Hello friends,
Our littlest baby is still without hydrops and swelling - hooray! Statistically, it looks like we're stable until birth, we'll continue being monitored weekly until then. Just 2 things we are thankful for:
*That this is our 3rd baby. We are getting quite spoiled with the luxury of weekly ultrasounds, and we will have a growth check (yes, we will know the weight of baby) next week - that is done monthly. I think a "normal" pregnancy after this one )
would be tough on us ("what's going on in there?")
*The shunt is still in place. The part of the shunt that is outside of baby is wrapped around his/her arm. The doctor thinks that, if anything, it can cause cosmetic damage. Thankful we can continue to monitor to make sure blood supply is still good in that arm.
In other news, Connor is officially a 3 year old (Dec. 14). Hard to believe he's that old. Today we are enjoying a gorgeous, clear, sunny day! This morning Connor says "Look, Mommy! Sunshine! Thank you, God." (He hears me point out every ray of sunshine). Despite my best efforts to instill a love for sunshine in my children with comments such as those he has his own opinions. In the car about an hour later, he said "Mommy loves sunshine. Connor and Katie don't like sunshine. It's too shiny. People don't like sunshine. Cars like sunshine." Oh bother!
As we near the end of the year, I am tracking our Drs. appointments and mileage, etc, and we have had 15 visits to the specialist and/or hospital, and 1419 miles. Impressive, right? I also had to chuckle as it looks like we will just reachy our "out of pocket maximum" (for this calendar year) on our insurance almost exactly at Dec 31. I love that as I realize these things, the Holy Spirit immediately follows with the truth of "God knew that and will provide. He is in control of both the cells in baby's body and all the financial arrangements in the world," and I can respond by laughing.
Merry Christmas, all! We have one more appointment before Christmas and hopefully it will be "no news". The week after, we are meeting with surgeons at Children's.
Meg
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