All good news for the twins today! Nanette got to wash her hair for the first time in about a week. She looks gorgeous, which is no surprise.
Jared camped out at the hospital setting his laptop on a meal cart as an impromptu desk. The recreational therapist, Jody---after many failed attempts in the last two weeks---successfully made first contact with us. She was very helpful in getting a permanent desk (a card table) and a better hide-away bed.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
25 Weeks 3 days - Part II
Nanette's Valentines poem referred to in the last post:
My Home
Within the budding years of youth
I feared the rocky way ahead,
Proclaimed I would not follow there,
But find my own safe path instead.
To friends I swore no risk I'd take.
From lovers' vows I would refrain,
And choose instead a lonely road
Which beckons neither love nor pain.
As I set off I glanced once more
To see the path I'd left behind.
I saw a harbor waiting there
Of peace and cheer and comfort kind.
I found my home within your arms
All safe and warm in your embrace.
Your gentleness and strength - my all
Your tenderness - my mortal grace.
My Home
Within the budding years of youth
I feared the rocky way ahead,
Proclaimed I would not follow there,
But find my own safe path instead.
To friends I swore no risk I'd take.
From lovers' vows I would refrain,
And choose instead a lonely road
Which beckons neither love nor pain.
As I set off I glanced once more
To see the path I'd left behind.
I saw a harbor waiting there
Of peace and cheer and comfort kind.
I found my home within your arms
All safe and warm in your embrace.
Your gentleness and strength - my all
Your tenderness - my mortal grace.
25 Weeks 3 days
Happy Valentines Day.
Nanette's non-stress test (NST) today looked good, or so she was initially told. Both babies had good heart rate elevations, which indicate a healthy response to activity. But then a few hours later the resident doctor ordered a second NST because the heart rate of one baby was "too elevated". So Nanette underwent another hour of monitoring with the promise (threat?) that if she didn't pass she would be spending the night at a Labor and Delivery room, which we lovingly call "The Chamber". Thankfully, she passed the second NST and it's the good life of only being disturbed every other hour all night long.
Nanette also provided a little romance by giving a card with a full four-stanza poem to Jared. She included three dinner mints that she has been saving from her meal trays. Jared had previously given her some movies and a new cell phone. At night we watched the old Jimmy Stewart legal thriller, "The Anatomy of a Murder". It was hospital romance at its finest.
Nanette's non-stress test (NST) today looked good, or so she was initially told. Both babies had good heart rate elevations, which indicate a healthy response to activity. But then a few hours later the resident doctor ordered a second NST because the heart rate of one baby was "too elevated". So Nanette underwent another hour of monitoring with the promise (threat?) that if she didn't pass she would be spending the night at a Labor and Delivery room, which we lovingly call "The Chamber". Thankfully, she passed the second NST and it's the good life of only being disturbed every other hour all night long.
Nanette also provided a little romance by giving a card with a full four-stanza poem to Jared. She included three dinner mints that she has been saving from her meal trays. Jared had previously given her some movies and a new cell phone. At night we watched the old Jimmy Stewart legal thriller, "The Anatomy of a Murder". It was hospital romance at its finest.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
25 Weeks 2 days
A really boring day or two. Thank goodness.
The kids, except for Daniel who was at a birthday party, came to visit yesterday. We had a great time and they discovered that when the couch pulls out into a bed, it leaves a cavity underneath which is perfect for hiding. They instantly called for a game of hide and seek. It was a short game.
The kids, except for Daniel who was at a birthday party, came to visit yesterday. We had a great time and they discovered that when the couch pulls out into a bed, it leaves a cavity underneath which is perfect for hiding. They instantly called for a game of hide and seek. It was a short game.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
25 Weeks 1 Day
Last night was the roughest we've had since our first night here. Nanette started hemorrhaging badly and she was sent to a Labor and Delivery room to be monitored. They gave her Magnesium Sulfate to help slow down labor and for neuroprotection of the twins. She was monitored heavily all night and slept little if at all.
Nanette's uterine activity calmed down within an hour or two of coming to the L&D room. Contractions backed off to 1-2 per hour and the bleeding essentially stopped. So as of this morning, we are scheduled to move back to the "The Suite" in the Women's Special Care Unit. In fact, Dr. Porter just dropped in to say we were free to go (his outgoing comment as he looked at the remains of Nanette's breakfast, "Are those potatoes? I know those aren't eggs!").
Daniel had come up yesterday to have a little sleepover, but we had to call Wade to come and get him at about 10pm. Poor kid! That's twice now that he has had to scrap his plans for a sleepover. We still had a good time watching Sprited Away prior to all the craziness.
Nanette's uterine activity calmed down within an hour or two of coming to the L&D room. Contractions backed off to 1-2 per hour and the bleeding essentially stopped. So as of this morning, we are scheduled to move back to the "The Suite" in the Women's Special Care Unit. In fact, Dr. Porter just dropped in to say we were free to go (his outgoing comment as he looked at the remains of Nanette's breakfast, "Are those potatoes? I know those aren't eggs!").
Daniel had come up yesterday to have a little sleepover, but we had to call Wade to come and get him at about 10pm. Poor kid! That's twice now that he has had to scrap his plans for a sleepover. We still had a good time watching Sprited Away prior to all the craziness.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
24 Weeks 6 Days
Major event today: we got a free room upgrade to the floor suite. We moved to room 2309 and it is bigger and better in so many ways. It has two big windows that look out onto the Salt Lake basin. It's absolutely beautiful (when there is no inversion, of course). Even has a remote for the DVD player. But the best part about the new room is the HVAC. The old room had a noisy large fan that was always on. The new room is on the regular HVAC system---nice and quiet.
They run a tight ship around here. 5am comes and the resident shows up (right on schedule for her daily round) to announce that Nanette will be having an ultrasound today. At 7:30am we get a phone call and within minutes the technician arrives to cart Nanette to Maternal Fetal Medicine. We were back by 8am. Both babies appeared to have very little fluid but they did have bladders---which is what they were looking for.
Nanette is spending her first night alone at the hospital. Let's all pray it goes well for her.
They run a tight ship around here. 5am comes and the resident shows up (right on schedule for her daily round) to announce that Nanette will be having an ultrasound today. At 7:30am we get a phone call and within minutes the technician arrives to cart Nanette to Maternal Fetal Medicine. We were back by 8am. Both babies appeared to have very little fluid but they did have bladders---which is what they were looking for.
Nanette is spending her first night alone at the hospital. Let's all pray it goes well for her.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
24 Weeks 5 Days
Still hanging in there. Nanette is now getting daily Non-Stress Tests (NSTs). This is an extended monitoring of the babies' heartrates.
Everyday counts big at this stage and we are grateful to have made it one more.
Everyday counts big at this stage and we are grateful to have made it one more.
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