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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Another day!

We are having a good day! Although i leaked most of the night off and on. At this point our lil guy produces 2mL of pee (which is the amniotic fluid) an hour. So he produces 1.44oz a day. And it will increase as he grows! I was excited to read a story today where a mom that is a member of a pprom support group had good news! She pprom'd at 13wks4d, i pprom'd at 13wks2d, her little girl was born 3 days ago at 27wks 4days and is doing really well! The already have her off of the vent and on an oxygen mask! This is very comforting to hear and i keep all these ladies and their lil ones in my prayers. 39 days til they admit me to the hospital!!! I cant wait! That is when our boy can survive outside of my belly if need be. They will be constantly monitoring he and i for things like cord compression in case they need to get him out in a hurry. So today i started making a list of things we will need to be taking to the hospital bc week could be there for over 10 weeks. I have also realized that i will not be able to do any shopping or preparation here at home for the baby. So we will have to rely on my family for that. I am going to register a few days before i am admitted so when i do have a shower, which i probably wont get to attend, but that is ok, everybody will know what we need. It is weird bc right now all i have is 2 packs of diapers, a couple of onesies, and 1 baby blanket. Im not prepared and i dont have a way to on my own, ill have to totally rely on others to do that for me. God has blessed us with a wonderful family and i know they will take good care of us. They sure are doing a great job now by bring us meals, cleaning house, and "babysitting me". Thanks everyone! We love you all! Oh and i think we have a name picked out!!! I will let you all know in a day or two!! Thanks for your continued prayers!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

3am

I was awaken at 3 am to alot of fluid leaking out. Since i havent leaked in a couple of weeks and according to my u/s on monday my sac was holding a normal amount of fluid. We had assumed i had sealed, we were all amazed and thankful to God our lil guy was floating around! Either the tear had tore again or i have a leak that is high on my sac. We called for an ambulance and checked the babys heartbeat with our doppler, his heartbeat was 153 which comforted us. I called for an ambulance bc when my membranes ruptured in April i went to the ER and had to wait 45 min crying the whole time, i wasnt doing that again bc the less i move and more i lay back the less fluid i lose. When i got to the ER we listened to the heartbeat again and it was 150. They had started an IV with fluids. I was glad bc the fluids go strait through my veins to the baby versus being digested then to the baby. I wish i could be on IV fluids 24/7. I plan on asking my ob next week if we can arrange something like that. They then sent me to labor and delivery and they put a monitor on my belly to check for contractions, there were none. Thankfully throughout this i have not had any bleeding, contractions, placental previa, and my cervix has remained closed. Some women i have been in touch with that are going through this have multiple problems so i am fortunate still. Dr Fields was on call so he came in and said he was bummed bc he has really been hoping for us. I told him that i have a feeling in my heart that everything is going to be ok and that God is with us. He said a prayer with us. He is a great man. My favorite nurse was also with me which was comforting and she said we have been in her thoughts and prayers and that she had been asking about us, the other nurse i had was wonderful as well.Everyone there has been super supportive, God is good. The Dr then did a sterile speculum exam to confirm that it was fluid and make sure my cervix was closed, it was fluid and my cervix was closed. You see this is such a rare case that there really isnt a protocol out in this yet so i have to be the advocate for my baby, therefore i have to really speak out about what has to be done, for instance when i was in the ER they were wanting to do an exam, i had to tell them no bc they i cannot get an infection bc it can be deadly for the baby and me. So while i was up in L&D they also did a bedside u/s to check the baby and fluid. The baby was doing well and the AFI(amniotic fluid index) was 3.66cm normal is 14-20. So i had lost alot. But there was still a little around him. I was glad. The dr decided to discharge me and give me another round of antibiotics. They told me to keep doing everything i had been doing bc it worked out well for us last time. On my way home home i got sick in the car and the pressure forced out more fluid. I also called and told my perinatologist what had happened. So now it looks like i will be admitted at 24 weeks which will be the first week of July. I am home now and i can feel the baby move alot more now, he's a fighter. I am drinking lots of fluid so he will be peeing and fill the sac up again. We are glad that there was fluid in there, it helped aid in the formation and growth of his lungs and gave him a chance to stretch out. We are thankful to God. We also want to say thanks to everyone for their continued prayers, love, and support.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The rest of the ultrasound results:

