This past Tuesday was my "big adventure" out of the house for our weekly OB appointment. I look forward to Tuesdays just for the simple fact I get to sit up for a couple of hours and breath fresh air! God has been teaching me how much I take the simple things like fresh air for granted! When we were getting ready to leave for the OB I told Jeff I didn't feel like I would be coming home, and I was right. When my OB checked me, my cervical length had began to thin again and my stomach is painful to the touch. She told me what I had been dreading..... "you will be in the hospital until the baby comes!" I will say Kennestone is the BEST hospital I could be at though! I have never had a medical staff that has so much knowledge and compassion for their patients! It's neat just to see how Father brought us through the frustrating process that brought us to a new practice and an amazing hospital. It reminds me constantly of his sovereignty!
When I was checked into the hospital they did a lot of blood work and hooked me up to the monitors. On Wednesday when my OB made morning rounds she told me my white count was elevated and that I have an infection somewhere, they just don't know where yet. However, I am not running a fever so for now they will just monitor me. The specialist for the baby came by as well to talk everything over with us. Today I will be having another protein test and another cervical length ultrasound. At this point I have not had to be hooked back up to magnesium which is amazing!! So, as long as the protein test comes back negative I will get to stay on my pills for a little while longer. When my OB came by for nightly rounds Wednesday she was very positive. She told me now that we are over 25 weeks we are at a much better place with viability and Tripp's viability goes up 2-3% more each day he stays in. She also expressed she was shocked we still had a baby inside, she said when I went into labor at 22 weeks she didn't think we had much of a chance. She said it is usually considered medically impossible to stop labor at that point because my body had not developed the receptors the allow all of the medicines to work. She told us we truly had a miracle inside, but we knew that :). I told her we had thousands of people praying for us (many we have never met) and that God has allowed us to get to this point! I cannot figure out what her beliefs are, but she is seeing the power of God's sovereignty and the power of saints going before the Throne for a sister-in-Christ! She is a VERY smart doctor, but has a really closed off personality. However, through this process she has become a lot more personal with Jeff and I and I can see a completely different attitude coming from her. I am praying that Father will open up conversations where I can share the gospel with her.
We had a visit from nurse Christy yesterday, she was my nurse the very first night I was in the hospital. She let me know she had thought about me every day and that she and her mother had been praying for us everyday. I have been blessed with so many nurses who profess to be Christians. I am so thankful Father has surrounded me with so many encouragers!
Again, I wish I could thank each of you personally who have prayed, called, emailed, and sent text messages. We have been overwhelmed with how much our little boy is loved by so many already! We love you guys! To God be the glory!
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