As many of you are aware, Erica is pregnant with our second child and is due on May 24. And as many of you are surely also aware, Evan's birth was wrought with difficulty as Erica came down with a rare liver disorder that required an emergency C-section and an extended stay in the ICU for both of them. Well, here we go again....Erica was told on Friday, after a blood test showed her liver wasn't fully cooperating, that she needed to be admitted into Yale New Haven Hospital with the likely outcome of the weekend being the birth of Baby Girl Bouges seven weeks early.
So far, this being mid-Saturday evening, her (and my) stay at Yale has consisted of continual tests and retests and doctor, PA and nurse visits 'round the clock. As the weekend has crept along it has become clear that the doctors' goal has been to keep Erica healthy enough to delivery the baby on Sunday night - giving the cycle of medication she has been administered time to help baby develop enough to be breathing independently upon arrival. All seems to be going well on that front and the current plan is for baby to be removed early Sunday evening.
Of course, that leaves us with the same problem as last time - we don't have a name yet! We thought we had a few weeks left (at least) and had narrowed it down to 3 or 4 (just like last time with Evan) but now are "on the clock" to come up with a name we can live with by tomorrow night. The pressure!
So that's the deal so far this weekend. I will make every effort to update this when there is news to tell. All in all things are looking good and, because Yale had monitored the pregnancy so closely from the outset, we feel very confident that all the precautions and preparation will lead to a happy ending.
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