Grant's Journey

If I had a scanner, I would scan in the sweet little ultrasound pictures we have of baby boy #2, but I don't and so this will be picture less. Sorry. The good news makes up for lack of pictures. Our fetal echo last weekend was fabulous. I knew we were in for good news when for the first time on an echo, I was able to identify normal cardiac anatomy. We have only ever seen echo's done on Grant's heart and they are so far from normal that I was really excited to see what an echo "should" look like! We could identify before Dr. Pinto came in with her official report (the tech's aren't allowed to share anything while they scan) that baby had all four normal sized chambers, all four valves were functioning as they should be without regurgitation, the great arteries were in correct placement, and the major veins returned in a the top of the right atrium. YEAH! We didn't even make it as far as the "bad news room" because Dr. Pinto could tell that we...

This little man is going to make one awesome big brother. Oh, you hadn't heard the news? I am sorry. Pregnancy has put blogging on the back burner!!! I realized this evening that I never shared our news on Grant's blog, so better late than never. I am due at the end of May and an ultrasound at 18 weeks showed that we are having another sweet little boy. I can't wait. I decided to share a little on here since the decision to add to our family after our first having such a rough road was truly scary. I know that many other heart families share this difficult decision and understand the fear and uncertainty that come with it. Kyle and I don't have any family history for heart defects. I was not taking any medications during my pregnancy with Grant. I truly believe that Grant needed to be a part of our family and the lessons he teaches us are just beginning. With that said, I still worry. We have one heart kiddo and that increases the likelihood that we may have another. H...