University Hospital: 5/21 4pm Update

We continue to sit and wait at University Hospital with no real updates. We feel very loved by the number of emails and phone calls received today. Thank you.

This is certainly an interesting experience. This pregnancy has been amazing. You always hear the horror stories about pregnancy and pregnant women - Amie has been amazing and doesnt fit any of the stereotypes. During this entire pregnancy she has continued to run, walk, workout, go to 5am step classes 3x per week, not to mention trips to Monterey/ SFO, DC, Vegas, San Antonio and nearly 2 weeks in Costa Rica.

Crazy that now, after all the good comes pre-term labor. I think we were both in absolute shock last night as we heard words like "Neo-natal ________" and "NICU" and "HIGH RISK ___". Amie and i havent really talked about it, but personally my head was spinning! Fortunately we have been much re-assured by the medical staff about the progress and the health of the baby that if he happens to be born, he would be ok. Of course, if he were born today or this week he would have to spend some period of time in the NICU until he was "big enough" tough to define "big enough" because at this point that could mean hospitalization until due date. However, knowing his parents and their nature he would probably push a little harder and be somewhat of an over-acheiver and beat our expectations.

So, I decided that this would be the easiest way to share updates with everyone over the course of the next period of time. It sounds like we will be spending the weekend at the hospital. The way we look at it right now, every day he can stay in Amie is a day of growth and development that is much better than life outside.

Amie and i were set to travel through the next seven days, at which point we were going to pack a bag to take to hospital "just in case", create a call list, and ultimately decide on a name. Well, here we are at the hospital and lacking a name. I guess we should put some urgency around that now.

As we learn more and things develop i will keep you updated. Stay tuned.