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.
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