Yesterday i expected very little changed when we got to the specialist in Memphis. I had prayed and hoped for the best. I was ready to fight as hard as i could no matter what they were going to tell us. I am still in shock!! So thankful! Besides being told by the drs there was very little chance, i have spent hours researching and reading other Pprom stories searching for hope. Statistically and scientifically the chances were not in our favor for several reasons; my body could go into labor on its own at anytime. The babys lungs might not develop at all or not open if they did develop. There was also a danger of the baby or myself developing a dangerous infection, in that case they would of made me terminate bc it could of shut down all my organs. There was also a danger of cord compression, being no fluid the cord could be pinched off cutting off the babys blood and oxygen supply. Learning all of that i still had no fear bc i have God on my side. I kept researching and coming across alot of women's stories, i found a few success stories. Where babys had survived having no fluid most of the time. So that gave me tons of hope!

So as the tech did the u/s and then went to get the dr to look. He looked for awhile and told us that he wanted to talk to us about a few things he found in the u/s in a conference room. Once we were in the room he told us there we 3 things he found. First was that both of the babys feet were turned in at the ankles. This could be 1 of 2 things: it could be from the amount of time the baby went without fluid and the baby was growing and couldnt move them. Or it could be a condition called rockerfoot. Which is commonly associated with a genetic abnormality where there is an extra #21 chromosome, this can cause severe retardation and most infants die shortly after they are born and have major heart defects. The second thing he found was that there was light colored shading on the u/s in the babys bowels that was from blood the baby had swallowed bc i had bled the first 7 weeks i was pregnant. It is nothing that we have to be concerned with. The third thing was there was also light shading on a muscle in the babys heart, he said this was common to see in many normal pregnancies and he was not really concerned with that either. It may be a hole in the heart or it may not be. He said that we would know more when i come back in 3 weeks.

I am so so so thankful, this baby boy is gods creation and proof that he is the great physician and that through him ALL things are possible.

Monday, May 24, 2010

An answered prayer

We went to Lebonheur today to see my perinatologist Dr. Giancarlo Mari. When we checked in they took us back for our ultrasound. We have not had an ultrasound in about 3 1/2 weeks. At that time the amniotic fluid index was .5cm the normal is 14-20cm. So all of my fluid had leaked out. I was prepared today to go in and hear results that were negative, bc statistically and scientifically the chances were small of the sac sealing and fluid reaccumulating. When the tech started the ultrasound she stopped right away and grabbed my chart. She said, "last time there was no fluid right?" I said yes. I asked, why is there fluid? She said "yes, all around the baby." I said thank you God and tears were rolling down my face as Jaramie and i grabbed hands and smiled tearfully at each other!!!! The sac has healed and the fluid has reaccululated to the normal level! Dr. Mari said that the leak in my sac must have been high in the sac. This is truly a miracle from God. Throughout this i have known that God has been with us and that everything was going to be ok. I am still in shock though, this truly is a miracle!!!! God is so great! A good friend of mine sent me a msg and she couldnt of put it any better; proving that drs know statistics but faith, love, and hope conquer all! Thanks Amber:)

IT'S A BOY!!!!!


We really appreciate everyones prayers, love, and support! We couldnt of done it with out you all, God heard our prayers!

I am going to celebrate more with my family and i will post again later telling you all what our plan of care is and the rest of the ultrasound results are a little bit later, thanks again!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Dr's appt!!!

We are going to Lebonheurs today!!! Please keep our lil one in your prayers!!! Each day is a victory as we get closer to 24 weeks which is our first goal! I pray for health, strength, fluid accumulation and lung formation for our lil one! I also pray that God keeps me strong, healthy, and free of infection, also for strength for Jaramie. Amen

I will post as soon as i get home from Memphis!!!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Another day!

