Extra blessings today

Another day is almost over - another extra day God gave Jong and I to spend with our precious Rachel and Isaac.

Our Lord also blessed us with extra blessings today. We had another ultrasound today, which came as a surprise as we didn't expect getting another one till at least Sunday. We just love every chance we get to see our babies. The ultrasound was conducted by Dr. Kawana - Aiiku's onsite OB-GYN but Dr. Sakamoto also stopped by this evening after spending hours delivering someone else's twins naturally to discuss the results with me.

The good news is my cervix is still looks closed and Dr. S actually talked about it as if he expected it to stay closed for a while so that is very good news. Especially since they will probably stop my anti-biotic IV in a day or two (once they confirm that the bacterial culture they took a few days ago is negative) so anything that can lower the risk for infection would be great. Its best that they stop the anti-biotic IV so that I don't develop a resistance to it. They will however, switch me to a different type of oral anti-biotic, which I believe is weaker than the IV so we will be praying that the babies' and my immunity stay strong and that we are able to fight off all germs.

Our Isaac looked "really good" according to Dr. S - he is measuring a week and a half ahead of schedule and he was dancing around the entire time during the ultrasound. In fact, he was moving around again when we did the heartbeat check just a few minutes ago. I sometimes wonder if he ever goes to sleep. He really is his daddy's son - big belly, big head (literally not figuratively, hehe) and going, going, going...

It was a lot more difficult to see our poor darling Rachel. She still has little or no liquid around her so she is completely crunched up - as one friend described it, like she was "shrink wrapped". Its heart breaking to see her like that but her heart is still beating strong. And we did see her move just a tiny little bit. However, probably because of all the compression, her growth is starting to fall behind - she is about 2 days behind schedule now. Dr. S still appears to think there is basically no chance for her but does believe she is trying really hard to save her brother. We are, however, definitely going to continue to pray for a miracle for her - I am drinking a LOT of fluids and praying that somehow some of it will fill up the spaces around her even though her membrane is still ruptured. Oh and of course I am still praying that her membrane will miraculously heal.

Another different blessing - we got into what should be our final room and hope to stay here for the next few months. When we moved from the ICU room to a private room, they didn't have a private room that would allow a husband to stay - they still let Jong stayed but Jong has to move a lot of things around to fit in a dinky roll away bed every night before going to bed. The bigger room finally opened up today and its a lot better - with a sofa bed for Jong. I guess we will see whether it may be a bit more comfortable for him. Also, I have been getting really sore on my hips as I have to lie on my sides most of the time on the really hard hospital bed. So we ordered a NASA memory mattress pad and it arrived today. And it is SOOOO much better!

Sorry for rambling on. I guess that's what happens when you put a usually active working woman on bed rest. ^_^

In any case, as Jong keeps reminding me, we are very thankful for each day we get to spend with Rachel and Isaac as a family. We are also very thankful each time we get to hear their healthy heartbeats.

We are so thankful for all your prayers and thoughts. Please do keep praying. We will be praying for all of you as well. May our Lord bless each of you with His overflowing grace and love.

With much love in Christ,

Sonia