Update on Baby: Part 1; Amniocentesis Test

This morning was the next phase in our journey. We had an amniocentesis done. The results of this test will not be ready for 10-14 days. Tomorrow, we have an appointment with the neonatal cardiologist for an EKG to help identify what the abnormality with the heart might be. This will impact the birthing plan depending on the results. This test is completely unrelated to the amniocentesis, which is testing for genetic disorders, primarily trisomy 18.

Many of you have called or written to us with your words of support and compassion. We thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. We are both hanging in there and are doing as well as can be expected. As we said before, we are trying to keep an upbeat mindset. We discovered a quote this past week, by Walt Disney (imagine that) that we have embraced as our mantra for this particularly rough time...

"Happiness is a state of mind, it's according to how you look at things."
-Walt Disney

We will update again tomorrow with info on the EKG.