I finally got the okay for the procedure. It is set for Monday the 8th at 12:30. I will be taking that day and the next two weeks off from work. That uses almost half of my sick days! Good thing I am not normally out sick.
I am planning on starting some crochet projects and got some videos to keep me entertained for a while. I don't know how I am going to handle the boredom. Patrick just increased our cell phone service so I might be making a few long phone calls as well.
Everyone keeps asking me if I am anxious about he procedure. My first reaction is "no." But after thinking a while, I guess I am. Maybe more so about the bed rest part of it than the cerclage. I am very glad to know that the baby is secured and I don't have to worry about loosing him/her. Doc said that in the last 900 or so that he has done, he has only lost 5 babies. That's good odds. The stitches will come out at 36 weeks, beginning of May.
Charissa and John said that they might find out the sex of the twins by the end of the month. I wonder if I will be so lucky.
Great news!!!! The doctor's office just called with the results of my blood work for the genetic abnormalities testing. My chances of having a child with Downs Syndrome is 1 out of 5,500 and the chances of having one with trisome 13 is 1 out of more than 10,000. I like the odds.
2 comments:
Your blog is nicely done, personal and pleasant.
Blogging seems like a great way to stay optimistic, keep busy, keep happenings in the light, to "talk about it".
The good news of your "good odds" must be a real comfort. Your procedure (which my wife Sarah surmised and brief explained) is today. The weather is very nice; that's a good sign!
My mother taught me how to crochet when I was about eight. It’s “just loops,” she said. I did a few potholder things. The only other person who talked to me about it was her mother, who crocheted to supplement her income. A couple of years later I gave up crochet. After all, boys don't crochet.
At age 35, I started again. My mother had to re-teach me. Now, 30 years later, I occasionally pick up a simple on-going-for-years crochet project.
Maybe you can include in your blog update images of sonograms and other photos -- (like a crochet project).
its your brother,
update more often. i have read this one 8 times now!!!
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