Roller coaster...

Well, we are near King's Island and we feel like we've been riding a roller coaster. We forgot how it felt like this with Alyssa. Mike and I went in to Samaritan Hospital at 12:30 p.m. to register and have our amnio reduction done at 1:00 p.m. Well.......they did an ultrasound and checked our amniotic fluid levels and they had changed since last Friday. They were 4 and 8.4 Today they were 4.8 and 6.4 (around there). The normal range is 2 to 8. So with the numbers they had today, they really didn't see any benefit of doing the amnio. That was really good news. The dr. said the only thing now that is pointing to TTTS is the stress on Olivia's heart (I thought both hearts were stressed but I guess it was just Olivia).

So...where do we go from here? Friday we are scheduled for an Echo at 10:30 a.m. They will see if Olivia's heart is still under stress (she is moderate on a scale of mild, moderate or severe). If she is still under stress, we go in for laser surgery next week. If she is fine, they will eliminate TTTS and diagnose us as only growth restriction and I will go home to Washington on a monitering basis. Still bedrest, still eventually hospital bedrest and take the twins when Emma's growth stops or she is in distress. He thinks she has a good chance of growing to a survival range. So we are very thankful they did not proceed with this when not necessary. In a way, we are back at square one but in a better place. It looks like we are slowly eliminating things. So we'll just keep praying. It's amazing how much stronger we have been and trusting God with this more so than with Alyssa's situation.

Thanks for all the prayers - they are obviously working!!!!