Still holding on

Happy Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone is enjoying their nice long holiday weekend in the sun. I feel sure this will be a Memorial day that I won't soon forget. Today has been good. My doctors had said that they would not do a sonogram today, but the on-call Perintologist decided we might as well do it -- no since in changing protocol just because it's a holiday weekend. So, they wheeled me down the hallway. Today, the blood flow was intermittently absent. So, it appears we may be trending back towards some blood flow concerns. The doctor said that sometimes we can get a little bit of a grace period (or improvement) for a few days after steroids are administered and that may have been why the reports were looking better the past couple of days. However, he didn't necessarily say that we should look at this as a step back. He said basically the steroids may have treated the "symptom" but not the "problem." The blood flow issue is still there whether you can 'fix' it for a day or so. That being said, the main concern would still be if the blood flow starts to reverse. So, we're not there yet. The reverse issue is just a matter of when, not if. They will continue to monitor me with daily sonograms. If we get to a reverse flow situation, my guess is that they will deliver within a couple of days of that. So, as long as the blood flow stays intermittently absent or absent, I think we'll keep trying to squeeze some more time out of the pregnancy.

If you are a follower of this blog and would like something specific to pray for, this is what we would ask you to pray for: For God to provide sufficient blood flow to our babies so I can continue to carry them as long as possible. Additionally, we still need Miss Kaylan to grow, grow, grow! She's hovering around 1 pound right now, and we just need to keep her getting bigger.  We'd also ask for you to pray for my blood pressure to stay down. It's been pretty decent over the past few days so the bed rest does appear to be helping in that respect.

Today, I'm 27 weeks and 2 days. Each day continues to be imperative. I'd love to still be sitting here (not delivered yet) on next Thursday - the 28 week point. That would definitley be the next big stepping stone.

I'm planning to continue resting, laying, hanging....nothing to exciting. My memaw, mom and cousin came to visit today along with my sweet friend Johnna. We had a great time hanging out and laughing.  Here's a few pictures from their visit.

Thank you all for the continued prayers.