The last few days have been uneventful and that is how i like it. Nothing has really changed. We listen to the baby's heartbeat about 2-3 times a day and it always stays in the 150's! I have not noticed fluid leaking like i did a few weeks ago and that is comforting, hopefully my sac is healing! I have to go to Memphis on Monday to my perinatologist! I am so excited bc they will be doing an u/s so hopefully there will be some more fluid in there, the baby will be growing good, and we can find out the sex!!!!!!!!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

To my clients:

I want to let everyone know how grateful i am for your friendships through the years. I am also thankful for your love, support, and respect for our privacy during this time. Even though i have not had contact with most of you i want you all to now as soon as we bring our baby home and everything is stable i will be back to work! I love and miss all of you! Thank you, and please keep us in your prayers!!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

17 weeks!!!

I am 17 weeks today!!! The baby's heart beat is 154!!! 49 days and counting til ill be 24 weeks when they will admit me to the hospital in Memphis!!!! Other than that the day has been a normal one for us, drinking all this water makes my head float, hopefully its making the baby float too!!! Time for dinner, my mom brought roast beef and his mom made pork steaks so heres to getting fat!!!! "Jaramie bring me a bib!"

Happy Birthday Stefanie!

Today is my younger sister Stefanie's birthday. Stefanie is my best friend and i am so thankful i have her in my life. Stefanie was born years ago back around the time Kennedy was shot, just kidding! She was born in Dallas Tx in 1983 on a stormy day. I was only 17 mos at the time. My mom told me that when they brought her home from the hospital we were eating fried chicken for supper, Stefanie was laying in her bassinet and she started crying. My mom went into the kitchen to get her a bottle, i was eating a chicken leg and i thought she would like a bite of my chicken. So when mom came back in the room i was reaching over the bassinet and i had the chicken leg poking in her cheek trying to feed her! We have always taken care of each other. Stefanie has really stepped up to help me during this time. Despite her husband, 2 children, church activities, college classes, and studying for an entrance exam she find time to come over and help do everything. So we want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! To a devoted and loving, sister, wife, mom, daughter and best friend! I love you Stefanie!! LCS forever!!!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

5/18/10

The baby's heart beat this morning was 153!!! I had an ob visit at 3 today, it went well. The visit that i go to here is so that the dr can check my vitals to make sure that i am not developing an infection and to listen to the baby's heart beat. It was 155!!! Next mon the 24th i will be going back to Lebonheur Childrens hospital in Memphis to see my perinatologist. That is the appt when we will do an u/s and look and see what is going on. Hopefully a healing sac! Maybe some additional testing as well. I do know that in a couple more weeks we will be doing a fetal MRI to check the baby's organs!! Im excited and cant wait! Please keep us in your prayers!

Monday, May 17, 2010

I want to share some verses that mean alot to me:

"Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for i am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when i as made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest part of the earth. Thine eyes did see my sustance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there were none of them. Psalm 139:13-16

1PE 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorius joy.

9:22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you."And the woman was healed from that moment.

14:1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

9:10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you LORD, have never forsaken those who love you.

112:7 He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountian, "Move from here to there," and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." -Matthew 17:20

Amen!

My airplane ride!

Going from working 6 days a week to bed rest hasnt been that bad so far, ask me again in 4 weeks. So ive dealt with staying in one place all the time pretty well. I have lots of love and support from my family, friends, and clients and that really helps. So my dad is an ag-pilot. He lives about an hour or so away so i only see him about once a week. He comes for long visits which i really enjoy, brings us food, and mows the yard for us. Thanks dad!!!
One day he called me and said that he was about to fly to Kentucky and he was going to fly over our house, he said we'd know when he was here. So about an hour later i was talking to my mother in law when all of a sudden, out of the window that is directly in front of me i saw his plane flying straight toward us. I pointed it out to Gail, he buzzed us, then he flew right behind the house really fast and all i could see was a yellow streak. Then he buzzed the front of the house where Jaramie and his brother were, Gail stepped outside at that point and waved at him, he waved back. I cried like a baby, it made my day. I was proud he did that for me to brighten my day. I love you dad!!!

