This week the plan is for me to be at home Mon, Wed, Friday for most of the day and the rest of the time at the hospital. On Mon, Wed, Friday I take the kids to the school in the morning, pick Tristan up at 11:30 in town (20 minutes,one way) and Haylee up at 3:30 at the bus stop. So they'll be times I'm online and off. Also, tomorrow morning is Tristan's second day of pre-school and he's already telling me I'm going to have to stay. His Aunt had to take him Friday and was able to leave him without him flipping out, so I'm hoping I'll be as lucky tomorrow as well. But if I don't answer my e-mail until after noon, you'll know why.
I've also got to get Haylee to the hospital a couple times this week to see her mom. Tristan will be with me at the hospital when I'm there. I'm home the opposite evenings (Sunday night, Tuesday night, Thursday night) to make sure the kids get to bed and try to have some routine in their lives. We're going to try this out and see how it works. I hate leaving Michelle with no one at the hospital. Thankfully, it looks like some family will be staying the nights I'm not there this week. After that though I fear it will get old for them.
On top of it all, if things go well we are wanting to switch hospitals as early as Wednesday. We want to be at Salmon Creek in Vancouver in case the baby does come early. They have a new neonatal intensive care unit there that has rooms for the babies and families. Emanuel is breaking ground on similar unit right now that will be completed in 3-5 years, but right now Salmon Creek is the place to be. If (and we are so hoping it will not happen) Taylor comes early, Michelle or myself will be with the her all the time. More importantly the "family room" environment vs the "one room with 38 babies in it" is much more conducive to the type of care that we want Taylor to have. There is much less stimulus, and we can do things like turning off the lights if that's what helps her. We have to wait until Wed because they require that the baby be at least 26 weeks along which we will hit Wed. Michelle told her doctor that she was going to hide out in his van when he drives up there (he works there too) if need be. Luckily he's on board with us and is trying to make it work out for us.
Anyway, I'll be working all I can, but its not going to be a continuous block of time and I'll be working on the weekends as well (there's only so much one can do in a hospital room anyway). I'm so sorry this so screwed up. My mother is coming in on Tuesday afternoon and I hope I can sneak away to the office for a couple hours. I'm hoping to get something more setup the following week.
In general things are going about as good as they can right now. The bleeding has stabilized (I almost hate saying that because it seems to jinx things). We had another ultrasound this morning and there still is amniotic fluid. There's an extremely small chance the bag has not broke, but its very small. If it hasn't broke, then the question is why the fluid is so low. And nobody knows why there's been so much bleeding. Its one big freaking mystery after another. The important thing is that Taylor and Michelle are both doing good. And if we can keep that going... that's what matters.
Thanks everyone for your patience with me, and for your thoughts and support. And rest assured, we will NEVER, NEVER, EVER, EVER get pregnant again!
I've also got to get Haylee to the hospital a couple times this week to see her mom. Tristan will be with me at the hospital when I'm there. I'm home the opposite evenings (Sunday night, Tuesday night, Thursday night) to make sure the kids get to bed and try to have some routine in their lives. We're going to try this out and see how it works. I hate leaving Michelle with no one at the hospital. Thankfully, it looks like some family will be staying the nights I'm not there this week. After that though I fear it will get old for them.
On top of it all, if things go well we are wanting to switch hospitals as early as Wednesday. We want to be at Salmon Creek in Vancouver in case the baby does come early. They have a new neonatal intensive care unit there that has rooms for the babies and families. Emanuel is breaking ground on similar unit right now that will be completed in 3-5 years, but right now Salmon Creek is the place to be. If (and we are so hoping it will not happen) Taylor comes early, Michelle or myself will be with the her all the time. More importantly the "family room" environment vs the "one room with 38 babies in it" is much more conducive to the type of care that we want Taylor to have. There is much less stimulus, and we can do things like turning off the lights if that's what helps her. We have to wait until Wed because they require that the baby be at least 26 weeks along which we will hit Wed. Michelle told her doctor that she was going to hide out in his van when he drives up there (he works there too) if need be. Luckily he's on board with us and is trying to make it work out for us.
Anyway, I'll be working all I can, but its not going to be a continuous block of time and I'll be working on the weekends as well (there's only so much one can do in a hospital room anyway). I'm so sorry this so screwed up. My mother is coming in on Tuesday afternoon and I hope I can sneak away to the office for a couple hours. I'm hoping to get something more setup the following week.
In general things are going about as good as they can right now. The bleeding has stabilized (I almost hate saying that because it seems to jinx things). We had another ultrasound this morning and there still is amniotic fluid. There's an extremely small chance the bag has not broke, but its very small. If it hasn't broke, then the question is why the fluid is so low. And nobody knows why there's been so much bleeding. Its one big freaking mystery after another. The important thing is that Taylor and Michelle are both doing good. And if we can keep that going... that's what matters.
Thanks everyone for your patience with me, and for your thoughts and support. And rest assured, we will NEVER, NEVER, EVER, EVER get pregnant again!
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