Many of you have probably heard all ready, but Aaron and I got some devastating news today. Our baby will probably not survive outside the womb. They did an amneostasis this afternoon to test for chromasomal defects, which is what they think it is right now. I know I am spelling everything wrong so I hope what I write makes enough sense for everyone to understand what is going on. The specialist we went to see feels that it is triploidy or triamias 18. Those may not be the right names but they are two of the three chromasomal defects. The other is down's syndrome. He did not feel that it was down's. The other two defects are fatal so if we carry the baby to term it will not live but for a few days or hours if one of the defects above is the problem. We will know in 2days. If it is not one of those then we will have to go to a cardiologist and a genetic counselor. The baby had clubbed hands and feel and it's heart is not formed correctly and is not in the right place. Because there are three things wrong this is why he feels a chromasomal rather than genetic defect. The one good thing if it is a chromasomal defect is that there would be no reason why Aaron and I couldn't try to have another baby at some point because the chances of this type of defect reoccuring is very very low. I think he said less than 1%. I really don't know what to ask all of you to pray for or how to pray but Aaron and I are going to need a lot of strength from God and a lot of wisdom and encouragement over the next few weeks as we try to figure everything out. We will know more when we get the results back. If it is chromasomal then we will not go to the geneticist or cardiologist because there is no reason to do so. I just wanted to let everyone know to try to avoid awkward questions or situations that could come up if you didn't know what was going on. I almost want to ask that everyone pray that it is chromasomal so that Aaron and I can have hope of having more children but I don't know if that is right of me. Thank you for all of you being there for us.
Back in April, we decided we needed to do a short family getaway after the semester was over. The last time we'd been on vacation just to vacation (not going to see family in CO) was when we went to San Antonio when Maddy was 3 months old. We found Beavers Bend State Park close to Broken Bow, OK and decided to go there. We booked a cabin in the state park and eagerly awaited the day we could take off for our getaway. We left on Sunday afternoon and stayed through Tuesday afternoon. It was short, but so fun and relaxing. We had no computer and no cell phones while we were up there. We just got to enjoy being around each other and the beautiful scenery. We built a fire and roasted some marshmallows. Also popped some jiffy pop. Aaron had never done one of those before. This is a 100 year old cabin they had at the visitor center. I like the mud chinking ( I think that's what it's called). A couple named Comma and Mabel lived in the cabin when the CCC was building t...
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