Week 20 Visit

     On December fifth Charles and I had our twenty week visit for Furrby, aka our little one on the way for those who may not know! Things went very well and we had our big ultrasound to determine if Furrby was a boy or a girl!!! (I will reveal the gender in my next post!) Our little bundle of joy is measuring in at twelve ounces and we were told that is a big baby for week twenty! According the the pregnancy book I read Furrby is measuring in about three weeks ahead of schedule!!! Let's just hope this little one doesn't get too huge!
     Our doctor is amazing and she is being very overly cautious with Furrby due to Charles' medical history. For those of you who don't know or maybe don't know the whole story Charles had a whole mess of issues when he was little! Sometimes I can't believe how lucky he is to be so well off now and we are soooo blessed that he doesn't have issues as of now. Charles was born with a heart condition where the blood vessels and veins were not going the right directions and his body wasn't getting the oxygenated blood that it needed. In result of these conditions his body responded with a very slow heart rate and has a murmur as well. On top of all of this, Charles was born without a spleen and has hemophilia (type factor eight). With the love and support of his amazing parents and the wonderful doctors at Riley hospital for children, Charles underwent two open heart surgeries and spent much of his time in Riley. As I mentioned before, he has no residual issues as of now and has lived a normal life since his Riley days.
     We wanted to make sure that Furrby doesn't have any of these health issues so we have informed our doctor about all of Charles' past. In order to take all the precautions necessary she has referred us to a genetic counselor. This appointment has been made forth e 16th of this month and I'm not sure all of what they are checking Furrby for. We know they will take more blood and we are sure they will be scanning for heart issues. As of right now, I am not concerned about Furrby because every time the doctor has listened to the baby's heart it has sounded great and all of Charles' medical issues are extremely rare and the likelihood of them being passed on is more than just unlikely. We will just have to wait and see what the genetic counselor says!