12:00pm - Cheyenne drove to her scheduled weekly monitoring at Mills Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame, CA expecting to have blood pressure and baby Cali monitored. These are just precautionary and routine tests. I expected her back within a half-hour, keep in mind her appointment was at 12:30pm.
2:00pm - I received a phone call from Cheyenne detailing her high blood pressure and low fluid (placenta). The nurses were going to keep her for observation and continued monitoring. The negative part is that Cheyenne had the car, our one and only vehicle.
4:30pm - After scrambling to pack the final bags and to arrange a ride (thanks Andrew!) I arrived at the hospital around 5pm. Meanwhile, Cheyenne was napping.
6:00pm - Cheyenne was counseled by a mean Scandinavian nurse about eating Sun Chips (high in sodium).
6:30pm - Cheyenne enjoyed a lovely hospital dinner. Mmmmmmm...lasagna.
7:00pm - Doctor arrives. Test results are back. Not preeclampsia. High blood pressure and low fluid resulted in the calcifying of placenta, or as the doctor says, "you're placenta is getting old." She further explains our options: (1) wait, or (2) induce. We elected with inducing -- safer for the baby and, plus, the baby has recently been projected to weigh 8 pounds!
7:05pm - I am writing this blog. I will continue to update this blog and Facebook as much as possible. Don't worry, I have our video camera, my D300, and the point-and-shoot camera. I will have the entire event covered from every angle; well, not every angle let's hope.
7:10pm - We are calling family and friends to update them (mostly the ones who are immediately updated with Facebook).
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