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I have never posted on this site before, but I wanted to give a quick update on us. We brought Sayla Grace home today and I could not wait to share the good news. Sayla Grace has been such a miracle and inspiration to me that I cannot even begin to express the depth of gratitude that I feel towards our Lord and Savior. He had been with us from the beginning and has comforted us throughout the last 3 months. Now I pray that he grants us the wisdom and strength to bring Sayla Grace up in the faith in an ever changing and challenging world. I will get Jessie to update this soon but I just wanted you to know that she is home....Praise God through whom all blessings flow......Owen

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We finally got an answer today. And the answer was NOTHING!!! Praise the Lord!! While we didn't get to speak with Dr. Matheson directly, he let Dr. Bruce know that it's nothing to worry about.

Dr. Bruce explained that it's common in preemies, and it should not affect her abilities or mental state AT ALL. We don't require any follow up scans or visits with a neurologist, and she should be a normal baby, kid, adolescent, adult (relatively speaking).

As far as what it is and why it's there...who knows. It just is. She should grow out of it and if we were to have another scan done as she gets older, it should not show up.

Of course we're extremely relieved, but I will still be a little cautious and watching her motor functions more than I normally would. That's just the paranoid side of me!

In other news, we JUST passed the car seat test!!! In this test she has to sit in her car seat for an hour and a half and she cannot have any desats or Brady's. This is to make sure she can make it home without tilting her little head too far forward and blocking her airway. We only live 30 minutes from the hospital, but the standard is an hour and a half, or however long it takes you to get home (if longer).

When I called to check to see if she passed (right at her stop time), she was still comfortably sleeping in her seat and doing great!!

I was so nervous I almost couldn't leave the hospital! I've been watching the minutes tick by since I left, and I'm so relieved it's over!! One more hurdle cleared!!!

We're on our way!!!

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Dr. Matheson is reviewing her chart now (see this post about LSV) and has already seen her. Please pray now that it is NOTHING and was a fluke in the ultra sound.

I'll post results as soon as I know them.

Thank you!

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Just a quick update to tell you that there's still no news on the LSV. Not sure when the Doc is getting back from Norway, but hopefully today.

Many have asked why they can't just contact another doctor, and the answer is kind of simple. Even after we find out what to expect from the LSV, there's nothing that can be done about it, so the waiting part doesn't really matter.

If it were something life threatening (which they've assured me it's not), they would ask another doc and get things moving in whatever direction necessary. But since it's not life threatening, we can afford to wait. Right now we're just trying to get answers about what it is, what caused it and what her life will be like with it.

Other than that SGP is doing great. Except she's decided she doesn't want to nurse this week, so I'm struggling with that. Otherwise all is well!

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