Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Another health update

Ok, we'll start with we got great news!
The high risk OB said my avidity test was 0.59, meaning I was probably exposed around 4 months ago, which means I can likely blame one of my children versus the hospital patient. There's no way of knowing if this was the primary infection or not unfortunately. However, he said being exposed that early, if Kate had been exposed, there would have likely been a miscarriage because of how the virus works, attacking dividing cells. The other most common things seen on sonogram when exposed that early are brain or organ calcifications or lack of head growth...neither of these showed on the sono!!! She is growing very well, and he says she's going to be tall! She is slightly bigger than average, so a great sign! He said there's no reason to see him again, do any other testing or anything like that, no amniocentesis either (he thinks it would carry more risk than what he believes we need to worry about). He said all we need to worry about is that she's going to grow up and want to date boys and drive!
Now for Matthew...despite a very long wait, we left feeling good about Matthew's pending surgery. Dr Gordon is 95-98% that all will go well & without a hitch! He'll have 3 scope holes, 1 with a drain that will stay in for a week or so to be more certain things are moving where they should, as well as a 2-3 inch incision. She doesn't need him to do any other scans, but he'll have a colonoscopy the morning of his surgery to make sure there aren't any surprises. She said she wants to do surgery on a Monday in hopes he'll be home by the weekend. The surgery is later than we though, July 21, but they had a hard time finding when Dr Gordon & Dr Lovett can coincide with an open spot in the OR... Lovett was the original Dr that cared for Matthew, so wants to "stay on the case"... Matthew won't be able to drive or work for 2 weeks from day of surgery & no soccer, lifting, etc for a total of 4 weeks...so he's happy it's not longer!
We want to thank you all for your thoughts, concern and prayers over the last few months and weeks. This has all been very unexpected and at times, very overwhelming, especially for a tired, emotional, hormonal, protective pregnant mother! The numbers are all in our favor, but my emotions just weren't seeing that at all, so thank you for helping me and being understanding. Continued prayers that Kate does truly miss any type of exposure will be greatly appreciated, as well as Matthew having a successful surgery and recovery without any complications!

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