [11:39] [graham] yow [11:39] [graham] that sounds kinda dangerous, even [11:39] [Corey] Man, what a total Roya story [11:39] [Corey] although it had more substance [11:40] [doho123] My lip is still painful. It like when you have chapped lips, and then you bite off a whole layer of your lipskin. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 16th, 2002
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