Day 551- Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. My wife is into her 32nd week of her pregnancy with little Julianna. We are so excited. We did have a few challanges though. My wife had a lupus flare-up and now is on the high risk pregnancy care. She is on a treatment that is working really well and the baby is fine. It started around two weeks ago when she complained of stiff and burning joints in her legs, back and elbows. She really began to swell in those areas as well. After a few days in the hospital we chatted with doctors that were specialist in kidneys, joints and hypertension to name a few. After the tests of every kind it was diagnosed as lupus. No one in my wife's family or relatives had the problem as far as they knew. Anyway we are dealing with this as she is going through her treatment. The baby may be born two weeks earlier as a precaution. My wife is stable and doing well. Our Christmas ended up the two of us at home thankful for our blessings. We are scheduled with many NSTs and other tests to make sure the medications are working. The picture is one of the scans of little Julianna on the 3d ultrasounds. She looks like she is sleeping on that one. However she is kicking and moving constantly lately.