June 7 - Another weekend down

Dear Baby,

It has been 12 days since the first night we have been in the hospital. Like I have said before, I never imagined that I would have been admitted to the hospital. However, we have survived and keep buying ourselves one more day in paradise. When the doctor first said that on average, delivery happens 10 days from admission for most women who are diagnosed for severe pre-eclampsia, I said that I would be above average. Well, obviously I have accomplished that goal. My ultimate goal is to make it to 34 weeks, but my next milestone will be 32 weeks which is next Friday. One of my nurses says take it one day at a time, but I am definitely an overachiever and have decided that I want to take it one week at a time. Stubborn me!

As for updates on me physically, I am doing fine. My blood pressure has come down tremendously. There are still those occasional spikes in my blood pressure, but nobody is concerned about it. The nurses are really surprised that my blood pressure has come down so much even though I am not on any type of blood pressure medication. I have had readings here lower than I ever had. My lab work comes back good everyday so far and Alexander is looking good on his monitoring and his ultrasounds. The resident doctor actually told me that they considered thinking about letting me go home, but they checked my protein level again and it was still elevated, so no such luck. Oh well. I think I might have preferred that he would have not have said anything at all.

I also want to clarify a few things. I have come to realize that some of my friends and family have a misconception of my stay here and I want to straighten things out. Some think that I am stuck to my bed and can not do anything on my own. I am allowed to get out of my bed and go to the bathroom and shower on my own. I also have a chair and couch in my room that I go and sit in every now and then. In fact, when I am on the computer, I am sitting on the couch because it is just more comfortable. I am also allowed to walk out of my room and down the hall to the snack room they have here for us. In the snack room, there are all kinds of things, but I mainly go there for juice and to refill my water. It is not much, but it is a break from staying in my room.

So, here is a random story to share with you all. All but one room on my side of the labor and delivery floor is for antepartum patients (patients like me who are on bedrest). The one room is used as both an anterpartum room or as a labor room. That room just happens to be right next to my room. Earlier this afternoon, Robert and I heard the baby monitor from that room and I thought it was quite odd that she was being monitored in the afternoon because most of the monitoring happens in the morning. Next thing we know, we hear her moaning and she just sounded like she was not a happy camper. We concluded that she was in labor. Well after Robert left to go home and my nurse came in to check on me, I asked about my neighbor and the nurse said that she was doing fine and was given some pain meds. Well not a minute after that, my nurse had to leave and go tend to this woman. She was moaning so loudly, I felt so bad for her. She sounded so miserable. After about 10 minutes of this, I believe she was taken away so that she can deliver her baby. I hope she is doing fine now. I knew that coming to the hospital, there was a possibility that I would hear that, but I didn't think it would be in the room next to me. Oh well, it happens.

I appreciate everyone who has sent me emails and comments. It definitely does make time go by faster. Until next time.

I will always love you,
Your Mommy