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@Ari123: That sounds awful.

@sera_87: Glad to hear you're at least home and out of the hospital! Fingers crossed for continued good news.

@lauren0817: Thinking of you and your family! Keep us updated.

@Ari123: Oh wow, that must be so difficult! Glad to hear that baby is doing well, though.

@oliviaoblivia: We did have to reschedule. As upset about it as I was that day, I'm so glad we did. I listened to his breathing at nap time yesterday and he was so stuffy and snoring so loudly, there is just no way that going under anesthesia would have been safe. And I'm glad we knew ahead of time rather than making the trip down there only to have to turn around and come back home.

So he's doing better. He had a really good day yesterday - took a good long nap and was almost back to his old self. He slept through the night last night (even slept in a little bit), so I think we're turning the corner. As long as he has another good day today at home with my MIL, we'll probably send him back to school tomorrow.

CHOP was able to fit us back on the OR schedule on November 18, so luckily we don't need to wait too long. Now I just want to keep him in a bubble until then, ha!

Thanks so much for asking!!!

@Ari123: welcome to the boards and I'm glad to hear the baby is doing well. I hope you are doing ok with the extended bed rest - that sounds really stressful!

@sera_87: Why the urgency? Do they feel he has more of a survival chance out than in at this point? Could he be more than 400g or they know that for sure?

@sera_87: ugh. You are in my thoughts!

@sera_87: We are all thinking of you!!

@sera_87: this waiting game must be so frustrating for you. Do you trust your doctors or are you wanting to wait longer to induce? I'll be thinking about you.

@oliviaoblivia: aww, don't feel bad about their birthdays - there's nothing you can do about that. I'm sure each girl will feel as special on their birthday as they would if they were months apart.

@oliviaoblivia: My family has a lot of birthdays clustered together (including my brother's, my younger sister's and my birthdays being within 2 weeks of each other) - it wasn't a huge deal growing up, but my mother always made sure we had separate parties. As adults, we really like it. We have one big "Birthday Feast" in Jan/Feb to celebrate all the birthdays and it's a lot of fun.

@mrs.shinerbock: thanks! My mom and two sisters have birthdays within eight days of each other and that was fun. I'll have to remember that when my mind starts wandering. I think I also have residual Christmas baby guilt. I'm thinking we'll do half birthday parties to spread the joy a little bit while they're little.

@lauren0817: How are you and LO doing? Are you still in the hospital??

@sera_87: I have been thinking about you and hoping for the best! like @joyfulkiwi I'm wondering if you trust your doctors' plans? I hope you are able to have peace about it and confidence in them.

@oliviaoblivia: Similarly, my grandma had 4 of her 5 babies in August, and as adults they love celebrating their birthdays together (I've never asked about their experience as kids). I thought it was always special and spread out the celebration.

@lauren0817: keep us updated. On the GD front I am doing ok. Daily sugars are staying down but was put on injectable insulin for nighttime.

@Ari123: that's sounds scary. Glad the baby is ok!

@sera_87: Thinking of you and hoping for the best outcome for you and baby.

@oliviaoblivia: Don't feel bad about their birthdays - there's nothing you can do about their dates. I am sure you will make each of them feel special on their own date.

Thanks everybody. I really appreciate all the well wishes/thoughts/prayers etc.

Foley catheter placed around 1?ish.

And now we wait. Foreeeeevvvvaaaa.

Thank you so much everyone for checking in - it has been a crazy week. I can't remember what my first update said, but we were admitted to the hospital on Tuesday for baby's heart issues. On Thursday morning I got extremely sick (extreme sudden onset chest pains, heart palpitations, couldn't breathe or see and started vomiting) - doctors were worried I was having a heart attack. It turns out I have huge blood clot in my lungs and leg (a pulmonary embolism and a DVT) - part of the clot in my leg broke off and travelled to my lungs and because it is so big it is putting a lot of strain on my heart. All of this is totally unrelated to baby and her heart issues and treatment - it just happened at the same time for some crazy reason. Talk about being lucky to be in the hospital already - the drs were able to respond quickly and get me stabilized. Normally someone would have surgery to remove the clot, but we are trying to avoid that as long as I'm stable since it is open heart surgery and would mean delivering now. I'm 31 weeks, 4 days today and the drs are willing to hold off on surgery if I'm stable - there is a chance the clot could go away on its own, but not sure how likely that would be due to its size. It is crazy that all of this is happening to a normally healthy young person - pregnancy is a huge risk factor for blood clots apparently. Baby and I are doing pretty well despite all of this - I am stable right now but still in the ICU and we are still treating baby's heart under the supervision of the fetal-maternal medicine doctors and my cardiac surgery doctors. Plrase send positive thoughts and prayers our way! Sorry for the super long update, but it is kinda a crazy long story I haven't read through anyone else's updates, but I hope everyone is doing well!

@lauren0817: wow omg, I'm sorry that all of this is happening! I'm glad you're there and they are monitoring it all. Lots of positive thoughts headed your way!

@lauren0817: wow, that's sounds scary. I hope you continue to stay stable for awhile and you and the baby stay well.

@lauren0817: How scary and stressful! I hope your doctors continue to take great care of you and your LO!

@lauren0817: OMG!! Thank goodness you were already there!! Prayers for quick healing!

It seems like we'll be having some December babies for sure! I can't believe it's only one month to go until we have a labor & deliveries board started!

Theodore Hendricks was born at 9:56pm via csection. Weighs 450g & breathing on his own.