He's in Distress-- Skyler 5

Jan. 9th-- Jan 14th
The next four days went really well. They had started me on 7 days worth of antibiotics to prevent infection; More heavy duty ones than I had at the other hospital. One was painful going in from the IV but I was happy to be on them. My Mom flew in at the perfect time. Chris had taken off work and stayed with me but that Monday he needed to go back to work and school. He would be off again on the weekend. It was nice because my Mom was there the whole time he was gone and she gave me a massage every day :) I was still leaking amniotic fluid slowly and bleeding, with some pain here and there, but Skyler's heart rate was normal and I hadn't shown any signs of infection-- fever, certain pains, unusual coloration. Things were good. I did my best to lay in a way that made me leak as little amniotic fluid as possible and only got up to go to the bathroom or take a quick shower. We had friends visiting us, and the doctors and specialists were sounding more and more hopeful every day. We felt like I was going to be there for weeks.
On Jan 13th, out of nowhere, I started having more pain. I didn't worry about it too much because I had had bad pain before and nothing had really come of it. That night I went to the bathroom and there was green. Something that could only mean infection. This is one of the times I know that I could feel the strength of all the prayers that have been offered in our behalf. I have felt the power of them all along and have been so grateful for them. But at that moment, I know I was given extra strength. I just went into "go mode" and put my emotions aside. Something that was impossible to do without the strength of the Lord. I showed the nurse the green and she went to get the doctor. It was Saturday night so Chris was there. Two nurses were in the room as we waited for the doctor. They were patting me and smiling too much. It was obvious that this was really bad.
The doctor came in and the NICU doctor over Primary Children's NICU. They thought it could be meconium--baby poo. The baby only poos in the womb if he is in distress and its dangerous because he can swallow it and become infected. It also means that you are probably going into labor. Dr. Null was extremely sweet to me and Chris as he discussed our options. He talked about the baby's quality of life, and the dangers of a c-section this early. It could effect my chances of having children in the future. He talked about how we might only want to resuscitate the baby if he comes out moving. If he doesn't come out looking too good we might not want to.