This afternoon I took him to visit his mom in the hospital. They hadn't seen each other since Deb left for her evening Bible study 3 days earlier. After some hugs, and some "what was on the TV just before I came in, can I watch [such and such]?", they together watched a video of Isaac performing the parts of Caesar Augustus and a Shepherd in our church's Christmas program that morning. Several people told me that he stole the show. Of course, I agree.
After a little while, I told Isaac to gime mommy one more cuddle and then it was time to go. His response was "No, 100 cuddles."
Now that I've explained the title of this post, here's an update on why Deb is in the hospital.
Our baby's due date, as determined by a couple early ultrasounds, is February 5th. Deb came home from Bible study last Thursday (32 1/2 weeks) a little earlier then normal saying she was having strong and frequent contractions. We timed a few and found them to be about 5 minutes apart, and so the HealthEast midwife on call was called and we were told to come in to get things checked out.
After arranging a last minute, overnight sitter (thank you Christine), we went to Woodwinds hospital, where BTW Isaac and Noah were both delivered by midwives through unmedicated waterbirth.
After 3 different medications were successful in slowing down the contractions, but not stopping them, Deb was transferred to St. John's hospital on Friday morning where they have a more complete Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for babies born this early. Special steroids were also given to help the baby's lungs mature a little faster.
To make things a little more complicated, Deb's rh antibody levels have started going up again. So, at this point, only God knows if this baby is really better inside or outside. Tomorrow morning will be some ultrasound tests to see if the doctors can answer that question, but we take comfort in knowing it's all in His hands.
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