I cannot express my gratitude to all my family and friends who have been there for me, Matt & Stella. From the moment we got the call, I knew I had people in my life to help. Unfortunately, I expect to be leaning on you for quite a while... approx 9 weeks... until we get to 34 weeks of gestation (late January).
Psychologically this is going to be difficult and logistically this is going to be difficult, but we know we're not going through it alone. Please keep Skipper in your thoughts/prayers. She is a fighter and I feel her desire to make it, already! If she comes tonight, she has about a 75% survival rate (national statistic, which is an unpublished, but higher number here at Duke!!). If she even just makes it 1 more week, that number increases into the 90s! Every hour and day counts in the womb and I'm so grateful to report that right now, she seems snug as a bug in there!
Never in a million years would I have guessed that I'd be in this situation. My pregnancy with Stella was the picture of health and I could not coax her out with all my heart's desire. She was born at 41 weeks and my water didn't break with her until I was pushing!
I am hanging in there... I have lots of distractions and hospital support; I will even go back to work (from the hospital bed) tomorrow. I am worried about Stella and Matt... who are having to deal with this while trying to live a normal life. So far, Matt is strong and I know he will manage. Stella knows something is wrong and is trying to process it. I miss her. I miss them both.
Now that my family has left (and special thanks to Ginnie for coming for a visit on her birthday!), I'm here for the first time, alone... my dinner came and this was just too funny to me to leave out. Check out this delicious "vegetarian meal:"
Grateful that this is what I'm concerned about tonight!! :)
The melon and cottage cheese was actually pretty good, but I had that for lunch and that is a plate of green beans. There are a lot of suggestions I would make to this hospital kitchen, as I believe food is an important part of the healing process...
Psychologically this is going to be difficult and logistically this is going to be difficult, but we know we're not going through it alone. Please keep Skipper in your thoughts/prayers. She is a fighter and I feel her desire to make it, already! If she comes tonight, she has about a 75% survival rate (national statistic, which is an unpublished, but higher number here at Duke!!). If she even just makes it 1 more week, that number increases into the 90s! Every hour and day counts in the womb and I'm so grateful to report that right now, she seems snug as a bug in there!
Never in a million years would I have guessed that I'd be in this situation. My pregnancy with Stella was the picture of health and I could not coax her out with all my heart's desire. She was born at 41 weeks and my water didn't break with her until I was pushing!
I am hanging in there... I have lots of distractions and hospital support; I will even go back to work (from the hospital bed) tomorrow. I am worried about Stella and Matt... who are having to deal with this while trying to live a normal life. So far, Matt is strong and I know he will manage. Stella knows something is wrong and is trying to process it. I miss her. I miss them both.
Now that my family has left (and special thanks to Ginnie for coming for a visit on her birthday!), I'm here for the first time, alone... my dinner came and this was just too funny to me to leave out. Check out this delicious "vegetarian meal:"
The melon and cottage cheese was actually pretty good, but I had that for lunch and that is a plate of green beans. There are a lot of suggestions I would make to this hospital kitchen, as I believe food is an important part of the healing process...
Leigh, it is so good of you to update this blog to keep us all in the loop. We are constantly thinking of you and I personally am very impressed by how you are handling this situation. I am not sure I could do as well as you. I am so sorry that we are so far away and can't wait until we get down there next week. Hang in there, I'm feeling confident that all will go well. We love you.
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