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Thursday, March 27, 2008

I've been to the hospital everyday this week but Wednesday! UGH...

For those of you who haven't heard, I had a doctor appointment on Tuesday (my regular check up). My doctor was actually away on an emergency leave, so the other doctor in the office met with me. She went over some results of blood work which was all good. We found out Jason is also RH- so I won't have to get anymore shots! I also was dehydrated! UGH. I've drank so much water since, and I joke that I think i'm going to move into the bathroom! I asked the doctor about my pain that i've been having in my ribs....and she was concerned it was my gallbladder, so today I had an ultrasound for that. I haven't received results yet. I'm hoping they can tell me what's going on with that, because last night I had a really bad attact, and the pain is HORRIBLE. I think they will have me control it with diet. Good-bye to my favorite foods, but it's worth it to get rid of the pain!
The doctor also went over our ultrasound results from Monday....and everything looks normal except they did find a mobile echogenic focus in the left ventricle. She had me get a fetal echocardiogram today to check on the baby's heart. It looks like things are fine with the heart and development but this echogenic focus (a bright calcium spot on the ultrasound) is showing up. The pediatric cardiologist said it wasn't a fatal thing...nor would the baby need heart treatments or anything. I guess the only concern is that this is a small marker for Downs Syndrome. Most of the time these issues go away before the baby is born and it doesn't mean anything, but there is a chance it could mean our baby girl has Downs. Being that I'm young, the chances aren't high, but it's still a chance. Jason and I of course wouldn't love our baby any less...and we've already opted to not do an amniocentesis, so mainly, it looks like we trust God's plan and wait and see what happens when she's born! It's scary for me, but I know God is teaching me that I still haven't given up my worries in life to him enough. My mother in law reminded me that God's plan is what will be perfect for me and this baby, and that he loves this baby more than I do! So, I'm trying to rest on that and know that this little girl is going to be precious no matter what! I'll post anymore info I may receive if any is given to me!
We of course would love your prayers! :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We'll be praying for you guys for sure. God does make every baby perfectly as he wants to!

Keep us posted.