Oh man, what a week

So this past week has been one of the craziest weeks I have had in a long time. My cousin was having his mission farewell in Colorado, and I talked Brandin into driving over with me so I could see all my fam. Since I was there I stayed a couple extra days to work at the flower shop and then planned on going home on the train. Monday and Tues went great (minus losing my phone at McDonalds one night 45 min away from my in-laws) but thankfully I was able to get it the next day. Then Wed night Carter started to get sick. By Thurs morning around 3 he was puking and was up the rest of the night = so was I. By 7 am I was also puking (which isn't really new to me since that is normal, so it took me a while to decide that I did in fact have the flu) By 2 I had thrown up quite a few times, couldn't keep down even liquids, and had started having contractions every 1-2 min. I called my Dr and they said if that continues for more than 3 hours, to go to the hospital. Since my insurance only works in Utah, and I was 4 hours away from Provo, I called Brandin to see what he thought I should do. He said that he was ditching class and would come get me, and his mom offered to drive me halfway to meet Brandin so I could get home faster. So a sick and fever Carter and I load up in the Van and are on our way (around 5) Brandin called me to let me know that as soon as he hit Price (about and hour and a half from Provo) the car died. He went into auto zone and they decided it must have been the alternator, and lucky us, the whole town of Price didn't have one in stock anywhere. The soonest they could get it in was Sat. So we arrived in Price around 8 PM, my contractions getting worse, and no car to get us any farther, and my mother in law had a migraine. Brandin called the Price hospital and thankfully they accepted my insurance, so away we went. I was admitted right away, hooked up to an IV to hydrate me, and had a bunch of tests ran. Turns out on top of the flu, I also had a bladder infection that was also contributing to triggering contractions, and the baby's heart rate had dropped. They were talking about sticking me in an ambulance and shipping me to the Provo hospital, but thankfully 2 shots and an hour later and they were able to slow the contractions and the baby's heart rate went back to normal. Thank you for modern medicine!!! While this is all going on, My mother in law is still in the car with Carter because A, he had the flu, and B, no one under 12 was allowed back where I was. My mom in law did not want to stay the night, and they decided to keep me overnight, so she went back to Colorado with Carter. Every time I tried to roll over the baby's monitor would go off because it couldn't read her heartbeat, so I had to hold completely still all night. That was night 2 with no sleep. The next morning my friend Arthella who works in Price was so nice to take time out of her day and picked Brandin up from the hospital so he could go back to the car and see what our options were. The alternator we were told would be more complicated to remove than a typical car, but after watching some youtube videos he decided it didn't look overly hard, and he was pretty sure he could do it. The only problem left was then tracking down the part we needed. Surprise surprise, it was back in Junction, Co. So Brandin called his mom and she went and picked it up, and started the trek back to us. Ended up that my mom was free and traded off with her, and brought the part and my son back to me. I was finally released from the hospital, and Arthella sacrificed her lunch hour to come and pick me up and take me to Brandin and our car. Finally around 3 that afternoon my mom pulled into town. At this point it had started to snow, so she immediately started her trek back home. 20 min later Brandin had the car fixed and we were on our way!!! We made it back into town around 7 that night, and I finally crashed. I didn't even wake up until 9:30 the next morning. Whew! Needless to say, we had a very lazy weekend and hardly left the house Sat and Sun. :)