May 17, 2015

I’ve been putting off composing this post as it’s hard to recall the events of the last week and a half. To put it mildly, the last ten days have been hard. Kevin and I went to our 20 week appointment on Friday, May 15th anticipating another regular appointment with good news of progress with our son that we’re expecting 10/2/15. And then, in an instant our world was changed when the doctor gave us the devastating news. The anatomy ultrasound revealed our son has several devastating and life threatening complications. Our doctor made an appointment for us a short time later with a specialist so we could better understand what was going on. We had another ultrasound with the specialist along with an amniocentesis in order to help us gather more information.  It was a long two-day wait before we got any initial results. Sadly, those results indicated that our son has Trisomy 18, and is not expected to live. Each day is hard. My emotions are all over the place. My worst nightmare is unfolding and I only wish we could wake up and this would not be a reality. But that is not the case. We are thankful for the support so many of our family and friends have shown to us. We covet your prayers and are thankful for your support.

On a lighter note, we were able to celebrate Graham’s 5th birthday party at a lovely park in Dublin, one that we hadn’t been to before. It was so much fun with several musical instruments to play, buildings to play in, and automobiles to drive. Finn had a blast – just check out the videos. Not only does he have musical skills, he also is a pretty talented dancer 🙂

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On our way to the party Finn snapped what I will label his first official selfie.  Not bad, eh?
IMG_20150516_135527284_HDRFinn also helped me plant some more outdoor planters on the patio on Sunday.  He loves putting on my gloves and playing with the shovel (or in this case my pruners). If I could only find some toddler-sized gloves that would fit him!IMG_20150517_200125112 IMG_20150517_200153932 And another of my favorites of watching our little boy sleep with all of his cuddly friends. IMG_20150513_225306719

 

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