Ruth’s doctor called this morning and said that he wants to go ahead with the delivery of the twins. He feels that the dropping platelet count is serious enough to go ahead and schedule the surgery for tonight at 9pm rather than wait for the exam results. Ruth will be checking into the hospital shortly.
What about the blood tests?
When the blood results are in later today, the platelet count will determine whether she can have a spinal block or will have to have general anesthesia.
- How to pray
- That the platelet count will be high enough to allow Ruth to have the spinal block rather than general anesthesia
- Successful surgery
- For a healthy, vibrant Rebecca Joy and Anna Grace
- No adverse reactions to the anesthesia
- Quick recovery for Ruth
If you are available at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, would you intercede on behalf of Ruth and the delivery?
We are at real peace about the situation. Yesterday Ruth was having a lot of Braxton-Hicks contractions so there would be major concern to wait until the doctor returned from his travels. Ruth cannot go into true contractions because her last delivery was a C-section and there is a danger the uterus could rupture during a contraction.
We talked with the anesthesiologist yesterday at church (he goes there too) and he answered a lot of our questions about the risks. We all felt a real peace if it was determined that the babies should be delivered now. We were also informed that additional incubators have arrived in Santarem so that there would be no problem of availability if they were necessary. And both our anesthesiologist and doctor have access to the resources of the new regional hospital if there were any special needs (the hospital is on strike!).
Becky and I are pretty emotional right now–in the good sense! We are going to be grandparents tonight!
We appreciate all the loving responses to our e-mails. God bless you all!
Jeff and Becky