A typical day for us now

Our lives have totaly changed now bc the doctors have me on strict bed rest. The only reason i can get up is to use the potty chair. How lovely! It will be totally worth it though. I started off not even showering but sponge bathing on my couch was not cutting it. I gave it a good try though, my sister Stefanie shaved my legs for me one day. My mom, sister, and Jaramie all washed my hair for me a few times by having me lay off of the edge of the couch and using a plastic tub. Jaramies mom helped me wash my face with a bowl of water and brush my teeth with a cup and bottle of water. Finally Jaramie's mom brought me a wheelchair and shower stool. You see the less i move around and stand the less chance of me losing fluid, it is important for the baby's lung function that there be some fluid in there for it to practice breathing. So now I take a shower every few days, some mothers that have experienced this only take a shower once a week, i try to go as long as i can. I want to say thanks to all my family for their help!!!! They are a huge help in bringing our baby into this world safely!!! I love y'all!!!
I take many vitamins and pills a day. I take vitamin E, C, Zinc, cranberry supplement, stool softeners, prenatal vitamins, and baby aspirin. The E, C, and Zinc can help aid in the sealing of my amniotic sac(praying that it will). The cranberry supplement is for warding off uti infections. The stool softener is so i dont have to push hard during a bm. Baby aspirin is to keep me from forming blood clots, i also have to wear anti-embolism stockings, i can only take them off for 30 min a day. I also drink milk and eat yogurt everyday to keep infections away as well. Along with drinking 64oz or more water a day. I have always had healthy eating habits which are great. Since i dont eat sweets that helps bc sugars bring on infections. I used to drink cokes all the time but i quit caffeine last oct and quit all sodas except sprite right before this happened, now i dont drink that either. Jaramie wakes up in the morning and cooks me breakfast and fills my water cups, then he gets me snack, refills my waters, makes lunch, then more snacks and water, then sometimes dinner and more waters, and then more snacks before we go to sleep. And he gets me all the little things i need in between. We he needs a break his mom Gail comes over or my sister will. My sister, Gail, and my mom also run errands and picks up groceries for us. My dad and brother have visited and brought food. Also we'd like to say thank you to the ladies at Needham Baptist Church for the meal, gifts, and prayers!!!! Jaramies mom usually cooks us dinner, calls when its ready and he goes and picks it up. She is responsible for me gaining 3 lbs in a week on one of my last dr's appt lol! Great food, we love it!! Mom almost always cooks something extra when she is here so all we can eat it at a later time. Everybody's help is greatly appreciated!!!!

Monday, May 17th!!

Another day!!!! The baby's heart beat this morning is 155! We pray everyday thanking God that we have another day with our baby. So far we have been sleeping in our living room since i got out of the hospital bc we have brand new furniture and tv. We picked out a new sectional that is huge and comfy so that is where we sleep so i can stay in one spot. Well now that has changed bc last thurs night i was bitten by a brown recluse!!! I am terrified by spiders anyway! It bit me on the back of the knee on my left leg. I havent cried since i was in the hospital, but when i got bit i was afraid it would affect the baby and it kind of sent my over the edge. This is a stressful time for me and i burst into tears. I couldnt even talk to the dr so i had Jaramie do it bc i was trying to stay calm and i knew it would make me cry. Thankfully the dr said it would not affect the baby. I called my mother in law and she said a prayer with me and that made me feel better as well. Jaramie has been so awesome and he has barely left my side. I am so proud of him. He's a great daddy already! This whole situation is really a blessing in disguise bc the dr has prescribed me steroids and antibiotics!!! The antibiotics will also help keep me from developing an infection and the steroids will help with the baby's lung development!!!! God sure does have a funny sense of humor, bc he knows how terrified of spiders i am!!!!! Thank you God for this spider bite!!! So terminix is coming to spray tomorrow, ill probably go spend the night with my mom, i have to go to the ob for my appt anyway so we will stay with her since we will be in town. Other that that my day has been the usual, i am eating alot lol and drinking tons of fluids and right now i can feel the baby moving around:)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Second opinions

