Thursday, March 29, 2007

YOUR LITTLE TICKER

Dear Spike:

I’m sitting in a rocking chair in a room on the labor and delivery floor at LDS Hospital, listening to your tiny heart fill the room with a sound like a horse galloping through wet sand.
Tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup.
In front of me, your mother is in the bed with a belt around her belly. The belt is connected to a computer by two wires — one to let us hear your little ticker, the other to let us see an image of its progress. Right now you’re hammering away at about 140 beats per minute — just the right pace — but it has slowed down a few times today and that has the doctors a bit concerned.
They assure us that it is likely nothing to worry about, but we’re going to watch it just to be safe.
Meanwhile, we wait. And as we do, I get to listen to the most beautiful sound in the world.
Tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup---tra-da-dup.

Love,
dad

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK, I feel as though you've left me in the lurch! Please update as soon as you find out that all is well.

Carole said...

Yes, please do update. When is Heidi due?

Anonymous said...

Is all ok? Keep us updated..Please! Praying all is well!

Wendy

Anonymous said...

Everything looks good, but they'll be checking Spike's heart every few days for the next few weeks just to be safe.

On Monday, when Spike's mom went in for a second monitoring session, there were quite a few expecting mamas getting checked, just like her. As in all things, seeing other people going through the same thing gives us comfort.

I'll write Spike soon. Sorry for keeping everyone waiting.

Unknown said...

I'm so glad to hear everything is good.