One Week Down

Today I finished the first week of my 6 week TDY in Augusta, Georgia. I’ve been enjoying my time here. It’s very relaxing to get away from Illinois for a little while. I’m learning a lot while I’m here, but it can be a little boring at times. I miss my Alaina and feeling my baby kick. But Alaina will be coming here to visit at the end of June. So I’m excited about that. Next week I start an online college class, so I’ll have a little more to keep me busy then.

This past week i was TDY in St. Louis at the MO Air National Guard base out there. Man did I have a good time. I learned a lot about the gaurd side of the Air Force that I never new. I was actually there for training on Mobile/Combat Communications, but I walked away wandering why I went Active Duty. I won’t go into all of the reasons here, but it has gotten me thinking about my options in the future.

This next week I’ll be back at my shop on Scott AFB, just to prepair for my TDY to Ft. Gordon, Georgia the following week. And this time I’ll be gone for 6 weeks. So, in case anyone wondered, I am staying very busy.

Alaina is home from the hospital, and she is feeling much better. Surgery was never needed, although they do want to reevaluate her after she has the Baby. Thank you for all your prayer and support. It helped us a lot.

Alaina and I spent our very first wedding anniversary at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Alaina was having severe back pain Thursday morning, so she went to the doctor and they told her she had a urinary tract infection. The doctor gave her some antibiotics and sent her on her way. But when the pain was still just as bad on Saturday morning, we thought it might be something more serious.

Alaina went from the ER and was admitted to the OB floor, so they could make sure the baby was doing ok. Thankfully he was and still is! But Alaina is still in a lot of pain even as doctor’s are scrambling to figure out what to do to help her. Gall stones have been singled out as the culprit, but what we can do about it is still unclear. The doctors wanted to do more test before they would make a decision. So they transferred Alaina to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

When we got here, the docs had to reaccomplish some of the tests, so we have really made very little progress in the past 12 hours. All we know right now is surgery is the last option. We really hope they don’t need to resort to that, because we don’t want to put the baby in danger. Just keep Alaina and baby Jason in your prayers.