A Close Call

Hi guys,

So last weekend was Abby's 1st birthday party and it was a smashing success. We had a great time, Abby was in a good mood and the weather was perfect. We had a lot of friends and family step up to help since Kelly is on semi bed rest and we are thankful to all of you. Speaking of bed rest, Kelly started to have some contractions on Thursday. By Saturday they got more and more frequent so she called her doctor. He told her to start taking the medication he prescribed her, terbutaline, every four hours. Terbutaline is a muscle relaxer and it calms the uterus down which slows the contractions. Anyway, that worked for a while but on Sunday night, even with the "terb" pills every 4 hours, the contractions increased to more than 4 an hour which was when we were supposed to call the doc. Kelly brought him up to speed and before we knew it, we were back at Mission Hospital and Kelly and Eddie were hooked up to a monitor. It was all pretty scary to be honest. Kelly is only at 28 weeks with Eddie right now and we're hoping to land somewhere between 32 and 38 weeks with him. Clearly we're not ready for any kind of 'in the hospital" kind of bed rest. Especially with Abby at home.
The good news is that we were allowed to come home. Kelly was monitored for about and hour or so and she only had 2 contractions in that time. She was given some more terb (this time as a shot, not a pill) so that helped as well. The terb by the way makes Kelly's heart start beating really fast. So the catch 22 is that she's on bed rest but takes medication that makes her feel like she could run a marathon.
And there you have it...

Oh, I almost forgot. Abby Girl is doing great. She's really starting to move around when we put her on her stomach on the floor and she is really engaging her left arm more as she moves. It's a slow process but she has the spunk and fight in her that will see it through. She is still hovering around the 14 lb stage and is teething a lot so she is a bit more fussy these days but other than that she's great!

Here are some pics for you..