Missy at Northside

2/19/2010

Wednesday after lunch Missy noticed her feet swelling and felt like
she had some high blood pressure / chest pain. She called her
doctor's office and they wanted her to go immediately to Northside.
She arrived here on Wednesday around 5 to get her blood pressure under
control. We spent 11 hours yesterday having non-stop tests to
determine why her heart rate was so high and why she had chest
pressure/discomfort. Of course, on the last test they discovered she
has many small blood clots in her lungs - which is a serious
condition. She has been in two different rooms at Northside and is
now getting ready to get transferred to the High Risk wing as soon as
a bed opens.

The great news is is that the twins look great! Their heart rates and
movements are terrific and they are unaffected by it all. We are
trying to get the correct dose of Heparin blood thinner in her system
and then go from there. At that point they will decide if she has a
cesarean or remain on bedrest (I assume in the hospital, but we've not
been told). Saturday the twins will be 33 weeks and we really need to
try to get them to 36 weeks to decrease their time in the NICU.