A new potential birthday for Marcus... Dr. Belotti (sp?) discussed Michelle's case today and encouraged us to have the amnio as soon as safely possible which is at 35 weeks, or this FRIDAY. So if the amnio reveals mature lung development they will take Marcus out of there on Friday night! I'll keep you posted about new developments. However, I'll be at the hospital all day Friday just in case. Michelle's room # is 812-353-2905, Room 2905.

By the way... Michelle is doing pretty well. Physically she is OK, occassional contractions but no more bleeding. She's in pretty good spirits all things considered. Unfortunately, Bloomington Hospital still doesn't have broadband connections in their rooms so Michelle can't check her email (click here to ask them to install broadband in each patient's room). However, you can reach her by phone at the number above.

A big thanks to the Newlands for watching the kids tonight so I could play tennis and Michelle and I could have a date. We played scrabble and I won convincingly. I should point out that Michelle was ahead by a mile until one of the doctors came in and talked with us for about a half hour. His best friend lives in Carn Town (sp?), TX which is near Beeville. So they shared Beeville stories for awhile. When he left and we returned to our game, I made my move and beat her like a rented mule!