[tri-med] Re: Jessica update - I can dance!!!!

Deanna - I'm glad everything went well at your
appointment yesterday. If you have the time, please
send me an email describing the fluid draining. I know
I'm going to have to make that choice on Monday. Last
we checked my fluid was measuring 40cm, so I'm sure
you know what I'm feeling like.

Michelle S


--- Deanna Warpehoski <warpehoski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Just thought I'd send an update on my appointment
> yesterday.  We had Dr. Good so it went well.  First
> I had the Strep B test, which Dr Bad wouldn't do
> last week because it wouldn't change the "long term"
> outcome for Jessica.  Dr. Good thought it was
> necessary to treat this normally!  Anyway he did a
> pelvic exam and sonagram to see if her head was
> down.  I was only dialated to 1cm.  Sonagram showed
> her head down but now dropped.  He measured the
> fluid via sonagram and it was 37.5.  My uterus
> measured 41 cm. The last time the fluid was measured
> March28 it ws 27.  We decided to drain some of the
> fluid, and at the same time he would have a sample
> checked to see if the lungs were ready.  Exit
> Doctor's office
> 
> Enter Hospital - They hooked me up for the standard
> weekly non stess test.  Within 5 minutes my
> contractions had started and were very painful and 1
> minute apart.  (That darn back labor).  The nurse
> came flying in and wanted toknow if I was ok - just
> how do you answer that - Am I ok for being in labor,
> or am I ok for a routine NST?  Anyway my Doctor was
> there within fifteen minutes and wanted to know if
> we wanted to proceed or stop the labor.  We opted to
> stop until we could find out how the lungs were. 
> After two shots the contractions slowed down enough
> to proceed with draining the fluid.  OH MY GOSH,
> what a relief.  they took about a liter and it put
> my level down to 25, I can breath, I can stand up by
> myself, I can even put my socks on again.  Thank God
> we stopped the labor because her lungs aren't ready
> yet. For anyone that can help me out - her lungs are
> at 2200 - what does that mean?  He said it was low
> and he was disappointed that she wasn't more
> developed, but he said it could be because of the
> potential dighramatic hernia or just that I'm only
> 36 weeks.  The best news of all this is that Jessica
> withstood the contractions just fine, there was not
> distress, and she let him know that she wasn't too
> happy about her swimming pool being drained.
> 
> Anyway, I feel like a new woman today - sorry for
> rambling - it just feels so good to breath!!!  Next
> week we evaluate again.  If the fluid is high again
> we will repeat the process.  For now we are going to
> hang on as long as Jessica lets us. 
> 
> 
> Deanna--
> wife to Mike, mom to Nicole 13, Jake 9, and  Jessica
> due 5/21/02 (t18)
> Coal Valley, IL USA
> 
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> 


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