It's not much but it's enough to make sleep easier. Since my Dr. doesn't do the ultrasound he didn't get the results until yesterday. After looking over them he called to tell me a little more about we were looking at. He did say the ultra sound sucked (in so many words) and there is a possibility Olivia's heart is just fine. She's just such a stinker they couldn't get a really view of her heart. Unfortunately there is still a chance that she does have a heart defect. I don't know what it would be called but what it comes down to is the septum, which separates the heart from left to right, may not be there. This means she would only have a two chamber heart. Surgery would be needed. We had originally looked this up online by ourselves because this is what the other Dr. had said it might be. Online it said it would require three surgeries. One during her first week. One at 3-6 months. And one at 3 yrs. After talking to my Dr. he informed us that it would actually require surgery inutero. I'm not sure if it would require more after birth but an inutero surgery does make us feel a lot better. She'd obviously still be using my blood and oxygen which would make us feel much better. I'm much stronger than a newborn. Go figure! My Dr. did also warn us that when there's a defect other parts of the heart are often underdeveloped. I'm assuming this means valves etc. So those may need fixing too. We won't know their condition 'til the echo.
Obviously we're hoping that her heart is fine and this is just a case of crappy ultrasound and stubborn girl. But we're also trying to prepare for the worst. We're continuing our prayers and will be having a fast on the 2nd. Her kicks are getting stronger everyday. Enough so that I'm being woken up randomly because of them. So even if there is a problem I think she's tough enough to take it on. Thanks for your continued prayers.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Posted by Sarah Turley at 8:29 AM
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Well I am pretty sure your appt. is this week. . . .I am praying so hard and I am really hoping for some good news! Is a weird way this post is good news :) Keep hanging in there Sarah things will work out :)
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