March 25, 2014

Well tomorrow I get to go on a field trip!! They are wheeling me over to the perinatologist office to have an ultrasound and some test run. One of the test is to check for a certain protein, this protein will tell them more about my pre-term labor. If it comes back negative we are good, they haven't really told us what happens if it's positive. The doctor feels I am stable enough at this point to try to come off the magnesium!!!! They are going to cut it off at 6:00 in the morning. Which means I get to shower and have my catheter taken out!!! They have talked about starting me on some medication called procardia tomorrow, which I can take every 6 hours the rest of my pregnancy. The only concern is it was created as a blood pressure pill, but it helps with pre-term labor. I already run on the low side with my BP so they are hoping I can handle the medicine. I know God has all of this under control and I am not worried at all! We had several visitors today! Our parents came again today, which is always an encouragement to have them spend time with us. My father-in-law is one of the funniest people I know so his jokes and comments are always good to hear! I also had my best friend Hannah and her mom (mom #2) Darlene come by to visit. Some really cool things have happened today!My parents ate at a place called "Come and Get It", if you are ever around Kennestone you should try it! My dad, who can make conversation with anyone, was talking to the owner. He asked my parents why they were there and they told him about me being in the hospital and what was going on with the baby. The owner stopped taking orders and prayed for me and my family for about 5 minutes. Then, when he finished up orders he sat with my parents for a while and talked to them about his business. His father had died 4 years ago and his dad told him to invest in gold & silver. He did, but when he felt The Lord was calling him into this business he sold them for exactly the amount of money he needed, $333,000 (there's that number again!) The owner went on to tell my parents how God had used his business as a ministry opportunity and how he has been able to share the gospel with a lot of people. Later my parents were searching for a Smoothie King for me and my dad stopped by the rest room. He had a man approach him and say "you were in Nick's restaurant earlier today!" My dad said yes and the man asked my dad if he was a Christian. He went on to tell my dad his wife had killed herself 4 years ago and left him with an 11, 17, and 26 year old. His 17 year old daughter was in Labor and Delivery and did not want the baby girl. He said several people had volunteered to take the baby, but he wanted the baby to go to a Christian home. He asked my parents in they wanted the baby and my dad said he knew someone who was a Christian who would. They exchanged numbers, we are unsure of what the outcome of this will be but God knows! I would love for that baby to go to this home, but if that is not in the plan, as excited as I would be, I have to trust Father knows best! Another cool story came from my best friends. Friday someone had asked her how I was doing and she said she had not talked to me in a few days so she sent me a message, it came as we were getting all this scary news! It meant so much to me that I got a random "Hey thinking about you, hope everything is okay.. love you" the moment the doctors were giving us little hope about our son. She told me today that when I texted back she was away on a church wide women conference in Tennessee, they had 30 women praying for us several times a day throughout the whole weekend. Another group of ladies they knew were in TN as well, and their group was praying for us throughout the weekend. I feel so grateful that so many people are going before The Throne on our behalf. This little baby is so special and I hope he gets to grow up and use all of the many stories we are having sent to us to glorify The Father. Thank you each again for the prayers and love that you are showing our little family! You will never know how much they mean to us! To God be the glory!