March 12, 2010...Long Weekend

March 12, 2010 to March 15, 2010...Starting out early Friday morning after the transfer from Rex to Duke, we ended up in the Triage of the Women's Hospital from 1am until 5am. Grandpa Jon and Grandma Rita were right by our sides (well...in the waiting room) after their intense drive from Wilmington at midnight. When the Labor and Delivery room was available upstairs, we finally moved up to the 5th floor and were on standby, waiting for Jett's arrival. A few hours went by, and we were both stable. They were monitoring Jett's heartbeat as well as mine, pumping antibiotics through my IV to prevent an infection, and checking vitals every three hours. By the time 5pm rolled around without any signs of contractions or distress, the doctors ordered me upstairs to the 7700 floor. The 7th floor is for pregnant women on long-term bed rest....and that was me. By wheelchair, they transported our little family again into "the closet". It was the tiniest room, especially for a 6ft. pregnant women to stay in for 7 whole weeks if their plan worked! I was already thinking about how crazy I would have been in 7 weeks after being stuck in the closet. Thank God Joel is such a social butterfly! He became friends with all of the nurses and found out quick how to get a room upgrade. By 6pm on Sunday night, we were moving to room 7734. It was a double room converted to a single, and we at least had room to move.

Uncle Cy & Aunt Linda sent Choc. covered Strawberries :)

Friday night, my friends, family, and school family began to visit! Talk about feeling like people loves you and your family...Underwood teachers and parents are truly unique and unbelieveable. From a laptop, to a dvd player and dvds, snacks, fruit, magazines, books, puzzles, manicure tools, etc. We were not going to be bored in this long journey, that's for sure. Thank you so much to all of you that thought so much of us on a Friday!

Saturday and Sunday went by very quickly. There were so many wonderful visitors to distract Joel and me. We laughed and made the best of a very scary situation. Sunday night, we got the message from our wonderful nurse, Kit. "Okay, time to move!!" Joel was on top of it from the moment we arrived in the closet, and Sunday night everyone helped move ALL of our things. There were 7 people there at that time so it was perfect....we moved in ten minutes-if that!