Back Home Again

Well, last night was hospital visit number two. Good thing we like Edward's Hospital! Thankfully, we were only there for two hours and then sent home.
I had experienced a sudden onset of vision problems. Nothing major, just a "floater" of sorts. Unfortunately, that is a warning sign of preeclampsia, a dangerous complication for me and the babies. I called and spoke to the on call nurse and we decided that if that was the only warning sign, that I could wait until morning and be seen in the office. Well, a few hours later and a headache (the pressurey, behind your eyes and forehead kind) started. A call back to the nurse and it is confirmed, I am to head to the hospital for them to evaluate me. When Jason got home from class to take me, he took my blood pressure - 152/90. Not good, especially with the symptoms I was having.
On the way to the hospital, Jason and I prayed that God would reveal to us how much bigger he is than the doctors and nurses and that we would trust in Him for his protection and nurturing of our three precious children. Each day, I am reminded anew of what a gift he has given to us. As I remember all that we went through to get pregnant, to be here, God gave this to us. He chose us to parent these three, to fall in love with them, even now while they are still in the womb. There is no question in my mind how I became pregnant with triplets. It still blows me away, but I have no question of who to thank for this blessing. Well, last night was no different. Once we got to the hospital, they took my blood pressure - 119/68. Really, 119/68. That is lower than my blood pressure has been for the bulk of my pregnancy. For someone who usually has "white coat" syndrome of high blood pressure at doctor appointments, this is amazing. God is amazing.
And we did enjoy the perk of having to monitor the babies heartbeats as well! During my pregnancy, I have loved the galloping horse sounds of my three babies heartbeats. There is no sweeter sound - especially when I am so worried for them. Our nurse was amazed at how active they were - almost needing to bring in an ultrasound machine to check on them. But after a few minutes of listening to them move around and not being able to hear much more than the amnio fluids swishing around, they settled down enough for us to hear each of their hearts beating. The nurse also got to feel quite a bit of the movement, which just makes me so happy to know that they are getting bigger and stronger each day.
Oh, I guess you want to know the outcome of our visit. Time to add another doctor to the schedule. I need to see an eye specialist. Could be regular vision changes during pregnancy, but we need to rule out that there is anything wrong with my eye. Absolutely no complications to the pregnancy.
We will get through this pregnancy one day at a time. And today, we are one more day closer and praising our God for that.