Remember the doctor who I did not get along with when we first got here, well she came rushing in this morning at 5:30 when she arrived and has been the most comforting person yet. It's amazing how much an opinion can change when we get to know someone. As we are typically less close and chatty with the night staff, seeing a doctor, our doctor, that knows us and knows what we have been through has been a wonderful comfort to Bianca and I.
We are staying positive, that is not to say we are not scared or worried, but we are positive. We have been through so much in this past month that we cannot deny the gifts and blessing of Heaven.
There is so much to be said of the power of prayer and the faith that is shared amongst so many people that have supported us through this trial. We cannot thank everyone enough - we knew our journey wasn't over yet, and Baby B is starting a new chapter for us today.
Sunday and Monday Recap -
Sunday we received our normal visit from our wonderful Bishopric, who came and administered the sacrement to Bianca, her mother and myself. It is a wonderful way to start a Sabbath day and we were prepared for another tough week ahead. We ate and I left to attend our normal services as well as the World Wide Leadership broadcast regarding "The Work of Salvation". It was such a beautiful training where we learned of the exciting developments in missionary work and how this new generation has been prepared to serve and bring the gospel to the whole world. I was reminded of my service in Ecuador and all of the wonderful people I served and served with. How I miss the Shurtleffs and President's counsel. David Golding (Elder at the time) often reminded me of the most commonly used phrase in the Book of Mormon (at least in english)... "and it came to pass." This trial will to come to pass. With all of these reminders it was amazing to see how that time in my life has better prepared me and my family for this amazing journey.
I mention this as I believe that our children our missionaries in every sense. Many have asked me regarding our faith and how we have remained positive during this time, and it is because of that faith and in a knowledge that God lives and loves us that we walk this road every day.
Several years ago I had the privilege of growing up with some very dear friends, the Brown's, who were in our home ward for years. They have a son my age who I have grown up with our whole lives and his older brother had always been an inspiration to me. Their older son had battled long and hard with cancer and past away my sophomore year of high school. He had touched so many lives that nearly the entire school attended his funeral service. It was a service I would never forget as so many expected a family to be torn apart and devastated, but found they were united and of good cheer. They were comforted in the knowledge of eternal families and that their son was not lost, but separated from them for a short time while he attended to the Lord's business. As typical in our church, each missionary has a plaque with the missionarie's picture, the mission field to which they are called and often a scripture. I will never forget the week after the funeral when I walked in and saw a missionary plaque in the foyer with his name on it with the mission field of his calling being a "Celestial Mission". I would like to think that Eva is also serving a mission at this time, working in the fields on the other side of the veil.
Monday -
All moved smoothly throughout Sunday with a tiny exception I did not mention before, Eva's umbilical cord, which had been clamped off, had finally fallen off. This was a cause of alarm to us as we just were expecting it (silly us first time pregnant). So we about near gave the on call nurse a heart attack when I told her the cord fell off (she thought I was referring to Baby B).
Two main things happened Monday - Bianca was put on a blood thinner as the doctors had become increasingly concerned with the potential for blood clots with her constant bed rest. Blood thinner are fun medicines in my opinion, as these resulted in bloody noses, that of course caused some more alarm for us. After some discussion, she was moved to Heparin with a shot twice a day. So more needles, but if they can prevent a clot that could cause serious health risks, we were all for it.
The other thing that happened is, our high risk doctors felt that they should tie off the remaining cord that was still attached. Late last week, it was discovered that Eva's placenta was still viable and still connected. So if the placenta was still connected as well the cord, we had a loose cord, hopefully not spilling contents or doing anything else yucky, and as such it was cause for alarm.
The doctors performed (or used not sure which) a speculum procedure to find the loose end of the cord and tie it off. After some time though, they were not able to find any cord left to tie. Bianca's body had essentially retracted or absorbed the remaining section of cord. We are not sure what that means exactly, but the doctors were not too alarmed.
So that brings us up to today, water broken and uterus contracting. It's now been 3 hours since Bianca woke me up telling me she felt her water broke and what she felt almost 30 days ago was happening again. We are of course in a much different position - we are in the hospital with an amazing team by our sides, medication has been administered and we are doing everything we can to help our baby girl. We are staying positive because thats who we are and what precious Baby B needs. As we know more I will update...
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