Thursday, February 9, 2012

Houston....we have a problem

The night before the Houston trip I had gotten home around 1 AM from a work conference in Phoenix. Of course my flight was delayed by over 4 hours because there is always horrible weather that delays flights in Phoenix! ha! Anyways...I got home about 1 AM....and we started the drive to Houston at about 5:30 AM. The appointment was at 10. When we got to Houston we met with some of the most wonderful people you could ever imagine. We had a 3 hour ultrasound to measure everything imaginable on the boys and take a good close look at what was going on. I don't think I have ever been more impressed with a Dr. and his staff then I was with this team. They felt as much like a unique support group as a doctor. Dr. Johnson spent about 90 minutes with us going through every possible scenario that could be causing the problems. It was determined that it was simply too early to know for sure what the root of the problem was. All options were discussed with us. We were very encouraged by what we heard. It was very scary to hear percentages of survival and discuss complications to expect. Needless to say...it was a very emotional day. After the visit to the Dr. we went over to our great friends, the Tanner's. Jenny Tanner has been Becky's best friend since they were little girls...so this was a great chance to see her and for Becky to get some support from someone she loves dearly. Jenny was also expecting....so it was great to see them. We left later that evening and drove home with hope. We had heard some really scary news....but we had a plan. Becky would be on bed rest and need to eat a very big diet of fat and protein so the placenta could get "beefy" in the words of Dr. Moise. We had expected that we would have to be back in Houston sometime in the future. Boy....were we wrong. This would be our only trip to Houston. What a blessing...

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