Snow Days and Anticipation

Two wild monkeys were home for four days last due to the snow storm, which produced a whopping 2 inches and basically shut down life for most of the week. Snow ain't my thang, ya'll. Thanks be to best dad/husband ever for taking over snow playing responsibilities.

Maggie, Joseph, and Olaf.


We returned to Duke on Friday (January 31st) and got a good report in that Foster's heart function remains the same even with the decreased heart rate. Her heart was still at 47 BPM. All of the other numbers (how the blood is flowing through the umbilical cord, fetal movements, fluid levels) were actually improved over last Tuesday. The doctors are saying that they could make the decision at any time to deliver.  Suitcase is packed and comes to Durham every time. It's a delicate dance right now between delivering her and not risking her heart function deteriorating and letting her try to grow big enough for the permanent pacemaker. We pray for wisdom for the doctors as they make these decisions. I cannot believe that we watched the Super Bowl last with Foster still wiggling around in my belly. I am in disbelief that we have gotten this far and we are so, so thankful for the grace of God and for all your prayers. We return tomorrow (Tuesday) to check her status at the fetal medicine clinic. Then we are scheduled to go to the cardiologist on Friday. This is really close and I think we are ready to meet this extraordinary little girl.