From listening to what little hope the doctors here had given us and with my family encouraging me to get a second opinion or speak to a specialist i started making calls. I called St Jude and left a message my drs there. After speaking with a few different specialist offices i was basically told i needed to be referred by my ob to them. So i called my ob and they called a specialist at UAMS in Little Rock. They scheduled a appt for me via video conference for June 24th, i was absolutely not waiting for that, unacceptable. So the next day St jude returned my call and they had contacted a perinatologist at Lebonheurs Childrens hospital and told me they were waiting for my call. I called there and they scheduled me an appointment! So a few days later Jaramie and Stef loaded me up in the the back seat of my car and we headed that way. When we got there they checked my vitals and did an u/s (ultrasound). The baby was doing fine, 163bpm(beats per min)! The dr then came in, he looked at the length of my cervix, the placenta, and the fibroid tumor i forgot to mention earlier. He said things look fine bc my placenta was not attached to the tumor, it was attached above it. He also said i should be able to have a vaginal delivery bc the tumor should not get in the way. They also said that the baby was breach, which could change several times. The tech tried to see what the sex was but the cord was right btween its legs lol, maybe next time! I asked if there were any pockets of fluid around the baby's mouth and she looked, thought there might be but then realized it was the umbilical cord. She measured what fluid there was and it was .5cm afi (amniotic fluid index) better than none, normal is 14-20 cm i think. That could change anytime, i have to drink 64oz of fluid a day, the baby pee's and that is where the amniotic fluid comes from. So pee on baby pee on, cheers! We then were led to a conference room, i was in a wheelchair, i dont walk at all really. Jaramie bless his heart is not the best wheelchair driver, i think that may be his only fault. I love him so much, he has barely left my side. So once we were in the room the dr came in, a nurse, and a genetic counselor. The dr, a perinatologist Dr. Giancarlo Marri, began to tell us our options. We could induce, not an option, we could continue on bedrest where they would admit me there in memphis at 24 weeks which is July 7 2010. We then would want to make it to 34 weeks where we would then deliver. This in hopes that my sac would reseal, Jaramie asked him if he had ever seen this before, he said yes, a woman did after 7 or 8 weeks. Another option was he could go in and do an amniopatch. Where he would put a patch on the sac where the tear was. This he did not recommend that we do bc he said there are alot of risks involved and it could mask a real infection. At this point Jaramie and i just want to leave it in Gods hands. We could still have a relatively healthy child even if i didnt reseal. Anything is possible through God. 18-24wks i believe is when the lungs are forming, so hopefully there will be fluid pockets around the baby's mouth during those weeks. Please keep us in your prayers. The dr told us that around 20 weeks they would do a fetal MRI which is not harmful to the baby or me, to check all of the baby's organs. So i go back to Lebonheurs May 24th for and checkup where i believe they will do another us to measure the fluid and measure and chart the baby's growth. At this visit the baby was in the 40th percentile in growth. He/she weighed 4 oz! Little toot! But over the next 4 weeks the baby will double in size! Im excited bc the week of the May 24th ill be 18 wks, 2 wks after that ill be 2o where they will do the fetal MRI, then 4 wks after that they will b admitting me! I cant wait! I feel better being in the hospital bc i get monitored regularly and get plenty of iv fluids.

Genetic counseling

When i was at St Judes in Jan. having some tests ran they had made an appointment for me to meet with a genetic counselor. She told us that since my cancer was bilateral (on both kidneys) it could be genetically passed to my children. It was not genetically passed to me. We asked about the chances of this, she said there was a small chance, not big enough to worry and no reason not to have children. She said that when we had children that we didn't have to rush out and have ultrasounds done on them but to tell their pediatrician and to be just be aware. Little did we know we would get pregnant 2 weeks later!

My childhood cancer

At the age of 5 i was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Wilms tumor to be exact. I was treated at St Judes Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis Tn. A wonderful hospital where i was successfully treated at that never cost my family anything. God is good. My cancer had spread to both of my kidneys, spots on my lung, liver, spine, and was para-aortic(around an artery). The spot on my spine wasn't discovered until testing i had done at St Jude in January of this year and they said that it looks like the treatments had killed it. The tumor on my right kidney was about the size of a grapefruit. I had 3 major surgeries where they removed my right kidney and 2% of my left kidney. I also had radiation to my abdomen and chemotherapy where i lost my hair. God pulled my through it, he has always taken care of me and i know he always will. He has a great purpose for my life and i am proud. Since my successful treatments i have now been in remission for more than 20 years! Please send donations to www.StJude.org.

