We had our first fetal echo today. She was all curled up and the pediatric cardiologist only got a few pictures and was unable to get some good views. We talked afterwards, and the first thing he brought up was the possibility of termination of our pregnancy. He discussed her limitations, the surgeries she would have to have when she was born. We are not sure what we are going to do. We made another appointment for Wednesday so that we can get a better picture of her heart and maybe more answers. He wasn't willing to give a definitive diagnosis without better pictures.
We cried a lot that night. I got home from bringing my mom back to work and cried with Adam for hours. I tried to fathom both of the options: not having Addison with us or bringing her into the world and going through surgeries, having to struggle and possibly not having any more children because she would need so much care. We didn't know what to do.
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