A Day of Miracles!!!

Today was a day of miracles! We had a follow up with the 2nd opinion dr. and in his office happened to be a fetal sonographer who specializes with the heart! One of our miracles today was that she found both valves of the heart! The dr. still thinks that a chromosomal abnormality caused the thickened placenta and the IUGR, but we aren’t looking at a heart defect on top of everything. The sonographer said that she thinks there might be a hole in the heart, but she couldn’t tell how big or small it was.

Again, everything is so relative. A couple of days ago, if we were told the baby has a hole in her heart, we may have been devastated. Now, it’s great news! We have 2 valves! Also, it seems that every sonogram technician that examines little Anna, instantly falls in love with her. Maybe I am a little biased, but she is quite the ham on the screen! We have seen quite a few sono tech’s also laugh with frustration with our little Anna because she will put her arm where it casts a shadow or she will squirm and move when their trying to get the heartbeat. With one sonogram tech, Anna kept hitting the wand! She may not be the easiest little girl to get pictures of, but I love her feistiness!

Later that evening, around 6ish, we had our appointment with the fetal cardiologist. This man/angel spent about an hour and a half examining Anna’s heart. It might not have taken him quite as long if Anna had been a little more cooperative, but for a doctor to come in on his own time and be so thorough, just for us, was amazing! That was another miracle.

Yet another miracle was the news we received. He told us that the heart was fine. There might be a very small hole, but those usually fix themselves before birth. This was the best news we could have hoped for!

Nick and I were on our way home discussing what we wanted to do for dinner when the cardiologist called us to let us know that he had just got off the phone with the 2nd opinion dr. and he had the results for the FISH test. Everything was normal! (SIGH!) I thanked him and told Nick what the Dr. had said. The relief was physically noticeable. I immediately called my mom and we of course, cried.

We aren’t out of the woods yet, but the FISH test tests for 4 major chromosomal abnormalities. Of those 4 are Down’s Syndrome, Tripoidy, and Tetraploidy. These were the ones that we were specifically told we were at risk for. God is good!

Thank you Jesus for our miracles so far… keep em comin’!
We are ending today with smiles and Nick’s parents are bringing over dinner. After today I can’t wait to hug them and have a nice relaxing weekend.

Love to all,
The Balabanski’s