i literally just got off the phone with jeff, holding back tears of joy. and right before that with our doctors. the blood test i had done last week not only came back sooner than we expected it to, but had even better news to share. the words, "hi sarah, your blood work came back negative for trisomy 13, 18, and 21" are the best words i have heard since the beginning of the month. this in and of itself is God's doing. We praise Him for this wonderful news, and we thank every one of you who have been diligently praying for us and this sweet baby. and encourage you to keep on praying.
there's still a chance (if we're having a girl) that baby could have monosomy x- turner syndrome. they didn't order that test with the others so all the blood sample has been used. this means i have to wait until our next appointment to have more blood drawn, which, given the hope of today's news, i'm okay with waiting for now. and to put the cherry on top, they were able to move my next ultrasound up from september 19th to the 14th! so five days sooner to have a detailed ultrasound to see how baby's heart and other organs are doing and to monitor the hygroma and hydrops.
what we are praying happens is baby's lymphatic system corrects itself before his/her heart gives out. these next few weeks are crucial to that. if by twenty weeks (i'm sixteen weeks today) all fluid has resolved and the cystic hygroma has, at least, shrunk in size, this baby has a great chance at a normal outcome.
keep praying!! He's listening!
3 comments:
sooooo happy to hear this news! He is faithful and we will keep begging him to heal this baby! Love you! xoxo
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have meant to text you this, but hopefully this is an ok place to post this. a blog by Angie Smith has been really helpful for some friends of mine who've struggled with pregnancy (and I've really benefited, too!). will keep praying. thank you, God!
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