Free at last!

Guess who got to leave the house today?? This girl! Granted it was for a trip to the doc but I can't even tell you how happy I was to see the outside world. I drove down PCH with the sunroof open seriously basking in the sun. Dramatic much? Yes. But I don't care.

Look closely. That is a dog wearing sunglasses. Only in Newport. And just to give you an indication of my giddiness/delirium at being let outside of my bedroom, I laughed like a mad woman at him. Not that funny now that I'm posting it....

My joy was short-lived though. Once I got to the office, I learned that my pesky little cervix just doesn't want to cooperate and it shrunk. Again. Can't a girl get a break? So the doctor was on the fence about whether to send me right to the hospital for the rest of the pregnancy and after talking to my perinatologist, settled on sending me there for some testing right away.

See? I really went! It was kind of exciting. Except for the part where they debated admitting me for reals. After a few hours of testing though, they determined the babies are rock stars and I wasn't contracting so they sent me on my merry way. At least for the night. I have to go back tomorrow to check for some hormone that indicates whether or not I am in danger of delivering within the next two weeks. Again, can't a girl get a break? If it tests positive, I will be held hostage. If not, I get to come home for a couple more days. It's pretty inevitable at this point that I will be spending the rest of the summer in the hospital but they're trying to let me stay out as long as possible. My cervix is at a 2.3 and they said anything under a 2 will get me grounded at Hoag. Good news is the food looked good. And it is across the street from Cafe Rio. And let's face it, I'll probably have more of a social life there. New nurses = new friends! How's that for silver lining?

And again, big hugs to this guy who RACED to Newport from his office in L.A. to hold my hand while I had my daily nervous breakdown. This is him studying the fetal monitors. This is also right about when he realized one of them had fallen off while I was laughing. Details, details.