Educating myself

So now that we were home and camping out on the couch everything started to set in. I got on the web and started researching, i didn't even know there was a name for what had happened. No one told me. It is Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes, Pprom for short. I found a special website designed just for women who had pprom'd, http://www.kanalen.org/. It explained what was happening, advice, direction, tips, other pprom stories and support. Its main statement is that I am an advocate for my baby. It turns out that some women were not given any options and were forced to terminate, Ive read some heart breaking stories where women were almost forced to. Only later to find out their child should have been given a chance. On this website there are tons of stories, alot of successful ones that i have read 2 or 3 times. Ive also found other website, blogs, and support groups. Ive learned so much and have actually got to chat with some women who are going through this right now. Its nice to have someone to relate to. From these sites, studies Ive read, and other women's stories i have made a daily routine of things that will help. I'm willing to do anything i can to help my baby have a strong fighting chance. I also wanted to see a specialist or get a second opinion and learn all options and all i could. Apparently its up to me since i wasn't told anything really by the doctors and bc i didn't know what questions to ask. So i kept researching, called Little Rock UAMS Neonatology dept., St Louis maternal fetal medicine, and St Judes Childrens Research Hospital for answers.

The Beginning

I took the day off bc like most days i wasn't feeling good. Ive had tons of nausea and several bouts with morning sickness. My ob told me the sicker i am the healthier the pregnancy! On this day our new furniture was to be delivered as well so my sister and her 2 children came over to help. So about 30 min before the furniture was supposed to arrive i was standing in the kitchen and Emma and Jace were feeling of my tummy when all of a sudden i felt a leak. I went to the bathroom and realized my water was breaking. I called Jaramie and told him i was going to the er and we left. Unfortunately i had to wait about 45 min before they could get me back. I was crying so i had Jaramie wait in the er while i stood outside. I prayed. They finally called me back and did an ultrasound. The ultrasound tech wouldn't not tell me anything other than that there was a heart beat, which comforted me. She took me back to the room and we waited for the dr to come in. He finally did and told us that my water had in fact broken and there was very little left. He then admitted me to l&d (labor & delivery). About an hour and a half after i was settled in the ob on call finally came to talk to us. No good news, there was really no fluid left around the baby and that i probably would be going to deliver soon, or i could go ahead and induce. But there was a heart beat so inducing was not at all an option. He said the chances of this baby making it were less than 1%. So in my opinion there still is a chance! Jaramie asked if he had ever seen this happen before, he said no, I then said you haven't seen me before either. I also told him that through God all things are possible. Right then i realized this is my chance to really start witnessing to people, that maybe why all this was happening. I also had told my dad at the beginning of this pregnancy that i believed that this baby was going to bring my family together and change the world, i still do. So over the next few days we listened to the heart beat twice daily and they monitored my vitals. The heart beat was always normal. Normal is between 120 and 160bpm. It stayed around 140-150! The drs were expecting me to go into labor and deliver and they were watching bc having my sac ruptured is like having an open wound and i am in danger of getting a potentially deadly infection, and if i do they have to put my safety first and induce no matter if there is a heart beat or not. Still not sure i would let that happen. So after 48hrs they said we would do another u/s (ultrasound) and see if the fluid had re accumulated. When that time came we did the u/s and there was no re accumulation, we were hoping that the sac would have resealed. As the days went by i was so touched by how some of the drs told us we were in their prayers and other drs prayed with us. The nurses were phenomenal! They prayed with us, told us their miracle stories of faith and cried with us. It was probably most touching display of christian faith Ive ever experienced. It was really great when my niece Emma 4, said one day, i want to pray! So she got up by me and whispered a prayer. She since then told her mom that when my water had just broken here at my house Stef had sent them into the living room and she said she said a prayer for me then. She has also prayed with me since Ive been here at home. Its wonderful, Stefanie said that a child's prayer is one of the purest. I started to see how this what was a terrible experience for Jaramie and i was starting to be a beautiful display of many peoples faith in God, it was an entire experience of witness for many who needed it and was bringing some of my family together who had been estranged and that was so important to me! God is good! We are so thankful to everyone who came to the hospital with love, prayers, and support! Thanks Y'all!
So on mon. the ob came in and said he had spoken with a neonatologist in Little Rock and he said to send me home on strict bed rest and with a prescription of oral antibiotics.
Once we were home we had to get settled. Since we had just got new furniture my temporary bed would be our huge comfy sectional! It worked out good b/c when we picked it out i said i wanted one big enough that Jaramie and i could sleep on. Funny how things work out.