We had a scare this morning. My doctor called and said that I would need to reschedule my u/s from last week, since they weren't able to take all the measurements they wanted. Mia was feeling sleepy and stayed curled up the whole time, despite everyone's best efforts to jostle her awake. However, this time I was to call the bigger hospital in the area because they also found what looked like a cyst on her brain and wanted a closer scan. She assured me that it was nothing to worry about yet, since my quad screen had come back normal and everything else looks wonderful.
I barely heard her. My brain was too busy screaming, "A what?"
I immediately called the two people I always go to in crisis: Kevin, then Mom. Kevin was, as usual, the rock in the storm, though I'm sure I scared him. Mom was the same, though she immediately took it to the faculty lounge during her lunch break for moral support. Of the dozen or so people there, almost everybody said that this happened to them, or somebody they knew and not one had a sad ending. As my doctor said, it seems this is quite common, and that the cysts disappear on their own as the brain continues to develop.
I'm still nervous, but I'm not panicky anymore. While there will be lots of prayers going on here and with those around us, I feel remarkably calmed knowing that others have gone down this road before and come out with happy, healthy babies. It could be a month before the hospital decides to see me, so that's alot of time to "what if", but at least I feel calm enough to continue on now. Nothing so humbling, though, as being told something might be wrong with your tiny person, and being unable to do anything about it.
And now...on to more happy things!
Kevin and I celebrated our baby Mia on Friday by purchasing a few "girly" outfits for her.
From Daddy, whose already started calling her his princess:
Also from Daddy, for Mia to wear NEXT Christmas:
From Mommy, who fell in LOVE with the ruffles on the back of the second onesie:
And last, but not least...our friends Anne Marie and Adam came over with their adorable Hartley on Saturday night. Hartley and Mia will be 8 months apart in age. They presented us with Mia's first dress:
Thank you everybody for your well wishes and kindness towards our Baby Mia!
2 comments:
Don't you just love those ruffle butt onesies (as i like to call them!) - Emma has a bunch!
One of my girls had a stage IV brain bleed that resolved itself into a porencephalic cyst. Brain cysts are good. Just like a period at the end of a sentence.
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