Ciggy Ciggy!

Dear Wife,

I know you are having a bad day so I will make a poem to make you happy and gay. And please indulge this but if you can't, you can skip this like what we do on trailers when we're watching dvds.

I know you are having a bad day
and I don't know what to say
here comes the nurse with another prick
just consider it all a tongue in cheek

you said your blood sugar is high
just wait for another meal and give it back a try
and you will see that it will surely go down
so put on a smile instead of a frown

your blood pressure too is raging
don't forget to give the nurses a paging
tell them to say a joke or two
or ask them to give you a peek-a-boo

let me just recover from this bad hay fever
so i can be with you from january to december
take it easy don't be in a hurry
everyday delayed is good for the baby

I can't take anymore of the cheese so I'll stop here.

Ideally, I wanted to write a daily blow on what wife is experiencing with pre-eclampsia but apparently she is on her 2nd week in the hospital and I can't remember what has happened to her for the last 11 days. I wanted to write everyday but I always find myself slumped on the bed after a daily 16hour routine. So on a cheap shot I will do bullets on what has happened to her:

• Nosebleed. She never had any nosebleed whatsoever throughout the pregnancy. Not until she was admitted to the hospital. I'm thinking maybe because of high blod pressure but the doctor said it's just normal with the pregnancy.
• Wild fluctuations. The highest blood pressure she's had so far is 170 over 120. It was straight from 140 0ver 90 in 2 hours time. The doctor said it is not because of what she eats but because the disease is progressing as the pregnancy is coming down to its last weeks. And that 170 over 120 is a rested blood pressure reading.
• Baby's heart rate is not responsive. This is because of the hypertension medications she's had. At 150bpm, the baby's heart rate is not responsive even though the doctors were trying to stimulate it. Not to worry said the doctor, at 150bpm the baby is doing well.
• Too tired. With a little walk from here and there she complains that she's tired. We were also told that she should have complete bed rest because of her high blood pressure.
  

If you ask me (or my wife) we don't have any clues on what's the next step. We can't tell the doctors to just let her have a C-section so that this unfortunate series of events will finish. Everyday that the baby is still inside the womb is a blessing. The doctors said that we don't want to have a premature baby. So wife should endure and yes, consider everyday as a blessing. I understand that the people in the hospital know more than we do and has had worse situations compared to ours. And so just like a broken record let me say it again - because the doctors say so.

*If you have pre-eclampsia before please do leave a message and tell us more.