Nothing...

Nothing can be done.. :/ :(


They sent us to the Maternity Ward right away and I got to talk to an OB (obstetrician - a pregnancy doctor). She looked me over and said that there wasn't anything that she could do. She said that it wasn't very far along (the abscess) and not near the surface of the skin. If it was, then she could use a local anesthetic and make a small incision and that would be that. So she said she would have a surgeon come and talk to us.

We waited until the surgeon was out of surgery, and then he came to see us, which was great - because we didn't have to walk to wherever he was in the hospital, and that way he and the OB could discuss everything.

He also looked me over and poked around a lot.. :/ :) And he said that the abscess is very deep, unlike my other abscesses. He said he wasn't even sure if it was pus. (Isn't that what makes it an abscess?!?! So is it just an inflamed area then?!?) But that since it is so deep, if anything needed to be done, that I would have to have full anesthetic, not even an epidural.

So he left and chit-chatted with the OB for a few minutes, and they decided that we wait.. :/

They said that right now it is more important for the Baby that we don't do anything. That we can't do any kind of surgery this late in the pregnancy. (Unless of course I develop a fever, and then we work with that if it comes.) So I will have to suffer until Baby shows up, and if the abscess is still there, then have surgery to remove/drain it.

And he isn't even sure if there is anything to be drained.. Which is also why he doesn't wanna touch it - to open me up for no reason.. :/

The surgeon doesn't think my antibiotics will do anything to help.. :/ But he does think that there is a chance that it will just go away on its own.. since there isn't pus (?), I don't have a fever, and it is so deep.

The OB looked over my medicine and she couldn't find anything in Sweden registered with the same ingredients as Tylenol, but the things that were close, she said that I shouldn't take it...... :/ That this late in pregnancy, it is bad for Baby's heart. So....... I feel like a horrible mother.. :/ :(((

I didn't take many pills, and when I did, I only took ½ a dose. (But it is difficult to not feel bad and be worried.)

But they did give me a prescription pain medicine to take, 3 x a day. And that I can take a generic (Tylenol type) pain reliever (over-the-counter) along with the prescription. And they gave me an ointment to use topically, to help reduce pain. But the pain medicine reduces fever, so I have to take my temperature each time before I take my pain medicine.

And then I got some... liquid stuff to help me go to the bathroom.
So.. I have lots of medicine to take for awhile.. :/ (Fredrik said the pharmacist felt very sorry for me when she was filling my prescriptions.) :/ :))
Which I have to drag all to the Midwife tomorrow so that she knows what I am taking.

They (the OB and surgeon) weren't really concerned considering the Baby that I couldn't move, sleep, or don't have an appetite.. :/ More in not using anesthetic.

I absolutely agree with what they said, that right now the Baby is more important, and we have to make sure Baby is healthy. I just hope that I feel better, so I don't have to live like this for the next month.. :/

I actually have felt better today. Maybe all the moving around helped some, even them poking at it ... to make the area not so hard.

So, I still plan on taking plenty of naps, to let my body try to fight this thing ... but I want to start making myself move around more (even with the pain) - cause I think that will also help to fight off the icky-stuff.

But everyone was so fantastically nice. Makes me feel more at ease for when we will show up for delivery. All the midwives, the doctor, and the surgeon were fantastic.

On the way home, we stopped at a home fixing store in town and we looked at molding, trying to decide what to get - so that we can finish the room up.. :/ :) I was pleased with myself for actually feeling like walking around that much - and only being in discomfort because I really needed to pee..... :/ :)

I am pretty tired now.. :/ :) And we had to go so long without food.. So I think that I will sleep well tonight. And looking forward to tomorrow to see if things are getting any better. :)

And a big thank-you to everyone for all the well-wishes in getting better!!