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So had an appointment today at the high risk clinic & we have chosen Oct. 18, 2011 to induce labor if I make it that far. I have to fast tonight & do my standard 2nd trimester testing, diabetes testing, ect. BUT I have also been reffered to get a fetal echocardiogram & fetal MRI as well. As of now Im due to give birth through natural labor, but Silas will need to be intibated right away to breath so with all the problems we may want to chance to c-section but we are gonna wait till we ...
7/18/2011 ANOTHER UPDATE: Today our genetic counselor (Dan) called & he said our MicroRay test came back NORMAL.. 3rd test & ALL are normal. Which if our son has a syndrome we expected. I have been doing a bunch of research trying to see which syndrome covers most of Silas' symptoms & I found this: VACTERL ASSOCIATION. http://emedicine.medscape.com/articl...erview#showall This is considered a "rare disease" (actual statistics ...
ok to all my family & friends: Im going to try to explain what is going on as you may have figured out something is wrong with our unborn child! 1st let me say the good news: ITS A BOY!!!!! Silas Samuel Forsyth Roach . So our baby boy is fighting for his life! He has been diagnosed with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). He also has missing radius bones in both his arms & possibly clubbed hands. He either has no stomach or a ruptured espogus, 1 kidney & ...