I stayed up and couldn't sleep as a million things were running through my head. I worked on a blog post on my IPhone, but it just got deleted because the internet connection was sketchy. I took a deep breath and ate the entire spice cake at 2am. Went to sleep after for a couple of hours until I was woken up by the nurses to take my vitals.
Breakfast was on ticket around 8:30am: sausage, eggs, and waffle with oj and coffee. I don't drink coffee either so I called the cafeteria and said no tea or coffee.
Dr. Renneck rounded at 10am or so. She decided to let the magnesium sulfate run out and to start procardia pills. Contractions kept coming at 1-3 hours apart, but by afternoon they were gone. Hallelujah!
They wanted to make sure I had no reactions to the procardia and that contractions did not come back after the magnesium sulfate stopped. I took the procardia every 6 hours on the 10, 4, 10, 4 schedule.
A new day nurse was amazing. She brought me a bedside potty, you know, as a gift.
Lunch was on ticket with vanilla pudding (kinda obsessed with it since I arrived at the hospital) but they put on coke for the beverage. I had to laugh and called the cafeteria again and told them I didn't drink iced tea, coffee, or soda either and to substitute milk or juice.
Lisa Burningham visited me from 1-3pm and brought some awesome dipped pretzels that were quite addictive. It was nice talking with a friend who has been in a similar situation (she had premature twins).
After she left, from 3-5pm I caught up with Kimberly Whipple and Kim Hunt for how things went for Emma. Emma went to Megan's school for an awards ceremony and they told me the mascot was a panther so there were paw prints painted all over the school. Emma saw the paw prints all over the walls and yelled, "A clue! A clue!" with delight. Adorable, but I think she's probably watching too much Blues Clues.
At 6pm, dinner was on ticket: great roast beef W gravy, salad, carrots, roll, mashed potatoes, pudding, and chocolate milk. Yippee for the beverage of choice. Yes, the little things in life!
I talked with the day shift nurse a lot today, all throughout the day. She told me she has high functioning Aspergers. She was truly one of the best nurses I had ever come in contact with. She even remembered questions I had but forgot to bring up to Dr. Renneck. It was so wonderful to have a caretaker that had such attention to detail.
From 7-8pm they unhooked me from the IV, mag and antibiotics. It was the first time untethered so I sat by my room window. Joel said Emma fell asleep early, so no Facetime. I said my good nights to Joel.
At 8:30pm, I updated FB and caught up on emails and calls to friends/family.
On Facebook, my friend Gina Begin had a post about the sounds in a day in her life. I was inspired and started recording because of Gina's post. I will post that here later.
The new night shift nurse gave me a fetal stress test at 8:10-8:30pm and I passed! That means I am one step closer to out the door. We celebrate.
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