Life at UAMS-How we got here

Today is day 14 for me here at UAMS and day 5 for my precious boys, Grant & Ethan. So, here's the beginning of the story... Michael and I found out we were having twins on August 26, 2008. From that time, I had a great pregnancy, except for the heartburn that kicked in about 2 months ago. So, things were going great until Feb 6. We had a regularly scheduled ultrasound (with twins we had lots more ultrasounds to watch for complications). After the ultrasound, Michael and I sat and waited for the doc in one of the other rooms. It was the longest wait we had ever had there... Eventually Dr. Buckner (a great doctor) came in and told us there were some discrepencies on the ultrasound. We went back for another ultrasound and were told that "Baby B" could possibly have a heart defect. They were also concerned about the fluid amounts around the babies, but really didn't think that was anything. So... that day I was told not to go back to work and we would be going to the hospital for NST's (Non-stress tests) Saturday and Sunday and Dr. Buckner made some phone calls and got us an appt with a high risk specialist in Little Rock early Monday morning. So, tests went well over the weekend (other than our stubborn boys hiding from the folks trying to monitor their heartbeats), but Monday morning, Dr. Wendel (the high risk specialist) admited me to UAMS. He said that "Baby B" had ascites (fluid in the abdominal cavity) but he didn't see any problems with his heart, but then again, my boys were being stubborn and wouldn't give them a good look! Anyway, Dr. Wendel was worried becuase the problem came on so suddenly and we didn't know why, so they wanted to monitor the boys closely and take them as soon as there was any sign of stress. To shorten this story, the boys did good, but mom's body decided it was time to go. On Feb 18, after monitoring me for preeclampsia, Dr. Terry (we had a lot of doctors!) came by and said that I did have preeclampsia, but my blood pressure was not too bad at that point, so they would just keep watching it. That morning they drew some more blood from me for testing and around 11:00am the phone rang in our hospital room. It turns out my blood platelets were way too low and I had severe preeclampsia, so it was time to take the babies, at about 34 1/2 weeks...