No news is good news....

Yesterday we had our weekly check up to monitor Bennett's dopplers. It went well. Everything is still the same and at this point, no news is good news in our situation. The results of the other test should come back late this week and they will call us with the results. Please be in prayer.

We also had a meeting and a tour of the NICU. Of course the wonderful neonatalist we met with had to give us statistics if Bennett was to be born right now with his growth restrictions. She went over what it will look like in the operating room. Right when Bennett is removed they will wrap him in plastic (because he will be so little and they need to keep him warm, his little head will be out) then they will rush him to the next room (cant remember the technical term...pregnancy brain) to look over him and start setting him up with all the tools he will need for breathing, all during this time I will be finishing up with my surgery and I won't get to see my baby. :( my husband will be able to take pictures and bring them back to show me but mothers out there can understand how hard of a journey this will be. The next 3 days of his life will be most crucial and he will have little hands on care (maybe 2x a day) because that is the timeframe they are ensuring no bleeding in his brain. It is unknown at this point when we will get to hold him and when he will be stable enough. We have to take his case when it comes. She also told Chari and I to take the statistics with a grain of salt because they do the studies based on a whole bunch of NICU babies within an area and we aren't talking about a whole lot of babies, We are speaking of Bennett and his case. She told us NICU babies are fighters and very strong even given their size. So again at this point, it's a waiting game and another unknown. :)

Next Monday my sister will be accompanying me to my appointments as my husand is flying out to PA again for work. I am excited to have her with me during this process to see what all this entails each week. They can only measure Bennett every other week so next week we will see how much he has grown, check his dopplers again, have a echo to check on his heart and possibly more testing depending on the results.

We can't thank everyone enough for their prayers and support. We have an amazing support system of family and church family helping step up with our older children and we just ask everyone to please be in prayer over Bennett. We are praying for growth and health over him.
Please also pray for strength for my husband and I. If anyone has experienced this type of situation then you can understand what we are going through, if you haven't, just know that it's exhausting on every level. It's difficult as a mother to have two full term babies and then with your last to have these complications and the unknowns. We keep our faith and trust in god which is how we have managed over these last few weeks that feel like years. God is a man of miracles!! The doctors can say what they have to say because their education has taught them to but we know that our God is in control, and his word is the last word.

Blessings over all of you!