The next day...

So, we went home Monday night.  Jen spent the evening on the couch, then onto the bed.  Everything seemed to be going along swimmingly, although it was pretty boring.  She was very happy that she had her new iPhone, so she could do email, listen to tunes, and play games without getting off of the couch.  (the games on the iPhone, btw, suck).  Tuesday morning, we got Toby signed up for school five days a week for the next few weeks (except not this one).  We expected her to be on home bedrest for the next few weeks, so it would be good for Toby to have folks to play with while I'm at work. 
Tuesday night, Jen had some blood in her urine, so she called the LD hotline.  The nurse said that this may have been due to all the tests and exams from Monday disturbing stuff.  Call back if it happened again.  It didn't on Tuesday night.  She also said call the clinic on Wednesday morning to tell them about it (this was just the after hours line).  She called the clinic Wed morning and they said no big deal, call us if it happens again.  About noon, she again had blood in her urine.  The nurse said since she had called three times that she must be nervous, and that she should come in.  (Of course she had called three times because they had told her to).  So she called me at work and we went into the hospital again.  She got all checked in and the monitors strapped on her, and lo and behold contractions had started again.  Lori came over again to make sure we were all squared away, and she brought a kids doctor kit for Toby to play with when he came over.
 The doctor (I didn't get her name) did an exam and found that Jen was dilated 1cm.  So they prescribed steroids to increase lung development, some pills to stop the contractions and insulin drip to counteract the increased blood sugar from the 'roids.  Unfortunately, although the 'roids were prescribed at 12:30 they still weren't there from the pharmacy until after 4:30.  Dr. Rothberg (I think, I will check) came to check on us then, and called the pharmacy to get them sent up ASAP.  Since they consist of two shots (24 hours apart) and they take a total of 48 hours to get the full effect, we want to make sure that we get the full effect before the baby is born.  We are hoping to hold on at least 48 hours, so 4 hours was a big deal to me.  Long story short, she got the 'roids for lung development at abour 5pm, and the pills to stop the contractions at 7, 7:30 and 8.  And the insulin is now running. I picked up Toby at 5:45 and brought him over.  He got in bed with mommy and played with his stethoscope and bandaid and thermometer. 
In one way, serendipity smiled on us.  A couple who we know is in the room next door to us waiting for their baby to be born, most likely prematurely.  Their daughter is 3 years old, and loves...wait for it...Dora!  So we are planning a play date for tomorrow afternoon for her and Toby.  We and they may be there for some time, so it might be nice to have some friends in the same hallway. 
Tomorrow is Yom Kippur so I will be fasting and watching over the boy.  We plan to spend some time over at the hospital and maybe meet up with Chris' sister for coffee or something...since I don't drink coffee, that's about perfect since I am fasting.  Tomorrow night Melinda is coming to visit us from Hawaii so she and I will share Toby watch on Friday and over the weekend.