Today five years ago

Five years ago today, at one o'clock in the morning, I was admitted to the hospital for contractions. I had been experiencing some contractions for the previous few days and had been in the hospital overnight on the 19th of March. After that visit, I was given a drug to stop the contractions, which worked for a few days. But on this day, Friday, March 22, 2002, the contractions weren't stopping. They weren't very frequent, maybe six or so an hour, but because I was carrying twins and a twin pregnancy is considered high risk, they had me come in. When I arrived I was very scared, nervous, and tired. Right away, I was hooked up to monitors and given more medication to stop the contractions. This time the medicine didn't work, so I was put on a strong medicine called Magnesium Sulfate. Now that is one nasty drug! At this time, the doctors decided to give me my first of two rounds of steroid shots to speed up the development of the babies' lungs, as they didn't know if I'd be delivering or not. The doctors gave me a few tests, and I learned that I had a couple of infections, which were treated with antibiotics. The docs said that these infections could be the cause of the contractions, which gave me a tad bit of relief. I stayed in the hospital that entire day on the Magnesium Sulfate, waiting for those contractions to stop. But as of Friday night, they were still coming and going.

To be continued...