Big News...

The past couple of days have been the same abnormal ultra-sounds. Today, we found out more information during our ultra-sound. The babies fluid levels were both low and apparently have been for a while. I got frustrated/nervous during the scan because I feel like we aren't getting all of the details. I called my nurse in afterwards and told her that I wanted to speak with a doctor and I wanted them to explain to me what was going on. (Up to this point my scans have been done by the maternal fetal group techs, then their doctors review the scans and consult my doctor and finally my doctor consults me-so I just felt like maybe their was a break down in communication). So, Dr. DeRouche (from Maternal Fetal Group) came in and explained everything to us. He said that basically they monitor me and are looking for a downward trend in the progression of the babies. He said today that he has been seeing that trend and anticipates me delivering Monday/Tuesday or at least by the end of the week. He did also say that he has been wrong before, so it may not happen, but he would be surprised if it didn't. So, I am shocked, I guess, because I haven't had a break down yet. Normally with this kind of news, I would definitely be freaking out-that will probably come tomorrow-ha!! Kyle is more than likely not going to go on his trip, but he is going to make the final decision after tomorrow's ultra-sound. So, please pray pray pray for all of us!!

Moving on up...

Well, today is the day we are getting upgraded to the penthouse suite!! I am super excited!! I think I will be moving after lunch to room 6201. I am looking forward to a new view and more space!! So, if anyone wants to visit me, you're in for a treat~ha!

On another note...our realtor called last night to tell us that they showed our condo to an investor who seems pretty interested. We are so excited about that!! She is supposed to call us today with more details and at this point, if someone would just make an offer, we would probably take it!!

I also wanted to comment about how loved I feel!! Allison and Noah and my sweet in-laws have both sent me beautiful flowers in the past couple of days!! Yesterday Mrs. Puckett came over and taught me how to knit a really pretty scarf. Meg came too and brought me some yummy chess brownies from Nicki and Kristen brought me Baha tea and chips and salsa, which were all a fun treat!!
Then, Kim and Zach brought us tortilla soup and banana muffins for dinner which is so much better than the mystery meat dinner from the hospital~ha!! I have also gotten cards from Laura, Mrs. Pam, and Carol Ann. Thank you so much to everyone for all your gestures of love!! You have all made me feel so special!!

Ultra-Sound Update....

Well, everything has been the same now for the past few days...abnormal, but not enough to deliver. The ultra-sound lady said she would be surprised if I made it another 2 weeks since Parker's blood flow has been absent end so many days in a row. She said it would be very unlikely for it to get better at this point. I talked to Dr. Blake this morning about giving me some situations that would result in having to deliver. She said that if Parker is absent end and either of them fail their bio-physical profile (basically they get evaluated on an 8-point scale on how active they are and they have to get at least a 5 to pass) then she would deliver. So far, they have been getting really high scores on that part, so that is good!! Also, if Parker is absent end and he still shows to be lagging in progress on his growth scan (which is next Tues.) then she will deliver. Finally, if either of their blood flow shows up as reversed, she will also deliver. So anyways, that at least gave us an idea of what to expect. So, for now we are just still waiting and anticipating.

I am also starting to worry a little bit about Kyle. I feel like he has a lot on his plate right now!! He is supposed to go to Las Vegas on Sunday until the following Friday for work. His company has been really understanding of our situation, but he just doesn't know what he should do! I am trying to encourage him to go because I could be like this forever and he can't just put his job on hold. But, he would just die if they had to deliver and he missed it. The good thing is that Southwest flies direct to and from Las Vegas, so i think we are just going to get a print off of all the possible flights next week incase he needs to jump on one real quick. Plus, on top of all that, he's still trying to figure out what to do with our condo that is just sitting in Knoxville not doing anything and he's here at the hospital every free minute he has trying to entertain me!! So, he's basically totally worn out, but trying not to let me see it. He is such a wonderful husband and I know God has truly blessed me with him!! He isn't the type of person to really stress out or worry about anything, but I feel like lately he has been. So, please pray for God to lighten his load and guide his paths regarding his work trip.

Dr. Blake's Report...

Well, I should have known that the post about my "best day yet" would quickly follow by my worst day yet, which was yesterday! We had our ultra-sound and everything that had improved was back to being bad!! So, I pretty much just cried all day yesterday!! It didn't help that I had this crazy nurse that came in every 2 seconds to make sure I was in the bed. I thought I was going to clock her if she didn't go away!! But, anyways...Victoria and Liam came by last night to visit and that cheered me up!! He looked absolutely precious, which made me realize that all this craziness will be worth it in the end!! After that, Kristen and Chris brought us dinner from Calipso which was quite tastey!! It is so nice to have everyone's support!! I tell you what, I don't think we could do it without you!!

So, Dr. Blake is finally back!! Thankgoodness!! She told me that I would be here for sure until the boys arrive!! She is thinking that she will take them around 32-34 weeks, which is Dec. 10th-24th unless they're ready before that. So, I'm looking at being locked up here for about another month-boo!! I'm hoping since I've got such a long sentence that maybe I can get upgraded to the penthouse suite-ha!! Anyways, we still need lots of prayers as I get so nervous every day when we have an ultra-sound that it will be the one to send us into delivery (which I am so scared of!!) But, after getting Victoria's take on it last night, I do feel better about it!! Again, thank you, thank you for your thoughts and prayers!! They are definitely being felt!!