Birth Defects are Bad

February 15, 2008 by Avy.

I have to stop reading things. I freak myself out by obsessing over things.

An old friend of mine has a 4 year old daughter with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and has had such a hard time since birth. I was just thinking about the friends I know with kids and Felicia’s in the worst spot of them all financially and has this sweet kid with all these problems. It’s just a shame. I just wonder how I’d be able to handle something like that.

This week I didn’t eat enough and I didn’t eat well enough. I had broccoli and tomato pizza and that was pretty much it on Tuesday. All day. Lunch and dinner. I don’t even remember breakfast. Yesterday I ate fairly well. I had mashed potatoes for lunch and barely ate my salmon after asking the lady to pull the smallest piece for me. We went out to dinner and I had salad, filet mignon, mashed taters and broccoli. So that was good.

I just worry that even with the vitamins I won’t have enough nutrients or calories in me to support this parasite inside me (I use the term with affection).  And I know some people are more nauseous than others, but my nausea makes me worry, too. I dunno. It’s all very freaky. I want a happy, healthy baby so I’m trying to be good, but right now I REALLY want coffee ice cream and a #7 from Wendy’s (even though I’ve never finished the fries). I really just want the sandwich. It’s frustrating either way.

Bah.

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