Autoimmune disease and thrombocytopenia

Here is what I just posted to family members and friends: Hey, everybody, it was another night of total incompetence on the part of these "high risk" doctors. Katie was supposed to be induced last night at 10:00, but when she arrived at Memorial Hospital, there was no record of her being scheduled for induction. The resident (that she saw last week who told her she had a pulmonary embolism!!) asked her why she would want to be induced at 36 weeks and why she did not want to have a C-section. Katie let her know that all of that was discussed with her team of doctors and the decision was made to induce on the 21st, not have the steroid shot for this week, and to report to the hospital at 10:00 for induction.. At 11:30 p.m., the resident said she had spoken to one of Katie's doctors and they said she was to receive the steroid shot, wait 24 hours for a second shot, and then labor would be induced. She was also informed that her "high risk" doctors would only deliver the baby if he was born during the day. If he was born at night, then the OB/GYN doctor on call would do the delivery. They wanted her to sit in a room at the hospital for 24 hours. She told them she wanted to go home and sleep in her own bed. The resident said, "Well, we'll have to take out the IV." Katie said, "I told her 'then take out the IV.'" Katie said that she left an "earful" with the patient advocate who will pass her message on to the doctors. Needless to say, Katie is not happy about any of this. . .and Sadie said it well when I told Jessie, Chase and her what had happened: "You mean we spent the night here for nothing?" Yep, we'll see how it goes tonight.

@marymanning I just cannot imagine the screw up your daughter went through! From what you told us, everything was going to happen on Monday ! How upsetting and disappointing for the entire family. Is the doing baby okay?
Maybe, when things have settled down some, you and your daughter could make an appointment with the patient representative. This will give you the opportunity to tell your story in a non-angry, but forceful, way. The OB department needs to hear about this.
Are things any better today?

She went in last night at 8:00 and we talked before we went to bed at 10:00 and she was in good spirits. She left us a message at 3:30 this morning saying that her blood pressure has gone super high so they have been dealing with that. She left this message this morning: 7:45am update, my blood pressure has come down a lot. I’ve gotten maybe two hours of sleep in between them coming in and doing vitals. Still having contractions but not really needing anything pain wise. I may be asleep at 9 when you get on so I’ll call or update you later. So, Mr. Ollie is taking his time. She was hopeful that labor would progress quickly, so we will see what happens today. Thank you for your concern.

She went in last night at 8:00 and we talked before we went to bed at 10:00 and she was in good spirits. She left us a message at 3:30 this morning saying that her blood pressure has gone super high so they have been dealing with that. She left this message this morning: 7:45am update, my blood pressure has come down a lot. I’ve gotten maybe two hours of sleep in between them coming in and doing vitals. Still having contractions but not really needing anything pain wise. I may be asleep at 9 when you get on so I’ll call or update you later. So, Mr. Ollie is taking his time. She was hopeful that labor would progress quickly, so we will see what happens today. Thank you for your concern.

I just sent this message to family and friends: Katie just called (9:30 AM Thursday) to tell me that the doctor has gone ahead and scheduled a C-section for her, since she remains at 5cm and Ollie's heartbeat has periods of slowing down. They've taken her off of the pitocin and said that it is good that she already has the epidural and a catheter in. They have put a nurse with her to monitor everything and are going to "fit her in" to deliveries this morning. They've let her know that she will probably be able to be with Ollie for about an hour before taking him into the NICU for assessment. I told her, "Poor little guy, he has been through so much, too," and she said "I know. He just hasn't dropped the way the wanted him to so we will be having a C-section."
She is really anxious about all of this, so please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

It's 7:25 AM on Thursday and still no baby. She sent a message at 3:00 and one just 15 minutes ago. Here they are:
It’s 3:15am. I am only 5 cm dilated. The doctor just placed an internal monitor to accurately track my contractions and put some fluid back in for Oliver because he’s having some heart beat dips. My epidural is starting to not work. If he continues to have dips, they will have to shut off the pitocin and once they’ve shut off the pitocin, they can’t restart it. At that point, it would be a wait and see if I continue to have contractions or start looking at the possibility of a c section . At this point, I’m so exhausted, I am ready to be done.

7:15am update. I’ve been having hard labor since about 5:00am. The anesthesiologist is coming to give me something. Hoping it knocks me out. May not be awake when you get up at 9. Really don’t feel like talking.

I just sent this message to family and friends: Katie just called (9:30 AM Thursday) to tell me that the doctor has gone ahead and scheduled a C-section for her, since she remains at 5cm and Ollie's heartbeat has periods of slowing down. They've taken her off of the pitocin and said that it is good that she already has the epidural and a catheter in. They have put a nurse with her to monitor everything and are going to "fit her in" to deliveries this morning. They've let her know that she will probably be able to be with Ollie for about an hour before taking him into the NICU for assessment. I told her, "Poor little guy, he has been through so much, too," and she said "I know. He just hasn't dropped the way the wanted him to so we will be having a C-section."
She is really anxious about all of this, so please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

It's 7:25 AM on Thursday and still no baby. She sent a message at 3:00 and one just 15 minutes ago. Here they are:
It’s 3:15am. I am only 5 cm dilated. The doctor just placed an internal monitor to accurately track my contractions and put some fluid back in for Oliver because he’s having some heart beat dips. My epidural is starting to not work. If he continues to have dips, they will have to shut off the pitocin and once they’ve shut off the pitocin, they can’t restart it. At that point, it would be a wait and see if I continue to have contractions or start looking at the possibility of a c section . At this point, I’m so exhausted, I am ready to be done.

7:15am update. I’ve been having hard labor since about 5:00am. The anesthesiologist is coming to give me something. Hoping it knocks me out. May not be awake when you get up at 9. Really don’t feel like talking.