We made it back to the States for our 2 month visit. Jay already visited one church, CCV in Peoria, and had a great experience. We will visit three more churches while we are here. We'll also continue Rowen Tour '09. Thanks for your prayers!Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In AZ
We made it back to the States for our 2 month visit. Jay already visited one church, CCV in Peoria, and had a great experience. We will visit three more churches while we are here. We'll also continue Rowen Tour '09. Thanks for your prayers!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Home Again
Thank you all for your prayers. I'm home now. So, here's what happened. Turns out that the antibiotics I took for the urinary tract infection actually got rid of the infection. The pain I was feeling was a result of 2 other problems... most likely unrelated to the UTI and unrelated to each other. The pain in my back is a kidney stone. It's crazy that it started hurting (decided to start moving from my kidney toward my bladder) on the drive to the hospital. It was excruciatingly painful for a few hours, and since then it has not hurt bad. It is not yet in my bladder though, so I think I might have some more pain ahead of me. I'm just hoping it will pass before next Thursday, when I have to get on a US-bound airplane.
I also had pain in my lower abdomen. Apparently, there was something remaining in my uterus from the pregnancy. I didn't really understand what was happening at the time, but the doctor put an ultrasound on my stomach to guide his tools, and he somehow removed or loosened whatever it was... so I guess it's taken care of now. This was all happening while the kidney stone was moving (it was not pleasant, I can tell you that much).
Thank you all for your prayers. I'm going back to the hospital on tues. for a checkup and an Xray. Hopefully I will have already passed the stone. After that, I hope I can stay away from the hospital for a while!
I also had pain in my lower abdomen. Apparently, there was something remaining in my uterus from the pregnancy. I didn't really understand what was happening at the time, but the doctor put an ultrasound on my stomach to guide his tools, and he somehow removed or loosened whatever it was... so I guess it's taken care of now. This was all happening while the kidney stone was moving (it was not pleasant, I can tell you that much).
Thank you all for your prayers. I'm going back to the hospital on tues. for a checkup and an Xray. Hopefully I will have already passed the stone. After that, I hope I can stay away from the hospital for a while!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Caitlin in the Hospital
"I can't stay away from this place." That is what Caitlin said through tears today as she was once again admitted to the hospital in Nagoya. Here's the story...
Wednesday:
1 Month check up for Rowen and Caitlin. Rowen = chubby, healthy, jaundice free. Caitlin = bladder infection. She was given a round of antibiotics to finish today (Monday).
Sunday:
After feeling better for a few days, Caitlin woke up feeling awful with severe pain in her abdomen and blood in her urine. This was her condition when the infection was bad--before the antibiotics almost cured her.
Monday:
Caitlin wakes up feeling bad again. I had already canceled my class and we hopped in the car to go to Nagoya to the hospital. On the drive, she has pain in her abdomen and in her back on the left side. The pain was second only to child birth she said. When we got to see the doctor he thought that the infection had spread to her kidneys. However, the pain was only on one side and was not accompanied by a fever. Usually kidney infection brings a fever. They admitted her and told her that the baby was not allowed in her room at all. Since I would then be taking care of the baby 24-7, that would mean that neither of us would be allowed to see her at all. Keep in mind Caitlin is Rowen's food source. Then exams, a last feeding, consultations, ect.
A few minutes later they find a single room and tell us that from 3-7pm we can come and see her. Therefore, I am currently full time Dad. After leaving the hospital I went to Rachel's house to drop off a load of stuff we had had in our car this whole time and I received a crash coarse in bottled preparation--formula and breast milk both--boo-ya. Rowen drank like a champ. That boy loves to drink! I will be commuting everyday from Okazaki with Rowen to hang out with Caitlin for four hours. The rest of the time I will be packing our house for the move and feeding and caring for Rowen.
Around 5:45, a urologist came in and told us his guess: Caitlin still has a bladder infection and perhaps a kidney stone which traveled from her kidney to her bladder today on the drive. Thus the one-sided pain and the lack of a fever.
Tomorrow:
A cat scan is scheduled to see if she in fact has a kidney stone.
That's what's happening. Pray for us to be in good spirits. This has been a hard year medically. So pray that we are able to maintain a good witness as we demonstrate the peace of Christ.
Wednesday:1 Month check up for Rowen and Caitlin. Rowen = chubby, healthy, jaundice free. Caitlin = bladder infection. She was given a round of antibiotics to finish today (Monday).
Sunday:
After feeling better for a few days, Caitlin woke up feeling awful with severe pain in her abdomen and blood in her urine. This was her condition when the infection was bad--before the antibiotics almost cured her.
