What's Up Doc?

So last Friday (3/23/07) Michelle had another appointment with the specialist and the ultrasound showed that the baby is growing at a normal rate. They checked her all out again and everything looks to be developing very well. They even ran an estimate on her weight... 1 lb. 7 oz :) However, there was some bad news with the good, Michelle’s cervix is getting shorter (I hope that’s not too much information for anyone). Anyway, he really emphasized that she had to stay off her feet as much as possible, and anybody that knows Michelle knows that is a challenge for her. The doctor wanted to consult with Michelle’s OBGYN to decide if she needed to go to bed-rest. Well, they finally called back on Tuesday and said she could continue with her “modified bed rest" (which means as much time as possible lying down, she could still sit at her desk at work, but not much more than that). Today we went back again and the ultrasound was not showing up as well as they would like. They said there was some sort of local contraction occurring right where they wanted to measure and thus it did not allow them to get an accurate measurement. So we go in again on Tuesday (4/2/07). The doctor warned us that if the cervix has shortened any more from where it was on 3/23/07 they would administer an injection of steroids to start giving the lungs a little “jump start”. He assured us that it is totally safe and would be out of Michelle’s body within 24 hours yet would continue to help baby along for the next 3-4 weeks. Every indication that he’s given us so far is that this kid wants to get out early. He said our ultimate goal is to keep her in there until week 30, that’s 5 more weeks.

On a lighter note, the cedar closet is complete and is beginning to become populated. I moved the bed out of the spare bedroom and now I’ve begun patching nail holes and repairing a few cracks in the plaster (prep work for primer). The goal is to wash down the walls and mask off the floor/trim Tomorrow (Saturday) and apply primer on Sunday. Then hopefully I can paint the walls during the week or at the latest next Friday (depending on doctor’s appointments and such). And finally paint any trim over the remainder of Easter weekend, by which time one of us should be able to supply another progress report.

Until then, Happy Easter.

Dan