Dear friends,
Please forgive the mass email (and hopefully I didn't forget anyone.) I just want as much prayer as possible.
I just got a call today from my doctor that a blood test I took last week came back with a potential abnormality: Trisomy 18 and open neural tube defect (NTD). Basically, there is a 1 and 3 chance that this test for the trisomy 18 is true (for lack of a better word at the moment.) Basically, if the test is accurate, it means that there is no chance for my baby to survive and it will probably die before the due date.
I will be going in for more testing next Monday and I will probably also have to make the decision whether or not to get an amniocentesis (if I get that, there is a 1 in 1,000 chance of miscarriage but there is a 100% accuracy of testing all chromosomal issues.) I may also go into the doctor on Friday just to see if the baby is even alive now- that's just for me and my peace of mind.
How am I doing? Well, I am in shock. I don't understand how God would let me go through 2 years of infertility, finally get pregnant, and then this...but He is BIG, He is sovereign. I have not broken down yet...(that's a big YET)... maybe because I am hopeful that this is all for not and that everything is really ok. It's like I just can't think about it. I going to want to keep myself very busy for the next 4 days. To top it all off, it is Bob's birthday, poor guy. What great news to get on your birthday.
Anyway, all prayers would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Val, Bob, Mattie, and baby Brown
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