Another Update

Well, we are still waiting on any news of lung growth. We heard from UCSF today, and unfortunately the technician who did our last ultrasound did not take all of the pictures/measurements required to do an exact calculation. The radiologist will take a look at the pictures tomorrow to see if he/she can at least tell us if the lungs have grown since the last ultrasound. We should find out more probably late tomorrow afternoon.

Unfortunately we were not able to take a tour of San Francisco today. Travis had a couple of work conference calls this afternoon that were scheduled to take place during the time of the last available tour for the day. Instead, we are going to go to Fisherman's Wharf this evening to have dinner. At the beginning of our trip, we found a great place called "The Crab House" that we both love. It is exciting to get out of the apartment to go somewhere other than the hospital.

We also received a final appointment schedule for this week. All of our appointments will take place this Thursday. We will have a fetal echo (to check on the baby's heart), an ultrasound (to check on the balloon and lung growth) and an ob appointment (to make sure I am still not at risk for preterm labor, etc.). The ob appointment is actually at another UCSF campus so we will have a very busy traveling to and from hospitals.

I am sure that next week we will probably have another ultrasound the day before the procedure. I can't believe we only have a week and a half to go until the balloon removal on 5/10. If all goes as planned, we will be heading home shortly after. We have our flight scheduled for 5/15, but are looking to see if we can pull that ahead a couple of days based on how I feel after the appointment. We are optimistic that we may be able to take the red eye home on 5/13.