A Little Excitement in Our Lives

For those of you I have talked to this is a followup and for those I haven't talked to yet I apologize for what will likely be a long email. To get to the important things first, Vicki and the babies (which are still in her belly) are all doing well.
This email is coming to you from Fairfax Hospital in northern VA. This is where Vicki and I had originally planned to have the twins just in case a situation like this arose. This hospital has a huge labor in delivery area and one of the best neonatal intensive care units in the area. Having a high risk pregnancy like twins means we were looking for both of these things. Needless to say they are well prepared to handle whatever happens.
The situation is that on Sunday night one of the twins' amniotic sacs ruptured (Vicki's water broke). Luckily we had lots of family in town and they took Vic to the ER to get her checked out. Early Monday morning, as I returned from Detroit (I was headed to Wisconsin for work), they brought Vic from the ER to the labor and delivery floor to be prepared in case she went into labor. They have been monitoring her constantly and she has not gone into labor and the twins' heart rates remain strong. At present Vic is 29 weeks pregnant, which is more than far enough along to have a good outcome for both babies. Even if they came today, the babies would be fine, they would just have to spend a couple months in neonatal icu. However, as you would expect the drs would prefer they did not come today and that they remain in Vic for as long as possible and continue to develop. Obviously, the longer they stay in Vic the less time they spend in the icu after birth.
Vicki has been stabilized and the drs no longer believe that labor and birth are imminent. We are scheduled for an ultrasound today and if everything is okay we will be moving upstairs to the high risk pregnancy floor. Though the name sounds ominous, it is a good thing. Vicki will have to remain in the hospital until the babies come, but again that is a good thing and the hope is that she can stay here for another 2, 3, or 4 weeks. A baby can survive in a ruptured sac as long as the leaking is minimized and there is enough fluid surrounding the baby. If Vic can make it through the week and the babies can stave off infection (which more difficult because of the ruptured sac) there is a strong possibility the babies will not be delivered for another couple weeks.
Either way, the babies are in great hands and will most likely have no issues what so ever. We are focused now on keeping Vic stable and minimizing contractions and keeping the babies healthy (they are giving Vic steroids and antibiotics to boost their development and reduce the risk of infection).
Everyone is in good spirits and the staff here has been amazing. The first 72 hours are the most critical and we are already halfway through that. Fingers crossed we continue in this direction. My next email will hopefully not be a book but rather a short quick update.
Expecting only great outcomes,

-Ryan