Sad, Then Happy News

Harmony had been pregnant again. Because she'd had a previous miscarriage, we went in for an early ultrasound on October 1st. We saw a heartbeat, which was very surreal. They scheduled us for another ultrasound two weeks from that date. However, when we went yesterday, the ultrasound technician saw no heartbeat. The baby had not grown much either. So. She has yet to actually miscarry, so we're not all clear yet.

It hurt both of us obviously. Harmony says she went through the Kubler-Ross stages of grief. I'm sure I did too, but I don't feel like replaying much of yesterday. Last time it was crushing and devastating. Harmony says this time it's more disappointing. Like last time, no one knew what went wrong. All tests done after the first miscarriage had shown nothing wrong with Harmony's body. So it could just be random miscarriages, but it could also be some problem they haven't detected yet. Perhaps endometriosis? Either way, we would appreciate everyone's prayers.

After the first miscarriage, we decided that if she had another one, we would get a dog. So yesterday we started looking online for bichon-poodle puppies for sale in the Greater Atlanta area. Cutting out all the details, this is what we came home with!





She's a 9 week old bichon-poo. We are still somewhat undecided on the name. We have tentatively named her Luna, but are soliciting requests for good girl dog names. If the dog had been a boy, we would MOST certainly have named him Chewie. I know, cliche and not very creative, but we don't care too much. We are quite pleased to report that she appears to love people very much. She will try to curl up on any body part that is in contact with the ground, even if it's just a foot.

I will also note that puppies and funny men are very good medicines for grief. After looking for puppies and seeing lots of cute puppy pictures, watching an episode of the Cosby Show (via rabbit ears), and watching Rush Hour 2, we felt a bit better.