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Date Posted: 01:52:05 01/29/06 Sun
Author: kennedypratt
Subject: 4
In reply to: kennedypratt 's message, "after vegas" on 01:45:23 01/29/06 Sun

They spent the next week down there in the islands and Keith and I settled back into our Nashville life. I was only working three days a week and the rest of my time was spent with him before he had to go back out on the road. I was looking forward the time he would be recording and not traveling as much. Our time in the past few days had not been as much fun as normal because I wasn’t feeling good. I had been tired and really sick to my stomach no matter what I ate.

Finally I went to my doctor, fearing I had picked up a parasite from something I ate in Australia. I mentioned the recent trip to her as I already looked up potential parasites on the internet, recommending test to her. She smiled as she read the chart and reviewed my symptoms. “Any chance you are pregnant?”
“No”, I replied. “Well, I guess there is always a chance but I am very careful. I doubt it is that, I’m thinking it is a liver fluke.” I answered.

“Well, let’s do a pregnancy test just to be sure you are not.” She said.

I rolled my eyes as I tried to put a sample in the cup. This was such a waste of time. A parasite was eating me up and they think I’m just plain ‘ole knocked up. I was sure I would end up in a medical journal with this parasite.

I swung my feet back and forth and they dangled off the edge of the exam table. I tapped my fingers nervously as I waited for the test results. Finally the doctor came back in, “Well, it was as we suspected.”
“What? Is it a parasite? Is it a liver fluke?” I asked.
“No, you are pregnant.” She replied.
“That can’t be. Your test is wrong.” I said.
“We’ll send some blood off, but you had a strong positive, it’s very accurate.” She said.
“You can send off what ever you want, I know that I’m not pregnant.” I said as I put my clothes back on. She smiled and handed me a box of prenatal vitamins.
“Be sure to take these, eat well and get lots of rest.” She said.
I snatched the box from her and marched out of the exam room.

I drove furiously to the pharmacy and bought eight pregnancy tests. Eight was my lucky number. I called Kim from my cell phone; they had just come back from St. Johns a few days ago. “Kim, I’ve got to come over. Are you alone?”
“Yeah, Kenny had a meeting. What’s wrong?”
“We’ll see when I get there.” I replied.
I paid the confused looking clerk and took my boxes of fate with me. When I got to Kim’s house I told her the whole story about the doctor. She laughed and hugged me and said, “That is so great.”
“No it’s not great, and I’m not even sure it’s true. I am going to take every one of these tests and you are going to read them. I need a big glass of water.” I said.

Over the next hour I proceeded to drink a gallon of water and take eight pregnancy tests. Kim laid them all out on the kitchen counter in a row. Each one was positive in its own unique way. There were plus signs, very clear pink lines, and the most annoying electronic stick the blinked ‘pregnant’. I sat on stool in disbelieve. I must have miscounted the hours during our trip and not taken a pill on time. Kim tried to reassure me that this was a good thing and that she and Kenny had decided to try as well. She hugged me, “we can be fat together, and it will be fun.”
I had to smile; the image of those two with a baby was almost too much to take. Kenny returned to from his meeting and surveyed the science project in the kitchen. Kim quickly shook her head no before he could say anything, she pointed to me. He teased me, “oh my god, you’re carrying Keith Urban’s love child.” He pointed and poked my stomach, “have any idea how big you are going to get?”
I pushed him away gently and smiled. Despite my shock over the day’s events I was beginning to feel a strange excitement, a new energy. I needed to go home and tell Keith the news. I felt bad that his friends knew before him. Kim and Kenny both hugged me before I left and told me everything would be fine. I tried to believe them. When I got back to Keith’s house he was waiting for me. “What did the doctor say? Do you have a parasite?” He asked concerned.
“Yep, it is a parasite all right.” I replied.
“What are they going to do about it?” He asked.
“Well, she said that I need to take vitamins, eat well, get lots of rest and it will work it self out in about nine months.” I said.
He gave me a confused look.

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[> [> 5 -- kennedypratt, 02:02:32 01/29/06 Sun [1]

And then I woke up and realized it was all a dream, a nightmare really (just kiding).


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[> [> [> Thank God! -- 1birdinflight, 15:56:23 01/29/06 Sun [1]

Kennedy, you really had me going, girl! It's not time for babies, it's not even time for a wedding and luckily you know that,at least, I think you know that...LOL! Babies are beautiful, babies are cute, babies are noisy and they smell really great sometimes and sometimes not so great, babies can bring couples together and they can tear couples apart...You and Keith are having so much fun right now just as a couple; too much fun to rock the boat just yet...


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[> [> [> [> babies -- kennedypratt, 18:38:34 01/29/06 Sun [1]

Not sure how I feel about babies so I had to have some type of escape in this story. It's kind of hard to write a baby out a story without causing to much controversy. Plus I don't really need some half-aussie brunette running around with a daddy who is always on tour.


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[> [> [> You were a busy busy girl this weekend. -- Texas_Cheryl, 16:56:52 01/29/06 Sun [1]


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