To answer the titular question I asked yesterday, no, Vanessa won't be coming home anytime soon. :-(
She has gone from 4cm dialated to 5–6cm dialated in her week in the hospital. The magnesium is doing its thing — she hasn't delivered yet! — but it isn't turning anything around. Dammit Jim, I'm a contraction inhibiter, not a miracle worker! Anyway, she's too far along to send home but (apparently) not far enough to allow labor to progress unfettered. So for now, Vanessa's stuck.
She's pretty disappointed, as the doctors are happy to keep her as long as they can. Yeah, it's good for Abigail, but it's pretty rough on Vanessa. It's rough on me and the kids as well, as we all miss her terribly. But that's nothing compared to lying in a bed all day and night, being hooked up to and listening to three different machines beeping off and on all day and night, getting blood drawn every five hours all day and night, etc. Vanessa could still use your prayers for patience, strength and peace to stick it out these last few days (weeks?!).
Get better, baby. Cook up that bun good and get home!
Posted by pcg at December 18, 2007 11:20 PM