Monday:
Caitlin wakes up feeling bad again. I had already canceled my class and we hopped in the car to go to Nagoya to the hospital. On the drive, she has pain in her abdomen and in her back on the left side. The pain was second only to child birth she said. When we got to see the doctor he thought that the infection had spread to her kidneys. However, the pain was only on one side and was not accompanied by a fever. Usually kidney infection brings a fever. They admitted her and told her that the baby was not allowed in her room at all. Since I would then be taking care of the baby 24-7, that would mean that neither of us would be allowed to see her at all. Keep in mind Caitlin is Rowen's food source. Then exams, a last feeding, consultations, ect.
A few minutes later they find a single room and tell us that from 3-7pm we can come and see her. Therefore, I am currently full time Dad. After leaving the hospital I went to Rachel's house to drop off a load of stuff we had had in our car this whole time and I received a crash coarse in bottled preparation--formula and breast milk both--boo-ya. Rowen drank like a champ. That boy loves to drink! I will be commuting everyday from Okazaki with Rowen to hang out with Caitlin for four hours. The rest of the time I will be packing our house for the move and feeding and caring for Rowen.
Around 5:45, a urologist came in and told us his guess: Caitlin still has a bladder infection and perhaps a kidney stone which traveled from her kidney to her bladder today on the drive. Thus the one-sided pain and the lack of a fever.
Tomorrow:
A cat scan is scheduled to see if she in fact has a kidney stone.
That's what's happening. Pray for us to be in good spirits. This has been a hard year medically. So pray that we are able to maintain a good witness as we demonstrate the peace of Christ.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
We're Coming to America
Well, last week our plans changed and we are now flying to the US at the end of this month. We are heading to America one month early to meet with a church and attend their missions weekend. Therefore, we are frantically packing up our house and gathering the paperwork needed to leave and re-enter Japan. 
This picture was taken in Osaka while we were on our way to file for Rowen's passport. Pray that the passport comes before we head to Arizona on the 25th!
In our next E-Update we will include an itinerary of our time in America. We left for Japan a year and a half ago. Since we left we've each had two birthdays, learned a new language, watched America go through a recession, watched Barak go from Senator to President, missed two Superbowls, saw the Olympics from Asia, made a host of new friends, and had a baby.
This picture was taken in Osaka while we were on our way to file for Rowen's passport. Pray that the passport comes before we head to Arizona on the 25th!In our next E-Update we will include an itinerary of our time in America. We left for Japan a year and a half ago. Since we left we've each had two birthdays, learned a new language, watched America go through a recession, watched Barak go from Senator to President, missed two Superbowls, saw the Olympics from Asia, made a host of new friends, and had a baby.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Two Healthy Babies
After Rowen was born early on the 13th, Harper Parsons was born late on the 22nd. Both babies are home and healthy while both moms are recovering well. This picture show Caitlin holding Rachel's baby, Harper, and Rachel holding Rowen.
We continue to have lots of Japanese friends come and visit Rowen. This is Fumi San in our house holding a foreign baby for the first time. She is a friend that Caitlin met at the mall. Caitlin liked Fumi's skirt and Fumi liked Caitlin's scarf. So now they are friends.
We continue to have lots of Japanese friends come and visit Rowen. This is Fumi San in our house holding a foreign baby for the first time. She is a friend that Caitlin met at the mall. Caitlin liked Fumi's skirt and Fumi liked Caitlin's scarf. So now they are friends.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Rowen Update
We have had a lot of Japanese friends congratulate us on Rowen's birth. One of our teachers, Kondo Sensei, came to visit us in the hospital. She brought us a present that some of our teachers had pooled money together to buy. She also made a card that all the teachers signed with well wishes.
Recently, Rowen developed a case of jaundice and we were not able to take him home on Saturday as was expected. However, if everything goes as expected, we should be able to take him home on Monday.
For treatments, Rowen has been lying under this UV light for most of the day. He also has to wear these "sunglasses" to keep the light out of his eyes. We are hoping to be able to take him home on Monday. For now, Caitlin is still staying at the hospital to feed Rowen and I am able to hold him twice a day for an hour at a time. Other than the jaundice, he is doing very well.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Some Rowen Videos
This is Rowen's hospital in the heart of Nagoya. You can hear all the Japanese visitors looking at the other babies. They said he was average size for a Japanese baby at 6.5 pounds.
This is Rowen in his hospital crib during one of our visiting times. He is very hungry in this video, thus the activity and whimpering.
Thanks for all the encouraging comments. Caitlin is recovering and we should be out of the hospital and on our way home on Saturday. We're excited to bring him to our house.
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