Last week for Thanksgiving we went to Laurie’s parents to celebrate Thanksgiving. From there we traveled to Georgetown to watch the Junction High School football team compete in the state playoffs, they won! Over the weekend Laurie began to experience some pain so Monday morning we called our Dr. and she worked us in that afternoon. So we went to our OB in Fredericksburg and the Dr. discovered a problem with Ethan during the ultrasound on Monday. She sent us straight to Austin to see a specialist.
Tuesday morning at 8:00am we met with a specialist who deals with high risk pregnancies. As an aside we knew that Laurie was high risk because of her age but things have been going so well we really thought that we were past the dangerous part of the pregnancy. What the specialist saw was that Ethan has fluid around his organs, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and stomach. The Dr. ruled out fetal anemia and genetic problems. If it had been caused by fetal anemia they could have done something about it. Sadly he is not anemic.
The Dr. was not sure what has caused this, maybe a virus. The worst part for us is that here is nothing that they can do for him at this point. The Dr. said that he is a sick baby and he will have to get better on his own. One of the problems is that with all the fluid if he is delivered now because of the fluid his lungs won't work. I am a little nervous about being so far from a facility where we can get adequate care. We have a couple of great congregations and they are urging to do whatever we need to do.
Yesterday we spoke with Laurie's Dr. in Fredericksburg. She is prescribing bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. The Dr. has received the information from the specialist in Austin and more than likely, unless Zane Ethan heals on his own we will be delivering in Austin. The specialist in Austin will set Laurie up with an OB in Austin and Laurie will likely deliver at Children's Hospital, because of the unique needs that Ethan will have.
We go back to Austin Monday for another ultrasound and hope to see some improvement then. If not we will probably move to Austin for the rest of the pregnancy. I called a good friend at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary yesterday and she was able to reserve a furnished apartment for us beginning December 15th. That is quite a comfort and it will give us some room to spread out and room for Mignon to play.
So for now Laurie is at home resting and I am continuing to do my thing at church I will be preaching Sunday. Mignon is staying in a pretty good routine and we are all trying not to worry. We are so thankful for all of the love and support that we are receiving from our families, our church families and our friends. It is truly wonderful to be surrounded by love!
Our prayer is that Laurie will be able to carry Zane Ethan to term, Jan. 22nd, and that God will heal him and that the fluid will dissipate. Please keep us in your prayers.
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