It was confirmed today. Olivia Grace has Trisomy 18. This diagnosis is a fatal chromosone disorder. The chances of survival are very slim.
I do think today we have some peace of mind that we have answers to many questions. I think before hand we had come to terms with many outcomes. We had shifted our prayers from healing, to God taking the situation into his own hands. He is the only one in life that knows our path. We ultimately pray for wisdom and for God to lead us.
"I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and fortress: my God; in Him will I trust." (Psalm 91:2)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
More Waiting.......
First of all, thanks for all your prayers and support. Kate and I were told we were going to get the results of our amniocentisis today @ 2:00. After much emotional build up and prayer we were pushed back another day. We were told we will now get our results tomorrow by 4:00 pm. They said things can't be rushed, they have to make sure everything is right.
Please keep Kate in your prayers. The emotional build up for today was immense. The wait for answers is both draining and heart wrenching. Today was crushing but, we will push through it. Please keep praying for both our family and Olivia Grace as we prepare again for tomorrow.
"Consider in pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1: 2-4
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8: 28
Please keep Kate in your prayers. The emotional build up for today was immense. The wait for answers is both draining and heart wrenching. Today was crushing but, we will push through it. Please keep praying for both our family and Olivia Grace as we prepare again for tomorrow.
"Consider in pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1: 2-4
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8: 28
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Olivia Grace
I am starting this blog as Kate and I begin a new journey in our lives. We ask for your prayers as we use this blog as a tool to both keep you updated and hopefully touch the lives of those who may follow on our path. With your prayers and the Grace of God we will endure. Here is our story.
As most of you know, Kate is 20 weeks pregnant. Last Monday we had a sonogram and were joyed to find out we were having a little girl. We were blessed with a little boy 14 months ago and a girl made everything perfect. That sonigram did come with some worries. Kate was diagnosed with having a two vessel ambilical cord. Most ambilical cords have one vein and two arteries. Kate's only has one vein and one artery. Dr. Ricks said this is more common than we think and happens in about 1% of every pregnancy. 20% of two cord babies have midline defects, usually found in the heart or kidneys. He sent us to Cooks Childerens Hosptial to have a level two sonogram to further check things out. Kate and I prayed hoping for the best.
Thursday, we went in for our level two sonogram. The doctor spent a long time looking at everything in much detail. When finished, he broke the news to us. We had multiple issues we are dealing with. First, is a deformity of the hands. One of her hands has fingers that seem to be overlapping. Second, She has vsd, ventricular septal defect. Basically is a hole seperating two chambers of the heart. Lastly, she has a dialation of the thrid ventricle which is believed to be causing agenesis of the corpus callosum. This is a cist that seperates her left and right hemispheres of her brain. It causes the nerves that connect the two hemispheres to go undeveloped. Basically, the 2 sides of her brain can't communicate with each other. She is also a week and half behind in her size and weight. All of this lead to a diagnosis of a chromosone disorder. He believed it is Trisomy 18. We had an amniocentisis to confer. It will take a couple days to get the results.
Trisomy 18 is a chromosone defect where the 18th chromosone has pulled in an extra chromosone upon development. Our doctor described this as a fatal diagnosis. 80% of all trisomy 18 cases don't make it to birth. 10% are stillbirth and the other 10% usually live anywhere between a matter of hours to a matter of days. An occasional case that shows few defects can live a few years, but that is very rare. We get the results for this and other disorders on Monday evening.
This brings us to our feeling and prayers. Kate and I have shed many tears, prayed together constantly, and have talked through every possibility. Our hearts were broken when we got the news. No one ever thinks something like this will happen to them. You feel helpless and constantly question why. Through your prayers, the support of our families and through the blessing we have with Maddox we will prevail. We are taking this one step at a time. We ask for your prayers for our baby girl, Olivia Grace Bryan. For through the Grace of God we will get through this.
As most of you know, Kate is 20 weeks pregnant. Last Monday we had a sonogram and were joyed to find out we were having a little girl. We were blessed with a little boy 14 months ago and a girl made everything perfect. That sonigram did come with some worries. Kate was diagnosed with having a two vessel ambilical cord. Most ambilical cords have one vein and two arteries. Kate's only has one vein and one artery. Dr. Ricks said this is more common than we think and happens in about 1% of every pregnancy. 20% of two cord babies have midline defects, usually found in the heart or kidneys. He sent us to Cooks Childerens Hosptial to have a level two sonogram to further check things out. Kate and I prayed hoping for the best.
Thursday, we went in for our level two sonogram. The doctor spent a long time looking at everything in much detail. When finished, he broke the news to us. We had multiple issues we are dealing with. First, is a deformity of the hands. One of her hands has fingers that seem to be overlapping. Second, She has vsd, ventricular septal defect. Basically is a hole seperating two chambers of the heart. Lastly, she has a dialation of the thrid ventricle which is believed to be causing agenesis of the corpus callosum. This is a cist that seperates her left and right hemispheres of her brain. It causes the nerves that connect the two hemispheres to go undeveloped. Basically, the 2 sides of her brain can't communicate with each other. She is also a week and half behind in her size and weight. All of this lead to a diagnosis of a chromosone disorder. He believed it is Trisomy 18. We had an amniocentisis to confer. It will take a couple days to get the results.
Trisomy 18 is a chromosone defect where the 18th chromosone has pulled in an extra chromosone upon development. Our doctor described this as a fatal diagnosis. 80% of all trisomy 18 cases don't make it to birth. 10% are stillbirth and the other 10% usually live anywhere between a matter of hours to a matter of days. An occasional case that shows few defects can live a few years, but that is very rare. We get the results for this and other disorders on Monday evening.
This brings us to our feeling and prayers. Kate and I have shed many tears, prayed together constantly, and have talked through every possibility. Our hearts were broken when we got the news. No one ever thinks something like this will happen to them. You feel helpless and constantly question why. Through your prayers, the support of our families and through the blessing we have with Maddox we will prevail. We are taking this one step at a time. We ask for your prayers for our baby girl, Olivia Grace Bryan. For through the Grace of God we will get through this.
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