an update on our little one…

Dear friends,

We have so much to be thankful for today after our appointment with the Perinatal Specialist!  Before we give you an update- we want to thank you for carrying this burden with us to the Lord.  Of all the gifts that God has given us in Christ, the prayers prayed on our behalf by other believers have become one of the sweetest.

We had our level II ultrasound today at 7:30.  The technician took some incredible pictures of our son’s heart.  We were able to see our baby’s bones and organs and blood flow, we were even able to hear his blood flow in his umbilical cord.  We were amazed!  Only a God like ours could create what we saw on the screen today.

The technician left the room and I began feeling knots in my stomach.  I repeated two lines of scripture over and over again in my mind that I had read earlier this morning.  I have been reading the book of Psalms backwards to our baby as a countdown to his due date.

Today was Psalm 124.

The two lines that came to mind from this passage were:

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side”

and

“Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

Ten minutes later our doctor came in and looked me straight in the face and said, “There is nothing wrong with your baby, he is perfect!”

Joe was thrilled that the report confirmed everything he had a peace about.  I was absolutely skeptical and didn’t believe the doctor, so I proceeded with my list of questions.  You see, Joe and I are learning every single day that we process just about everything that the Lord brings into our lives very, very differently.  And the funny thing is…we both think that our way is the best!

Our doctor told us that there are fifteen markers that they look for in a baby to indicate whether or not our child’s risk for Down Syndrome is increased.  Our doctor said, “Your son does not have a single marker and it is really debatable as to whether or not your OB doctor should have referred you here.”  He said, “In most cases, what we found in your son’s heart wouldn’t even be reported”.  Praise the Lord!

Our doctor did show us our boy’s heart and explained that the spot in his left ventricle is simply a calcium deposit.  This deposit was white colored, but lighter than the color of our baby’s bone density.  Therefore, our doctor told us not to worry and that the structure of our son’s heart is very strong.

Our doctor told us that the only thing we would need to prepare for is changing this little boy’s diapers!  And we are thrilled to bear that responsibility!

Because of such a wonderful report, we do not need to return to our perinatal specialist.  We can continue meeting regularly with our OB doctor for the duration of my pregnancy.

Friends- thank you for crying with us yesterday and rejoicing with us today.  We are learning that these two things always seem to run on parallel tracks.  What would we do without the support of Christ’s body?

Thankful that our help is in the name of the Lord,

Joe & Jen