Saturday, June 8, 2013

"Quick" update

We went to the high risk doctor on Wed, May 29th, and the baby's heart rate was in the 80's and so he wanted us to get into the cardiologist within 48 hrs, so we went to the cardiologist on Thursday and it was confirmed that our baby girl now has Complete Heart Block. We went back to both doctors a week after to see how she was handling the lower heart rate, which was this Thurs. and Friday. At the Cardiologist on Thursday, everything looked good, but on Friday at the high-risk doctor, there was a little bit of fluid around her heart ( which is Not good and can be a sign that she might be going into heart failure, in which case we would deliver early) so we go to see him again on Monday (June10) and then on Friday of this week.  The high-risk doctor also does a Biophysical Profile and she has gotten a perfect score on everything they look at with that - breathing movements, tone, amniotic fluid, and wiggling - so that's good. We will also be seeing the high-risk doctor every week from now on. The cardiologist on Thursday said he was okay with a natural delivery, the high-risk doctor, however, does not seem okay with a natural delivery and thinks we should do a cesarean due to the lower heart rate and the natural heart rate drops that occur in labor and concerns with the baby not getting enough oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery. So we'll see what they decide and hope they end up on the same page, whichever way it is! My OB seems okay to go whichever way the cardiologist and high-risk doctor recommend.
We went on a tour of the Labor and Delivery floors as well as the NICU and PICU at the hospital today, so we have a slight clue of where to go and where everything is located. L&D and the NICU are on the 2nd floor, the PICU is on the 4th floor ( and only certain elevators go there) and postpartum is on the 8th floor!
We're praying the fluid either stays the same or goes away and that she will continue to be stable until it's time for her to be born. Trusting in the fact that God's ways are best and He knows every step of the way.

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