Still Waiting!

Welcome to our first attempt at blogging. We thought this would be a good way to keep everyone informed about what is going on with our little family in waiting and then give us a place to show off our new additions once they finally get here.

Diane and I are currently residents of Presbyterian St. Lukes Hospital (PSL) in Denver. One month ago today, 29 weeks and 1 day into the pregnancy, Diane started having preterm contractions and was admitted to the hospital in Casper. After trying a variety of different treatments during what we would both consider to be 3 of the longest days of our lives, the doctor believed that the contractions had subsided and sent Diane home to begin what we hoped to be 8 weeks of bed rest. Unfortunately the next morning Diane began to feel contractions again so back to the hospital we went.

Upon arriving the doctor examined Diane and determined that the best coarse of action was to send her here (PSL) where they are better prepared to accept our early arrivals. The trip down here seems like a blur but from what we can remember it went something like this.

The nurses strapped Diane down to what we can best be described as an ironing board fastened on top of a gurney, wheeled her through the hospital and slid her into an ambulance. Our driver, Stephen (don't ask me why I remember his name), then took what had to be the bumpiest route possible to the airport, where they moved Diane and the ironing board into an Air Life jet and in no time had us in the air. It took 55 minutes to fly down here, which included a fly by of Investco Field at Mile High, which the one of the flight nurses pointed out to me. Like I cared at the time.

We landed and they moved the ironing board and its passenger into a helicopter. On the flight from Casper I was informed that there would not be room for me on the helicopter but they would have a taxi waiting at the airport to take me to the hospital. If you can believe it this is where my trip got interesting. The taxi driver was a nice Russian gentleman who kept stirring and sipping on a clear liquid he had in his large translucent convenience store drink cup. Vodka anyone? Being Russian it didn't seem to affect his driving and as it turns out I almost beat Diane to the hospital.

Since arriving at PSL we have had quite a ride, but luckily the doctors have been able to find a combination of medications to minimize the contractions and keep the kiddos where they belong.

Diane's mom is staying in Denver and comes in everyday. We have had an number of different visitors and we really don't have time to get bored. Nurses come in every 2 hours to give Diane her medicine and we put the babies on a monitor 3 times a day for an hour. Diane gets to go to the PT pool once or twice a day for an hour if she wants and we have even been able to sneak her out for a couple of short wheel chair rides around the block.

Now that you are caught up on all the happenings of the past month we will try to update you on any new developments on a more frequent basis.

Thanks for visiting,

Curt and Diane