Roller Coaster Ride

Hi everyone. It is Saturday morning and it has been quite a week. There are not many changes to update. Earlier in the week Sara had stopped spotting for about 36 hours. This happened between Tuesday night and Wednesday. They were actually preparing Sara to go home. All the nurses were explaining to Sara what bed rest meant and what she could and could not do. Sara was excited that she may get to come home and at least be with us at the house.

Well Thursday came and she had more spotting. The idea of her coming home kind of went out the window. The doctors told her that they want to keep her for at least another week. The bleeding had to stop for 5-7 days before she can go home. That is at least the ideal scenario.

Sara got to have an ultrasound on Thursday and she got to see Claire again. We got a side profile of her head and also a picture of her toes. I will post them when I get a few hours at home so everyone can see them. Sara's mom was also there and said it was really cool to see the ultrasound and Claire's heart ticking away on the screen. Doctors said Claire looks great. All of her organs are growing and she is progressing along nicely.

Sara continues to be in good spirits. So many family and friends have come to see her and spend time with her. She has had a music relaxation volunteer visit her. She was supposed to visit Sara Tuesday or Wednesday in the afternoon but Sara was sound asleep both days. Mama's gotta get her rest :-). Sara has also had the pet people (not sure what you call them) see her and Sara was signed up for a wheelchair ride today.

My mom and I are going to clear out and paint the nursery on Sunday. We are super excited. I woke up Friday morning thinking we should paint the nursery since Sara is not there. The whole week I was thinking I would remove the rest of the wallpaper. Not sure why I was thinking about that when I should be doing painting. So with the nursery being painted the only thing left to do in the nursery is the wood floors, thats where Uncle Justin comes in, and decorating. Mom and I are excited to get the painting done and get the nursery started.

Sara asked me to make sure to put and extra special thank you to everyone that has kept us in their prayers, asked other people to pray, has given us words of encouragement, and been there for both of us through this first week. I have gotten special emails from so many people. I have found out that there are people praying for us in Montana, Oklahoma, Alabama and the list goes on and on. We really cannot thank everyone enough that lends us a helping hand in every way. This little girl is so special to us and having so many people behind us is amazing.