The Wheels fell off, well sortof...
Posted by Tom
Kim has had a great pregnancy thus far. She hasn't had any problems related to blood pressure or health risks that could arise with carrying multiples. During week 29, things started to change slightly. Monday of that week her blood pressure was up. Nothing major, but it just caught our attention. This was her last week of work before she went on bed rest. Wednesday night of that week, her BP was still high. Something was definitely up, but we thought that maybe her body was just getting to the point where rest is the only thing that would do.
Thursday morning, she checked her BP before work and it was up even higher than the night before. After thinking about it, I decided that Kim was done with work and the she needed to rest. Later on that morning she called the high risk doctor and he recommended her to go to her OBGYN to have everything checked out since she hadn't had any problems until now.
At the OBGYN, after checking Kim's BP again and doing a urine test, it was determined that she needed to go to the hospital to have a few more tests ran. During blood work it was found that her platelet level had dropped. Kim was showing signs of preeclampsia.
We were now hour to hour waiting to see if it was time to meet our little ones. Thursday afternoon they gave Kim a steroid shot to help with the development of the babies' lungs. Our goal at this point was to get to Saturday afternoon. The doctor said 48 hours after the initial steroid shot would allow it to work its magic. Friday turned into Saturday and Saturday into Sunday. Kim was having blood work done every 12 hours to see if the preeclampsia had gotten any worse. Her platelet level had remained constant but still low. Her BP had gotten back to normal or within reason of being pregnant. All of this changed Monday morning.
Kim's blood work was done Monday morning and her liver enzymes had elevated to a level where the doctors were no longer comfortable. The HELLP syndrome had kicked in full force and it was "go time."
Our lives were about to be forever changed... for the better!!
Cheers!
-tommy
Thursday morning, she checked her BP before work and it was up even higher than the night before. After thinking about it, I decided that Kim was done with work and the she needed to rest. Later on that morning she called the high risk doctor and he recommended her to go to her OBGYN to have everything checked out since she hadn't had any problems until now.
At the OBGYN, after checking Kim's BP again and doing a urine test, it was determined that she needed to go to the hospital to have a few more tests ran. During blood work it was found that her platelet level had dropped. Kim was showing signs of preeclampsia.
We were now hour to hour waiting to see if it was time to meet our little ones. Thursday afternoon they gave Kim a steroid shot to help with the development of the babies' lungs. Our goal at this point was to get to Saturday afternoon. The doctor said 48 hours after the initial steroid shot would allow it to work its magic. Friday turned into Saturday and Saturday into Sunday. Kim was having blood work done every 12 hours to see if the preeclampsia had gotten any worse. Her platelet level had remained constant but still low. Her BP had gotten back to normal or within reason of being pregnant. All of this changed Monday morning.
Kim's blood work was done Monday morning and her liver enzymes had elevated to a level where the doctors were no longer comfortable. The HELLP syndrome had kicked in full force and it was "go time."
Our lives were about to be forever changed... for the better!!
Cheers!
-tommy
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