Ok, so I know that we have been requesting a lot of prayers lately, but we have another doosy to add to the list. As I was driving back to the doctor this morning to check to see if I was any further dialated, my mom calls me from Oklahoma in an ambulance taking my stepdad Jon to the emergency room because he had just suffered a stroke. We don't know a lot except that it was a major stroke, and that they cannot remove the clot in the major artery that caused the stroke. They are doing the best medically that they can, but it is extremely limited - so we are left with putting the power in God's hands and letting him do the healing. Please everyone out there in blog land - pray for Jon. The next 48 hours will determine if he will ever speak or gain true consciousness again.
FYI - I am now dialated to 2cm and was given IV fluids in the hospital today. Tomorrow marks the 33 week mark - Doc wants us to get to at least 36 weeks...stay in there baby!!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Life is truly "unexpected"
So just when you think that things are getting more relatively under control in our lives...
Two days ago we had a routine check-up for the new baby girl (yes, still no names decided yet) for our 32 week mark. Kara had commented all weekend on the fact that she felt like the baby had dropped and she was feeling a lot of pressure, but we just tried not to worry about it - especially since we had an upcoming doctor's appointment. So, the doc checked her out and discovered that there had been contractions, is already 1cm dialated, and her cervix is soft. Doc sent her straight to the hospital to monitor the baby and the contractions and see if she was in labor. After three hours of sitting in a curtained "room," we got the results.
Good news is that the baby's heartrate was great and she was moving fine. The baby was also still in a "high station" which means she hasn't dropped too far into position yet.
Not so good news is that Kara was having contractions - but not big ones. They gave her a shot to calm them down (which gave her pretty funny shakes!). They also gave her a shot of steriods to help develop the baby's lungs in case we did deliver early - she had to go back and get another one yesterday. Boy, steriod needles are HUGE! And they did a swab test to determine within a 95% accuracy whether or not we are going to deliver early. We won't know until Monday the results of that test.
SO - Kara is now on bed rest - at least in the short term to see if they can stop these contractions and keep the baby in the incubator for a little while longer. Not sure why this kid wants to come out so badly...
This is not so great timing as the surgery is next week - but at least we have many helpers coming in the next couple of weeks...
Just keep the baby and Kara in your prayers...love to all.
Two days ago we had a routine check-up for the new baby girl (yes, still no names decided yet) for our 32 week mark. Kara had commented all weekend on the fact that she felt like the baby had dropped and she was feeling a lot of pressure, but we just tried not to worry about it - especially since we had an upcoming doctor's appointment. So, the doc checked her out and discovered that there had been contractions, is already 1cm dialated, and her cervix is soft. Doc sent her straight to the hospital to monitor the baby and the contractions and see if she was in labor. After three hours of sitting in a curtained "room," we got the results.
Good news is that the baby's heartrate was great and she was moving fine. The baby was also still in a "high station" which means she hasn't dropped too far into position yet.
Not so good news is that Kara was having contractions - but not big ones. They gave her a shot to calm them down (which gave her pretty funny shakes!). They also gave her a shot of steriods to help develop the baby's lungs in case we did deliver early - she had to go back and get another one yesterday. Boy, steriod needles are HUGE! And they did a swab test to determine within a 95% accuracy whether or not we are going to deliver early. We won't know until Monday the results of that test.
SO - Kara is now on bed rest - at least in the short term to see if they can stop these contractions and keep the baby in the incubator for a little while longer. Not sure why this kid wants to come out so badly...
This is not so great timing as the surgery is next week - but at least we have many helpers coming in the next couple of weeks...
Just keep the baby and Kara in your prayers...love to all.
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