Sunday, November 28, 2010

Ogden... This can't be happening to us

After laying on the table for what seemed like forever. And seeing several pictures taken of the organs and other things it was time for the results. Finally the Doctor comes in and tells us that she has all the signs of a Trisomy 18 baby. That means hat the 18th chromosome was duplicated too many times. A condition that "is not compatable with life" We now have a few choices. We can just keep going and let whatever is going to happen happen. Or we can do an amnioscentesis. To determine the actual problem. What we know for sure is: her heart is sideways and in the middle of her chest, her stomach and other organs are under developed, her kidneys are not producing suficcient amniotic fluid, her arms and legs are short, she cannot extend her arms, and has clubbed feet, the back part (cerebellum) of her brain instead of being flat is banana shaped due to her spine pulling on it, and she has choroid plexus cysts in the part of her brain the produces the spinal fluid.
Knowing the complications our options are : Terminate or induce labor to end the pregnancy, or carry as long as possible. In my heart I knew that termination was not even an option. And Jared felt the same way. So here I am now 24 weeks.

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