Great news! Michelle is feeling much better. They were able to reduce the Magnesium throughout the day Saturday and completely turn it off on Sunday. She continues to have some contractions, but they have not required more Magnesium. The meds they are using now do not have the narcotic side effects.

Saturday night she had minor contractions that were stopped with some medicine I can't spell or pronounce.

Sunday she had only minor contractions throughout the day and was mostly fine. She is able to operate pretty normally now in terms of talking, reading, writing, etc. She just has to stay in bed.

Sunday night she had more contractions but they were able to stop them without medication.

Monday morning they removed her IV and suggested that if she goes another 24 hours without medicine, they will be willing to release her from the hospital on Tuesday. However, she will continue to be on bedrest until the baby comes. If she comes home, I"ll need a six week supply of duct tape to keep her fastened to her bed!

The baby continues to appear fine. Strong heartbeat, lots of movement, and no signs that concern the doctors.

Mom and Dad took the kids to MD on Sunday. They arrived safely and are having lots of fun being spoiled to no end.

Thanks for your continued prayers and support.

THANKS to God for hearing our prayer and bringing the contractions to an end for now. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I'm collating all the emails and printing them out to bring to Michelle in the hospital (when will they put broadband connections in hospital rooms!)

My mom and Dad are coming in tomorrow to help with the kids. I think they are going to take them back to MD with them on Sunday. That will be a big help.

Michelle is in good spirits tonight, but pretty drugged up. If anyone wants to send flowers or anything, I suggest potted plants instead. Since she'll be there five weeks, flowers don't have an adequate shelf-life. However, to all those who have already sent flowers, THANKS a ton. They are beautiful and really make the room a much nicer place to be.

As you know we are expecting Marcus Tate Williams in late November. However, the last couple of nights Michelle has had minor contractions. Last evening at about 5pm we went to the hospital to have it checked. It looked like a minor case of false labor. They put her on the monitors and it looked like we would be dismissed in a few hours.

Around 8pm the doctor performed a physical exam and found that Michelle had dilated 1CM and the contractions were continuing. Since we are only at 28 weeks this is a problem.

Michelle was admitted to the Bloomingotn Hospital (room 2909, phone 812-353-2909) and will most likely remain in the hospital until the baby comes. The best case scenario is that the medicines they are currently giving her through the IV will keep her from progressing. Alternately, if she does begin to progress at any time in the next three weeks, they will transfer her to a hospital in Indy where they can care for babies born eight weeks premature.

I'll continue to post regular updates at http://www.mikelwilliams.com/latest.html.

Thanks for your prayers and support,
Mike

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