6:00 update

I just talked to Lavonna and Courtney is still having contractions, but they are less frequent. They are still giving her medication to continue to slow them down or stop them completely. She had her dinner meal and ate about half. One of her friends is going to bring her some ice cream after while. At this point they said she would have to be on the monitors for at least 24 more hours, but Lavonna said the nurse just indicated she thought Courtney would probably stay in the hospital for the duration of her pregnancy. The word for today is "Trendelenburg"In the Trendelenburg position the body is laid flat on the back with the feet higher than the head, in contrast to the reverse Trendelenburg position, where the body is tilted in the opposite direction. This is a standard position used in abdominal and gynecological surgery. It allows better access to the pelvic organs as gravity pulls the intestines away from the pelvis. We thought they could just say inverted, but you know doctors and their lingo. Here are some pictures I took this afternoon while I was at the hospital. Remember she is at Baptist St. Anthony here in Amarillo on the labor and delivery floor. If you want to send flowers or balloons, if they are delivered to the nurses station they will take them to her room. Looks like God is answering our prayers, let's keep asking.

Here is Courtney in the Trendelenburg position.

Here are some of the monitors.

Here is the heart monitor. The top number is Bryson's and the bottom info is Courtney's.