Not what we had imagined...

Well, my mom is currently on a plane back to the US.  Not exactly the fun trip to new Zealand she had imagined.  Mark and I will hop on a flight tomorrow, so we will arrive in California early Sunday afternoon.  I called my midwife to make sure it was okay for me to fly this late in pregnancy, and she gave me the green light.  But, I'm not allowed to sleep on the plane (must get up and walk at least every hour) and I have to drink lots of water.  The real problem is the fact that I can't get any travel insurance since I am over 30 weeks pregnant.  If I were only 28 weeks pregnant, I could get insurance so that if anything were to go wrong related to this pregnancy while we are traveling, all medical costs would be covered.  BUT nobody will insure me past 28 weeks pregnant, which means if anything were to happen, it would be financially crippling.  So I'm going to take every precaution, and try my best to keep this baby cooking and safe while we are traveling.  The last thing my family needs is another bad thing to happen in the upcoming week.

But anyway, both my other sisters are now home with my dad, and my mom will be joining them soon.  All arrangements are still being made for the funeral, so no news on that front.  But stay tuned, I'll be sure to let everyone know once we have nailed down a day, place, and time.  In the meantime, I'll be working on some kind of eulogy/speech for my baby sister, and hope that I have the strength to actually deliver it.  So far, I'm doing great, but that's mostly because my coping mechanism has been to sort of pretend that this hasn't happened, but once I get back home with my family, it's only a matter of time before it becomes a reality.  So we'll have to wait and see.