Today is day 7 in the hospital and I thought it would mean discharge papers…I was wrong!
After visiting with the OB and both of us discussing the past few days, her decision is to keep me in the hospital on my IV mag drip until Wednesday when my peri will scan me and get the most up to date cervical measurement. Yesterday, I required 3 doses of terb (one during each monitoring session) but, the good news is that one dose knocked the contractions out each time. The bad news is that when I got contractions yesterday they were 3-4 minutes apart! YUCK!
Here is the plan:
- Tomorrow Ffn in the morning and CBC blood work
- Wednesday is the cervical scan and weight check
- If Ffn is negative and cervical scan hasn’t changed I will be weaned off of the IV Mag and put on oral terb for 24 hours. We will be constantly monitoring for contractions and figuring out what dose of meds I need to be on to control the contractions. I will be transitioned to the pump with the desired dose for maintenance and sent home…hopefully, Thursday or at the latest Friday.
- If the Ffn is positive or there is change in the cervical measurement I am pretty sure I won’t be leaving the hospital until I deliver. However, I don’t anticipate either of those situations occurring!
In the meantime…I am missing Ellie like crazy. Her world has been turned upside down and although I know she isn’t skipping a beat without me at home, I am having a terrible time without her! B even admitted that last night it was extremely difficult to fall asleep because he didn’t have her cuddled up in his arm. I know this isn’t “that” bad compared to what it could be, but change is still difficult!
On a brighter note: here is a list of all the things I can now do with an IV in my hand:
- shave
- wash my hair
- dry my hair and round brush it
- straighten my hair
- apply make-up
- rub on my lotion
- eat
- cut an apple
- do my nails
- hold said IV in place during dressing change
- and type!
Previously, I would have cringed at the thought of having an IV in my hand and even moving it! Now, I am so used to having an IV I don’t think I’ll know what to do with the freedom when it comes out! Oh, the joys of living in the “hotel” as B refers to it!
Tomorrow is field trip day and Ellie is coming up to see me! I am excited to see her even though I am pretty sure she just comes up here for the free popsicles and trips upstairs to see the new babies! She loves all of the nurses and yesterday walked out of my hospital room wearing my slippers and said, “Hi, Ladies,” to all of the nurses at the nurses station!!! She is hilarious! She also loves to play nurse now and before you give her a big shot (with a crayon) she will tell herself out loud to, “Take a deep breath!” She certainly has picked up a lot during her visits up here!
I’ll update again on Wednesday, since that is really the “big news” day of the week! In the meantime, I would be so grateful for prayers asking for a calm uterus, successful weaning process, negative Ffn and no cervical change…
Blessings,
Angie
4 comments:
You're always in my prayers sister!! Thinking of you!! Ellie is such a ham:)
Angie,
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers daily!
Many prayers being said for you and your blessing. Hope the contractions stop soon and you will get to go home.
Your daughter sounds precious. Glad she will get to visit you soon. I always looked forward to my family visits too.
You are doing an amazing job. Many Thoughts and Prayers.
Hang in there Angie. It gets better with time. If you have to stay in the hospital you're only looking at a relatively "short" stay with the added benefit of no NICU stay. You're getting so close! I'm sorry you're having to go through all this. You and your family are so strong!
Julie
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