Way To Go Girls!

It has been an exciting day to say the least. Today was our other cheerleading competition. We left for Bradley-Bourbonnais at 8:30 this morning. I was not feeling well shortly after I woke up but attributed it to nerves. I get really nervous when the girls compete. By the time it was time for the bus to go I was having a lot of stomach pain. I toughed it out for a while then after talking to Martha I got nervous that it was contractions. Since I am just 7 months along, that made me anxious. We were very close to Sara Bush Hospital at this point so the bus wheeled in there and dropped me off. My assistant, Laurin, went on with the bus to take the girls the rest of the way. I had already decided that after the hospital told me everything was fine Martha could pick me up and take me to my competition. After hooking me up to monitors and doing some tests they told me I was not having contractions but I had a urinary tract infection and that often feels like contractions this far along in pregnancy. I was relieved to get that diagnosis; however, still being in pain I could not travel 2 more hours to competition. Jeff came and brought me home. I was not happy about not being able to see the girls perform but I knew I could not tough out the pain. They called me immediately after they were done and told me that they did the routine perfect. I was so excited. Turned out they got 5th place. That advances them to the state competition! I was so happy for them. They have worked so hard and deserved to advance. I was bummed that I couldn't be there but I will get to see them do an awesome job next Friday and Saturday at the state competition. Way to go girls!