The word of the day is “confusion.”  At this point, we’re not sure if we should be happy or sad or somewhere in between.

We met this morning with Dr. Wilson, the geneticist.  He is a very nice man and seems quite intelligent.  There isn’t much he can do for us at this point, but he was able to review some of the things about genetic issues we’ve briefly discussed with some of the other doctors in greater detail.  He will come into play much more after our son is born and further testing can be done.

Our original appointment and plan was then to see Dr. Quershi, the local pediatric cardiologist.  That did not happen.  The office found out we saw a cardiologist in Dallas on Friday and told us we were “double dipping” and insurance was not likely to pay, so we didn’t even meet him.  Instead we visited for a while with Dr. Holmes (our original fetal maternal specialist). 

After grilling several doctors about everything we can get our minds around, we finally made another decision.  Wednesday morning, Shawna will be visiting BSA to have the amniocentesis drawn.  This should give us an idea of what is going on genetically.  This decision was considered and wrestled with a great deal because of the risk associated with pre-term birth, among other things.  Dr. Wilson helped put our concern of the test/pre-term birth affecting brain development at rest, so away we go.

The overall tone of today was different from our last set of appointments.  The level of concern (at least from the doctors) doesn’t seem as high.  We’re not really sure why this is, because nothing has necessarily changed as far as facts - and thus our confusion.  It’s almost an eerie peace, but hey, we’ll take it for now.

So, thank God for some peace (and hopefully some rest), and pray for no incidents with the amniocentesis on Wednesday.  We also see Dr. Carrasco (OB) and the neonatologists at BSA on Wednesday.  We will give another update at that time.

Your prayers and comments are amazing and appreciated.

Zane