Scottish Rite

The day I was waiting for is now gone. It was a bittersweet appointment. Bitter because it was a little wake up call from what we are facing and sweet because I know Natalie will be in great hands.  Natalie's developmental specialist (Dr. Adams) helped us gain more knowledge on what to expect when she is born, he informed us that when she is born she will have surgery within 48 hours of birth and will be in the hospital a max of 10 days if no other complications arise. They will do some testing but not much on her until she is 8 weeks. They will be closely monitoring her brain to see if the fluids are slowly increasing if it is then they will perform surgery for the shunt, which will delay her going home but if it all seems good than we can take her home sooner.

Dr. Adams also went over a timeline on how Natalie will be taken care of. We won't be going to Scottish Rite much in the beginning, much of her learning will be done in the play mat at home, there will be certain life stages where we will go to Scottish rite, like crawling, standing, walking etc.

So far everything seems like its falling into place. I know God will help us through this.

Week full of appoinments

-I have finally met Dr.Frieden, my obgyn that will be taking over from now until birth. I will be delivering at Medical City in Dallas, this will ensure that the baby and I will be together. =) I will be having a c section so she can be stress free and ready for the surgery to close her back when she is born. I will have to be at the hospital Sept. 14 at 10am and the c-section is at 12pm.

-Natalie has a sonogram about every 3 to 4 weeks with Dr.Peters. Last visit was June 16th, at that time Dr. Peters informed us that her ventricles ( in the brain) were a little abnormal and if they kept growing she would have to get a shunt implanted at birth. Nothing much we could do but accept it and just make sure she has all she needs when she is born. Yesterday, July 13th (30 weeks) we went for another sonogram, she now weights 3lb 7 ounces and her ventricles are perfectly normal and it is a for sure that she will not need the shunt at birth. THANK GOD! This news has been the best news in a long time. Our baby will be home way much sooner than we expected.

- Tomorrow is a day I have been waiting for the longest, our prenatal appointment at Scottish-Rite. =) Hope this can only help me.

Medical Expenses.... not to worry about it =)

I was approved for Medicaid, =) oh so happy because of it. Some other things in life aren't going the way we would like them to but I know that if this was meant to be God would make a way for me not to worry about it and just leave it in his hands. I have my own private insurance but just that alone we were still looking at a big chunk that would of had to come out of our pockets and with Natalie having to have surgery when she is born the cost was just going to go up, but my main worries are now gone. =) Im just sooo thankful to God that she will be in great hands at Medical City. All i want is for her to be taken care of and have everything she will need.