When you laugh be sure to laugh out loud , cause it will carry all your cares away

Hello Everyone,

We just wanted to give an update after all of our appointments on Friday.  The day involved a lot of Dr's, Mc. Donalds and some good news.

Our day started out with a 7:30 am ultrasound.  Our ultra sound tech was amazing.  He explained everything that he was looking at which was very nice.  Much better then laying there for over a hour in pure silence.  Baby Wiberg doesn't have a lot of the "normal" symptoms  that babies with Spina Bifida have.  All of this was great news, they did change there minds on the level of the opening they now have said L3-L4.  The level of the lesion corresponds with the function level that our son will have.. meaning if he will walk or need a wheelchair.  Only time will tell so we are not concentrating on this. 

After the ultrasound we met with the perinatologist, she was also very pleased with the results of the ultrasound.  She also talked to us about having a c-section or normal delivery.  This she is leaving up to me.. at least at this point :)  so this is something that will have to be talked about as there are benefits for either way.

The next appointment we had was with Dr. Nagib, who is the Pediatric Neurologist we choose to do the closure once the baby is born.  He also went over our ultrasounds results.  He mentioned that something else was seen on the ultrasound so they wanted a better look.  They ordered a fetal MRI, this should be done at my next appointment which will be November 18th.  At this point im not sure what they think they saw, or what they are looking for so again I cant stress about this.

The second half of our day was kinda fun, we got to tour the birthing center and the NICU/ICC  This was very interesting.  It also made things feel a little to real.  The NICU was very nice, every baby has there own room which we will be able to stay in if we want to.  We also got a tour of the Ronald McDonald house which is in the hospital.  As soon as you walked in the doors you forgot you were in a hospital! 

After all of our tours we sat down with our social worker who was great,  She will be our contact during the rest of the pregnancy as well as after the baby is here.  

As for now.. we will continue to take things one day at a time and try to enjoy the little things.. baby wibergs hi cups, his kicks, and all of the love and support of our family.  You will never know how much we appreciate all of your kind words and prayers.  No matter what happens we know he will be perfect and things will work out the way they were meant to.


Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
       -Joshua J. Marine

Nursery!

Here are a few pics from the nursery, still a little work left to do but I think its a great start!