July 4th Update

Well, the last week didn't go nearly as well as we had planned it to.

Madilynn's results came back from her ultrasound on Monday and they weren't nearly as good as we had hoped they would be. The doctor is concerned about Madi's size and her fluid levels are low too. He didn't seem to be too worried about it on Monday afternoon but said we would schedule an ultrasound for the 10th or so.

On Wednesday night I started having real difficulty breathing. After about two hours I felt like I could get literally NO oxygen and Matt had to rush me to the ER. Upon arrival my pulse was 154 and my BP was 117/78 (100/60 is my norm). The triage staff immediately admitted me to the hospital to run a series of tests. I had oxygen and an EKG, etc...it was terrifying. They could do a chest x-ray because of Madi so they had to do alternative testing...it all came back inconclusive. The hospital did another ultrasound on Madilynn early Thursday morning and also did one on my legs to check for blood clots (they were initally concerned with pulmonary embolism). The ultrasound on my legs came back clean, so they decided to send me home. About two hours before they were getting ready to discharge me my fever shot up to 102. After giving me Tylenol they decided to keep me another night. My fever got as high as 103 and would not go down no matter how much medicine they gave me. I was terrified, and Madilynn wasn't handling it well. Her heart rate was skyrocketing to 200bpm (it's normally 150). Things weren't going too well for either of us.

Eventually my fever went down to about 99.6 and they sent me home with a z-pack and no diagnosis.

Madilynn's secondary ultrasound came back with not such good news either. Her growth seems to have completely stopped. At her last ultrasound she measured 34 weeks 5 days, and this ultrasound shows that she is still measuring 34 weeks 5 days. Her weight actually dropped from 5lbs 8oz to 5lbs 4oz. My AFI is still 7.6.

Monday we will be discussing an induction or c-section with the doctor due to this new news...please keep Madilynn in your prayers.