We are at the point in her pregnancy that it seems there is no such thing as a routine Doctor appointment. Any Appointment could result in a trip to the hospital and possible delivery of the boys.

That is precisely what happened last Friday. The Dr. did a routine sonogram and in his words" hit a bit of a Panic button." Carolyn's amniotic fluid was low, it is a side effect of one of the meds, and he ordered a rush visit to the hospital for a more thorough look. There was a strong chance Carolyn would have needed to spend the night at the hospital receiving IV fluids. Fortunately we didn't have to go down that avenue. They released Carolyn with strict orders to "drink water every 5 seconds."

Regardless, it was a bit of a scare. While we were talking with the Doctor, he uttered a phrase that caught my attention. He said, "You are 29 weeks and 1 day, if we had to deliver today, it would be OK, but we're not going to be delivering today, but if we had to, we could." As much as I want to meet my two sons, I don't want to meet them yet. They still need a few more weeks to grow stronger.

The other part of the update is Carolyn's T-Pump. This is a good news/bad news situation. Good news, Carolyn is no longer taking oral meds every 6 hours (yes, every 6 hours. She had an alarm set for 1 AM for her meds). Bad news (more like bummer news) is that Carolyn now has a catheter in her leg. It is like an IV, but it is not into a vein, it is sub-Q (just under the skin) and gives her continuous medication to control the contractions. She changes the location every 5 days and has to learn how to shower with a very expensive piece of medical electronics with her. She also has to sleep with it which makes rolling over in bed tough. The other difficult part of the new med is t gives Carolyn the shakes. Her hands tremble a bit and this frustrates her, as it would me too. She is handling it well, but is definitely looking forward to being T-Pump free. Of course being free of the meds will mean the boys have been born, then its a whole new ball game.