Todd...

Thinking of my dear friend tonight. I could go on and on why I love her, and how much I admire her, but for the sake in embarrassing her, I won't. I will protect her identity a little bit though.

She is currently 25 weeks pregnant with a very scary pregnancy. I can't stop thinking of her, and wish I could take all of her fear away. She is pregnant with a baby girl, and that baby girl is having quite the little struggle right now, as she also has a uterus filled to the max with over sized fibroids. These guys that are in there are posing such a risk to her being able to continue to carry her baby, that she has a whole team of doctors watching her closely.

Every Monday, she goes to the Dr to have her trans/vaginal u/s to see how her cervix is holding up. Every Friday, she goes back to have an abdominal u/s to see how she is doing. I think she said she has a team of 10, and she is currently on 4 different rx meds keeping her from contracting, from dilating, from being in pain, and something else..I can't remember.

Every Tuesday is the day that she gains a new week into her pregnancy, and we celebrate each week, very cautiously. When she goes to the Dr, she is to bring her packed bag as she never knows if she will be admitted for the rest of her pregnancy. She brings it because she doesn't know if she will undergo an emergency c-section. She is a stressed out mess. She has another whole team of amazing friends that are taking shifts, managing her house for her and her husband. They cook dinner, they walk her dogs, they come and sit with her. She is not allowed to move, and the only time she does, is for 5 minutes at a time, and then she is back to bed, or back to the sofa. She talks about having muscle atrophy now, but that it is worth it. This is a woman that is used to running in each and every marathon for a cause that she can. She is working so hard to bake this baby, and is being the best patient she can be.

She worries about having her baby too early. Her dreams are to make it to 28 weeks where they estimate her baby will be 1.12 lbs. :( she thinks that 28 is her magic number because that is the number they tell her where her baby will be viable. Can you imagine? She will be celebrating 26 weeks tomorrow. I have touched base with her this evening, and she says she is doing okay, but will feel better when she wakes, knowing that she is 2 weeks closer to that 28. Obviously, she wants to go to full term..which momma wouldn't? She just hopes that if she can achieve the 28, and can go beyond that, that the rest will be gravy. I know she is scared. I know she worries that something is going to happen badly to her baby, but I also know she is dedicated like no other to fulfill her dreams of being a mother, and seeing this baby girl she has worked so hard to bake. :) I love you, Todd. Here's to week 26, and 2 more! (or maybe even 12 more!) xo