Ciggy Ciggy!

I am scared.

The doctors are saying the same thing; "we want the baby to stay longer inside your wife's womb, you know that... the longer the baby stays inside the better it will be for her". I understand that perfectly. What I can't get into my system is seeing my wife stranded in a state of distress. The bad thing with pre-eclampsia is: the mother is in danger of the unpredictable fluctuation of the blood pressure which can lead to eclampsia (seizures and coma), and the only way to cure it is to give birth BUT you just can't take the baby out because (usually) the disease hits the mum on the early days of the third trimester. In our case, my wife is just in her 31st week. That's 8-10 weeks premature. Yes there are a lot of cases that the baby is aok even if she is 7 months premature but you don't want to play with chances. Did I say earlier that I understand it perfectly? But I just can't get it.

I am exhausted.

And I shouldn't have said that. I know my wife will read of this eventually but I just don't want to let her know that i'm tired because she sees it as her fault. No pretty, that's not your fault. And let me clarify it - I am not tired of going to the hospital (and if you are somebody who is reading information that only pertains to pre-eclampsia, you can skip this domestic chit-chat) from the office everyday. Actually, the peak of my every day is driving to the hospital expecting to see you in a hospital gown without a brassiere... :) and I shouldn't have said that too. It's just plain exhausting of all the here and there while currently moving in to a new house. I am exhausted yes but I am "in heavens" when I see my wife. I should have said "in peaks" but then I shouldn't have said that either.

I am hopeful -

even when the doctors say that my wife's disease is progressing. When pre-eclampsia is progressing the protein count in the urine is going up stating that there is an imbalace in the blood system and if not treated may cause severe "stuff" (note to self : wife is reading). Why is the husband hopeful as the disease is progressing? Because the only way to stop the disease is delivering the baby. We are nearly there. My wife's protein count is at 4g which is sky high from the normal count which is 1.5g, her blood pressure is around 150/100 most of the time, and she is not feeling well all throughout the day because of the drugs. Yey. If that's not enthusiastic enough, let me say it again - yes! the baby is comiiiiinnnngggg!!!!! And no more pre-eclampsia!

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