20 Weeks Times 2

My wife is now approximately 20 weeks pregnant. We will find out the gender of the baby on Monday. While my initial desire was to wait to find out the way my parents waited for their children, Liz really wants to know. As a result we have an appointment with an ultrasound scheduled. I'm excited. I know that whatever gender the Lord has plans for this child. In other news Matthew and I went to the doctor today. He had to have a planter's wort treated for the second time with liquid nitrogen to freeze the tissue. Interestingly I have a planter's wort on my foot in a similar position to Matt's. It is very likely that he got it from me. Matthew made sure to tell the doctor that I probably gave him the wort. When the doctor found out that I had a similar wort he offered to treat me with the liquid nitrogen free of charge. So there we were father and son sitting on the table with butcher paper with one sock off. We took turns holding each other's hands as we endured the stinging bite of the liquid nitrogen. The doctor was very nice to have offered this service. We did however have to wait for the better part of an hour to receive treatment and this could have been the doctor's way of pacifying a possible disgruntled parent. However the doctor was very nice and I think he would have offered even if we hadn't waited so long. While we were at the doctor's office Liz was coming back from her first week in her new internship in the O.B. unit at SouthHaven community hospital. She got to be involved with a birth today. The mother of the baby was 20 and Hispanic and had trouble understanding the directions from the medical staff. She was having a difficult birth so they resorted to using a vacuum to suck the child out. Liz says that's a practice that isn't used much anymore. Well, just thought I'd check in. Hopefully I will write more often.