Hospital ... again

Back to the hospital we go.

I went for my weekly ultrasound today and it was -- shocker -- not great news.

The cervix, it is even more incompetent than last week. Last week -- 1.5. This week -- 1.2. Seriously, this needs to stop. The incompetency is ridiculous. If this was "Survivor" my cervix would have been voted off the island.

My surgeon was not there today, so in his place the head of Maternal Fetal Medicine reviewed my scan. She conferred with my OB and decided it was best to have me stay in the hospital for at least a night. They want to monitor me and make sure I am not having contractions I can't feel. They are also giving me steroid shots to help mature The Blob's lungs.

So I got a nice needle right in the old buttocks and I get another one in 24 hours. Hopefully that will have him breathing through gills or some shit. In any case, he would have a better chance.

When I first arrived, there was some question as to whether I could even use the bathroom on my own. Ummm. Yeah. But that was quickly cleared up and the verdict was me and 1.2 cm of thickness could indeed get up to pee.

The resident gave me the impression I might be here longer than just 24 hours. We shall see. I would not be all that jacked up about spending the next seven weeks in the hospital. Granted, it would be easier as no one would have to take care of me at home, but what a drag.

Also a drag because PEOPLE, THERE IS NO INTERNET HERE. I can get an intermittent signal from some random connection in the neighborhood, but I believe it is powered by gerbils. So not the best.

I am posting on the gerbil network now, so we shall see if this continues.

More fun is to come I am sure...