Latest Update 8-28-2008

So... where do i begin. I guess I will start off with the concept that all good things must come to an end. While Megan has enjoyed the past two weeks of shot freedom, tonight she had to have one. With a multitude of events one after another, her contractions were a bit high so they had to give her the shot of turbutaline. It has been two weeks since the last shot but we know it does the trick!

Now for the lighter side of sports. Three days ago Megan's doctor gave her the privileged to stop using a bed pan! What that means is she can now use her "bedside commode" for ALL bathroom uses. This is great because that means she can get out of bed more regularly, and while it is only for a few short steps to the potty, it is still a great freedom to use a "toilet".

Yesterday Megan had to have a gestational diabetes test which is standard among pregnant ladies. The test consists of: Megan having 5 minutes to drink 10 oz. of an orange soda-like substance. This substance went into her body and for the next hour she could not eat or drink anything. The test runs an hour to see how the body distributes the sugar. After an hour exactly, the lab comes in and draws her blood for testing. If the report comes back under 140 the consider her Gestational Diabetes free. Well, yesterday she took the test and the lab person showed up 20 minutes early to draw her blood. The test results came back at 145 which would have put her at risk for G. Diabetes. That meant she would have to take another test, this time 3 hours long and consisting of 4 total blood draws. When we told the doctor they came early, she breathed a sigh of relief because the early draw can skew the results. They rescheduled the test for today and while we were praying that the test would come back under 130, we got the results. 129! How amazing and humorous is God. We read in the bible to pray specifically for what you need and God was right on point with this one! So today she is clear of Gestational Diabetes and we are excited that Megan can still eat whatever she wants!

Tomorrow is week 28! A huge milestone for us in the hospital. As we have said in the past this is the first real milestone that the doctors wanted us to reach. What that means is at this gestational period the baby is basically fully developed and if the babies were to come early their chance of survival are now much higher than even a week ago. Tomorrow is a time to rejoice and since we did hit the 28 week mark doctors are at 7:00AM going to try and take Megan off of her Magnesium medicine. What that means to us/her is that Megan will no longer need an IV for her medicine. Also that means no blood draws and the freedom to drink whatever she wants, whenever she wants. A freedom that she has not had since she was admitted.

Please continue to pray for Megan and the babies that they will stay put and keep growing inside mommy. Also please pray that when they take her off the medicine tomorrow her body reacts well and does not start contracting too much again. Thank you all for your continued support and prayer. We love you all!

Love,
Megan and Randy + 2