Praise be to God!!!
Here goes.... 1st you all know we are having a little girl. We have settled on a name for our sweet bundle. Her name is Ruthie Grace Thorpe. I love her so much already and I'm so excited that she's moving around and jimmy and i have both felt her tumbling around in there!
2nd.... We had our 19 wk ultrasound. They saw some 'red flags' and sent us to a specialist. They said there were spots on her brain and she had enlarged kidneys. They said this was common but still needed to be checked out.
Fast forward to Monday (20 wks). We went in thinking everything was fine. Throughout the ultrasound i just watched and enjoyed seeing Ruthie on the screen. After the ultrasound, our doctor came in and long story short.... no brain spots, no enlarged kidneys, BUT there is a soft marker for a chromosomal defect (top 3 are Down's syndrome, trisomy 18 (fatal), and trisomy 13 (also fatal)) and she has a large mass on her lung that will probably hinder her lungs from developing properly. This mass is also displacing her heart and they can't get a good look at it. They said we could lose her at any time. Walking out of the doctor's office on Monday, we had very little hope that Ruthie would make it through the pregnancy, let alone make it through birth. Under the advisement of our doctor (who is really nice, despite the terrible news she was giving us), we had an amniocentesis (a test for genetic abnormalities). Scary. We are testing for these genetic problems first, then watching the lung mass carefully.
We started praying immediately. Days of praying and waiting for the results of the amnio. I mean we were praying, crying out to the Lord. A few people (wonderful, beautiful friends and family) knew about this and were praying/crying with us.
Got some news back today. The preliminary ammnio results came back clear for those top 3. They had to send off for more testing. The full results will come back on Tuesday and we have another ultrasound on Thursday.
We are in no way out of the woods BUT God is so faithful! He has answered our first prayer. We continue to ask God for clear results of the tests AND disappearance of the mass on her lung!! Please join us in this prayer. We love her so much and she has an army of prayer warriors who love her so much already.
Thank you all for your prayers and love! We love you guys so much!
Trying to be faithful and optimistic but oh so guarded and cautious.
Praise be to God!!!
Here goes.... 1st you all know we are having a little girl. We have settled on a name for our sweet bundle. Her name is Ruthie Grace Thorpe. I love her so much already and I'm so excited that she's moving around and jimmy and i have both felt her tumbling around in there!
2nd.... We had our 19 wk ultrasound. They saw some 'red flags' and sent us to a specialist. They said there were spots on her brain and she had enlarged kidneys. They said this was common but still needed to be checked out.
Fast forward to Monday (20 wks). We went in thinking everything was fine. Throughout the ultrasound i just watched and enjoyed seeing Ruthie on the screen. After the ultrasound, our doctor came in and long story short.... no brain spots, no enlarged kidneys, BUT there is a soft marker for a chromosomal defect (top 3 are Down's syndrome, trisomy 18 (fatal), and trisomy 13 (also fatal)) and she has a large mass on her lung that will probably hinder her lungs from developing properly. This mass is also displacing her heart and they can't get a good look at it. They said we could lose her at any time. Walking out of the doctor's office on Monday, we had very little hope that Ruthie would make it through the pregnancy, let alone make it through birth. Under the advisement of our doctor (who is really nice, despite the terrible news she was giving us), we had an amniocentesis (a test for genetic abnormalities). Scary. We are testing for these genetic problems first, then watching the lung mass carefully.
We started praying immediately. Days of praying and waiting for the results of the amnio. I mean we were praying, crying out to the Lord. A few people (wonderful, beautiful friends and family) knew about this and were praying/crying with us.
Got some news back today. The preliminary ammnio results came back clear for those top 3. They had to send off for more testing. The full results will come back on Tuesday and we have another ultrasound on Thursday.
We are in no way out of the woods BUT God is so faithful! He has answered our first prayer. We continue to ask God for clear results of the tests AND disappearance of the mass on her lung!! Please join us in this prayer. We love her so much and she has an army of prayer warriors who love her so much already.
Thank you all for your prayers and love! We love you guys so much!
Trying to be faithful and optimistic but oh so guarded and cautious.
Here goes.... 1st you all know we are having a little girl. We have settled on a name for our sweet bundle. Her name is Ruthie Grace Thorpe. I love her so much already and I'm so excited that she's moving around and jimmy and i have both felt her tumbling around in there!