The whole family went to visit with my doctor this morning. Donny went into work late and Cole got to check out the "kid's corner" at the doctor's office. It was a kind of family outing. If you remember a couple of months ago I wrote a post about HELLP Syndrome. It was kind a doom and gloom post full of uncertainty and fear. Well today we got to put all of our doubts away. After getting my blood work back and checking my stats today the doctor put it all out on the table. The good, the bad, the not so bad, worst case scenario, etc. We must have exhausted her with an arsenal of questions. She loved that we wanted to be so informed before making any decision though. In short, sparing you all the boring details, the doctor gave us a go. She said that if it were her she'd go ahead and try to have another baby before the age of 35. My liver is functioning (platelets) at a very normal level, my blood pressure is excellent, my weight is decreasing, I had the least severe form of HELLP and it occurred at the very end (full term) of the pregnancy; all is good. She gave us a 30% chance of HELLP reoccurring. There's a 75% chance that it will occur at the same time during the pregnancy as last time, so near the end. Worst case scenario the baby will have to be delivered early but no permanent health damage to me. So, we'll pray that I will not get HELLP again and if I do, I'll get it around the 38th week like last time. Mostly, we will be praying that God's Will be done and that He'd be glorified through it all.
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Now I must admit those are the two cutest kids I know of . . . I might be biased though. :)
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