Exhale and breathe

Well today is a great day - we had a fetal eco today for Analie and everything checked out. The nurse kept saying "beautiful, beautiful" as she probed each centimeter of Analie's heart. I did ask why we didn't see Marshall's heart defect (aka Double Outlet Left Ventricle). The nurse was great - she went back to Marshall's file and pulled his heart scan to compare with Analie's. The test for Marshall was performed at 15 weeks, which is normal, and since his heart was so small at that time, nothing showed up as abnormal, therefore, there was no need to do more testing. For Analie, we had the test at 18 weeks and again today, at 24 weeks with just the heart scan. Our nurse also searched for abnormalities she would see if there was a double outlet, and all of these came back normal. Thank you for Lord for these gifted nurses and doctors who have been helping us - bless them please!

So...I can breathe a little easier now. Surely, as a mother, I will worry about her always. But this anxiety is not some kind of "normal" worry, like she'll fall down or bust her teeth out. No, this concern comes from a place of instability and true reality of knowing we are not untouchable. That the unimaginable and unthinkable can happen. It's only my trust and faith that can bring me through this - Lord, you are gonna do it.

So thank you for your prayers and encouragement and please continue to pray that everything will go great, as I am not doubting it will.