Spooky Intuition or the Holy Spirit

We are still at the hospital tonight, and Randi will be spending the night here. This is it. This is the day that Randi said would come in her last post. The fluids did nothing for the reverse end diastolic blood flow from yesterday. There is one particular spot on the umbilical cord that has been giving us problems. It's near where it inserts into Wyatt's belly. The sweet nurse commented after the scan and the doctor left, that getting him up here was the indeed right thing to do. She was very persistent throughout the day to insure that he would be up to L&D to do scans on Randi.

They have taken Randi off the Lovenox and baby aspirin, both blood thinners that were being used to increase total blood flow to the placentas. They have taken blood for a CBC, metabolic profile, and several clotting tests. She is back on additional IV fluids and fetal heart rate monitoring every six hours. She received her first dose of the second round of two steroid shots to encourage fetal lung development. We are actually getting these a couple days early, but the doctor thinks they are necessary since delivery may be imminent. If all the bloodwork comes back good, then the plan is to give her plasma albumin, which is a intravascular protein. Theoretically, it should work to correct the reverse blood flow much the way the IV fluids have. This is our last ditch effort to get rid of the reverse end flow before we run out of options. At the very least, the peri will try to put off delivery for 48 hours so the babies can get the full benefit of the steroids. At best, the albumin will buy us a little more time before delivery.

I am asking all out there to PLEASE PRAY that the Lord will keep the boys safe until they make their entrance in this world. We are indeed so thankful that we have been given the last 8 weeks under these conditions. This pregnancy has been so unbelievably different than Randi and I could have imagined. So much joy, but so much pain as well.