Well after closer scrutiny this morning of Melissa's bloodwork drawn yesterday, it appears the doctors aren't real worried about it and said "she's only got four weeks left" implying she shouldn't be packing her bags. They will be continuing essentially the same monitoring from the last 5 weeks with an additional blood test drawn here and there. The same monitoring (consisting of temperature, contractions and heart rate) will be used to signal additional testing if the baseline changes.
To reply to responses from yesterday's post:
1) If Melissa doesn't answer the phone don't panic. She's probably at one of her 24 daily trips to the bathroom, taking an occasional shower, or on her daily wheelchair cruise looking for new and exciting things in the hospital. Let's just say she doesn't move as quickly as she used to so running around/diving over the bed to get to the telephone is not going to happen. I'm waiting for her to stop half way between her 15 foot journey from the bed to the bathroom to take a break. We joke (mostly me) what it'll be like for her to resume normal life after 10-14 weeks of bedrest. Friday will complete the 10th week of bedrest.
2) We currently plan on continuing the blog throughout Bea's hospital stay (she probably won't come home until 6 weeks from now regardless if she's in or out). We'll have a lot more new things to learn, worry, laugh and write about. We're also thinking of continuing the blog beyond her first days home so that everyone who has read about all the bad stuff can enjoy all of the good stuff and witness her development. We'll post pictures and updates on our blog rather then sending out three mass emails a day with pictures showing hourly development (she looks pretty similar to yesterday and the day before that) that clog everyone's mailboxes. It'll also help you avoid injuring your designated "delete button" finger or telling the obnoxious parents to quit sending you emails.
And before I forget, we had a new doctor on Saturday morning. He normally rounds in St. Paul but apparently was hoping to escape the drunken mobs. He said Melissa has "had an interesting pregnancy". If a perinatologist tells you you've had an interesting pregnancy, that means something. That's serious bragging rights.
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Yea!!! I'm so glad you are going to be able to stay put, Bea!! The longer you can wait, the quicker we can play together, and I have LOTS of new tricks to show you! I'm still thinking April 17th for the big day. In fact, I'm blowing bubbles right now thinking about it.
Later,
Cousin Sadie
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