Update

The nurses have told us that on this floor sometimes their most stable patient becomes their most critical overnight. Well Tuesday night, we got to experience that firsthand.

About 11:30 pm I woke up with some pain and called the nurse who put me on the monitor just to make sure everything was ok and ease my mind. Less than 10 minutes later, nurses were barging through the door, turning on lights, and putting me on oxygen and fluids. It seems that Timothy's heart rate had plummeted for about 7 minutes...not what you want to hear. His heart rate did go back up pretty quickly, but the staff was concerned that I might be in back labor, which rarely shows up on the contraction monitor.

Mom, Brad, and I spent all night and most of Wednesday trying to get all this under control. Over the next several hours, I was given multiple doses of different medications to try and stop contractions. I was also given morphine for pain control. While I know people react differently to different drugs, morphine and me don't mix well! The combination of all the medicines made me very shaky, weepy, nauseous, and feel like my skin was on fire. I've also been on continuous contraction and fetal monitors, and the contraction monitoring will continue for now.

Most of the side effects wore off when they decreased the medicine dosage, but I still look I have a nice little sunburn and my face constantly feels hot, but I'll take that compared to all the rest. We just spoke to the doctors and my blood work did show some high levels today that can signal infection, so they are keeping an eye on that and I'll stay on continuous antibiotics for now.

Thank you for your continued prayers. Here are some specific ways you can pray:

• Continued health for Timothy
• No contractions at this point
• Strong lung development for Timothy
• Decreased side effects from medication for me
• Strength and perseverance for family who spend so much time here
• Doctors and nurses to have wisdom and make good decisions