Hospital Food Sucks!

Last week we were seriously considering declaring Kapiolani Hospital as our new place of residence. We should start getting our mail there!

As many of you know we had the pleasure of staying here for most of the week last week. I mentioned in an earlier post that I had a stomach virus but it turns out to be so much better than that. Actually so much better that they really have no idea what is going on with me. Two Saturday's ago I collapsed in our kitchen and Trav and I had a really fun bumpy ride in an ambulance that started our 5 day stay. Just about every test imaginable was done but we still don't have many answers. We have had another 8 hour stretch back at the hospital since then and they THINK it may be kidney stones now- but that is number 10 of a possible diagnosis so we will see.

We did however find out some important information while staying there. We still do not know who, but someone mistakenly ran a blood test on one of my labs that none of my doctors had ordered. This blood test was repeated because they thought it was an entry error. It turns out that my blood is mixing with the babies blood a little bit. I guess this isn't supposed to happen until delivery. It is not causing any problems now but they will closely monitor it to make sure that it doesn't.

And now for the hard part. We had a two hour long ultrasound that showed our little Ninja is not growing like she should be. Both Travis and I noticed right away when the screen showed our little girls heads side by side that Ninja's was definitely smaller. Her sister is now 2 lbs 6 oz. but Ninja is still only 1 lbs. 10 oz. This news was very hard for me to hear and I now worry about her night and day. It appears that the placenta feeding Ninja just isn't as strong and Lenni's. Because of this we will probably have to take the babies early- at 34 weeks because they can do more for Ninja once she is out. That puts them being born around the first week of November. That is definitely much sooner then we thought which is scary; and our girls are going to be small which is even scarier. But I know they will get great care and they have lots of angels in heaven and here that will help them fight! It may not be easy for a little while but I know they will be okay.

Everything about the hospital wasn't terrible. Some of the meals weren't actually too bad and we had lots of visitors including my mom- thank heavens she was still here!!!! By far the most excitement we had there was during our second quick trip back when Travis was so sick of watching me being in pain that when a rude doctor that had absolutely no finesse was giving me an exam and making me cry, Trav had some choice words for her! Really he could have said alot more and that would have been fine with me. I felt like I was in the room with my dad! This is BY FAR not the first time my husband has had glimpses of my father.

So meanwhile we wait and see if we can control my pain without too many narcotics and see if our little girls grow. At least we are back to sleeping in our own bed. Hospital beds aren't comfy but they are at least better then the thin piece of foam covered in pleather that Travis was sleeping on! And yes we are still trying to move- hopefully this weekend. That all got delayed and switched up because of the hospital detour, but hopefully in the next two weeks we will be settled and ready for life to change forever!

So I am now sleeping all day so I can avoid having two preemie babies that are addicted to Narcotics. But, with the Stock Market basically crashing around Travis at work, a wife in constant pain with at least one doctor visit a day, and moving to worry about please pray for my husband. And PLEASE pray for our little Ninja! Good thing I have always felt like she was our spunky one! She may need it.