August 7th

Dumb wipe board is wrong again...it says the 6th. Don't these nurses know how very important it is to keep up with the right date? I have learned way too much about being a patient in the hospital--especially since this is Day 14 and counting....

However...Day 14 possibilities are more positive than Day 1 and here is where we are today: After seeing Dr. Berry on Sunday and getting the good news about other options AND after talking to Dr. Uribe late last night, we have come to the decision to go ahead and proceed with the surgery. (Stop reading if you don't want details and just want to leave it at that.....b/c here is about to be too much info)

The surgery is called Suclage (sp?). Basically it is reinforcing my cervix by stitching me closed. The more Miller eats and gets fatter (exactly what we want), then he will weigh approximately the same weight as both of my boys once did---thus putting more pressure on my incompetent cervix and the possibility of his membrane rupturing like Lawton's did puts us back in the danger zone. Since just laying around and not getting out of bed does not seem like an proactive option, we decided to go with Dr. Berry and Dr. Uribe's suggestion of the surgery. Dr. Berry equated it to a woman's purse that has a drawstring at the top of it (personally, I am picturing the old Dooney & Bourke purse I once had in high school.) to keep it closed tight and reinforced. The success rates of this surgery is good and what we are gambling on--odds look good enough to go for it..plus Matt and I feel like to be more proactive is smarter than reactive at this point in Miller's and our lives.

Another sign that we are moving in the right direction (I like to call them "Godsigns") is that the anestheologist (the doctor who gives you the good drugs that puts one into a sound sleep) that was recommended to us by Lisa Coffman (through her best friend who knows the business very well b/c she is in it---you know friend of a friend) happens to be working the night shift tomorrow night the same time we are scheduled for surgery--6pm. Go figure! It is another small and amazing miracle that we are heading in the right direction.

So, the only thing we need is all of y'all to start praying at 6pm on Wednesday night for our little Miracle Miller that he may cooperative throughout and after the surgery and onto week 34+, pray for the steadiness of the Doctor's hands, pray for Matt and my continued strength through the surgery and after in recovery and beyond. Matt and I are so very positive about this new option and we know in our hearts that it is all going to work out!

Love to you all!