Well, I was holding off updating because I thought the doctor's office was going to call us with more information, but I haven't heard from them. If they call today I will add to this update.
So yesterday was the MRI. I can say that I hope I don't have too many of those in my life. They are very uncomfortable because you go into this tiny little space where you can't see anything except the top of the machine in you face. You can't move, so if something starts falling asleep, too bad. They had me on my back of course because they were trying to look at the baby and I have to say that it gave me a backache. Anyhow, more importantly than my small discomforts, the initial things she was seeing were positive. No holes in the diaphram that might be allowing organs to shift up and move the heart over. She said she had 100's of images to look at and so she was going to analyze those and then call our doctor yesterday afternoon. So I'm hoping they will let us know what resulted from that. We have an appointment next Thursday with them. The radiologist told us that the baby is so small right now that it is hard to see exactly what is going on. So they want to do another MRI in 8-10 weeks. Ugg! My question is, why did they not just wait until then to do it if they knew the baby was so small that it was going to be difficult to determine anything anyway? So Aaron and I were a little annoyed after that appointment because it feels like in someways they are taking advantage of our concern for our child and just milking us for all they can get out of us and our insurance. I definitely want to find out as much as we can before the baby is born so we'll be prepared if any emergency procedures or anything like that are needed, but at the same time I don't know how much the tests they are doing are helping with that right now. Anyway, regardless, we're thankful that we did get some good news yesterday so please pray the rest of the MRI results can be positive and also be praying for the chromosome tests Aaron and I are having done on ourselves, that one of us will have this variant seen in the baby and that that issue can be put to rest. Also pray for wisdom and patience for us as we go through all these doctor's appointments. We really need discernment to try to decide what is best for Maddy.
This will be a busy weekend for us. We have two Christmas parties, one we are attending and one we are hosting for our small group. We are also going to hear the DBU choir sing Handel's Messiah tonight. It should be awesome. They have a great choir.
So yesterday was the MRI. I can say that I hope I don't have too many of those in my life. They are very uncomfortable because you go into this tiny little space where you can't see anything except the top of the machine in you face. You can't move, so if something starts falling asleep, too bad. They had me on my back of course because they were trying to look at the baby and I have to say that it gave me a backache. Anyhow, more importantly than my small discomforts, the initial things she was seeing were positive. No holes in the diaphram that might be allowing organs to shift up and move the heart over. She said she had 100's of images to look at and so she was going to analyze those and then call our doctor yesterday afternoon. So I'm hoping they will let us know what resulted from that. We have an appointment next Thursday with them. The radiologist told us that the baby is so small right now that it is hard to see exactly what is going on. So they want to do another MRI in 8-10 weeks. Ugg! My question is, why did they not just wait until then to do it if they knew the baby was so small that it was going to be difficult to determine anything anyway? So Aaron and I were a little annoyed after that appointment because it feels like in someways they are taking advantage of our concern for our child and just milking us for all they can get out of us and our insurance. I definitely want to find out as much as we can before the baby is born so we'll be prepared if any emergency procedures or anything like that are needed, but at the same time I don't know how much the tests they are doing are helping with that right now. Anyway, regardless, we're thankful that we did get some good news yesterday so please pray the rest of the MRI results can be positive and also be praying for the chromosome tests Aaron and I are having done on ourselves, that one of us will have this variant seen in the baby and that that issue can be put to rest. Also pray for wisdom and patience for us as we go through all these doctor's appointments. We really need discernment to try to decide what is best for Maddy.
This will be a busy weekend for us. We have two Christmas parties, one we are attending and one we are hosting for our small group. We are also going to hear the DBU choir sing Handel's Messiah tonight. It should be awesome. They have a great choir.
Comments
(off soap box)
Looking forward to seeing y'all this weekend! Let us know if there's anything additional we can bring or help with.