Don't Taze Me Bro!!!

Tomorrow is a big milestone...28 weeks!!! 10 days ago, our doctor did not seem like 28 weeks was going to be very likely, and tomorrow, we made it. Big praises! God has allowed us to stay pregnant long enough to get to a statistically viable point. But we are not just looking for statistically viable, we are still praying for these babies to remain in the womb for much longer. Redundant as it might be, we are still continuing to ask God for a miracle.

This morning, the nurse wheeled us down for our daily sonogram a little bit earlier that usual. Kaylan wasn't ready for the sonogram because she was still sound asleep. The doctor wanted to see her up and moving around so he pulled a "mini-taser" from his pocket and zapped Jen's belly. You could see the lines going through her head on the monitor and then she gave a big yawn and a sleepy neck stretch. The doctor caught it on DVD as you can see below...

We enjoyed seeing that. We also wanted to give people a glimpse of the beautiful angel that they are praying for.

She seems to wake up easier and in a much better mood than her mother. Aside from that, blood flow was back to being intermittently absent today, but not too concerning. Everything else looked fairly stable.

The doctors are still scratching their head as to why Kaylan hasn't and isn't growing. The fact of the matter is, they just don't know for sure. Today, Dr. Gore presented the possibility that their may be some sort of chromosomal issue (Downs Syndrome, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13...) The doctor was not trying to scare us, but he did make us aware that Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 are fatal, so if she does have one of these abnormalities, at best she will only live a few hours to a few days outside the womb. He did say, however, that he does not currently see any other "red flags" or abnormalities in Kaylan, that are consistent with babies with these issues. Not to say we are in the clear, but the doctor is not seeing any. Bottom line, there could be a thousand reasons she is not growing and they really just don't know for sure.

So tomorrow, amidst all or our persistent praying, petitioning and pleading for God to sustain this pregnancy, we pause to Praise Him for a prolonged stay in populating Plano Presbyterian! (Now how's THAT for alliteration?)