An update on our past couple of days...

Well as some of you may have heard I went to an ultra sound appointment on Wednesday evening and heard something no parent would want to hear. It was supposed to be just a routine ultra sound to check the size of the baby because I am measuring big and the next thing I know Dr. Courey is in the room trying to console me. The ultra sound lady called Dr. Courey down to come look at the ultra sound and then she came in and said"Everything is going to be OK, but there is something wrong with the baby." So then once I calmed down she explained that she thought the baby had something call Cystic lung Malformation or CCAM. She explained what it was and said that I would have to go to University of Washington Hospital to deliver her because she would need to go right over to Children's Hospital after she was born for a surgery to remove the Cyst. She said that I would need to go over there the next day to meet with the doctors and get a plan, well Thursday we couldn't go over but they called and said Friday at 9:00 we would begin meeting with all of the doctors that would need to be involved. So at 5:45 this morning Matt and I headed over to Seattle to get a plan. It started out with another Ultra Sound and it was so funny because on Wednesdays Ultra Sound and the one today they had a really hard time keeping up with her. All of their pictures were blurry because she wouldn't stop moving around. Right when they started we got to see her sucking on her fingers, so cute! Then after the Ultra sound we had to meet with a Genetic Counselor who basically just wanted to know family health and what not. Then we got to eat lunch in the cafeteria and I felt like I was on the set of Greys Anatomy because all the interns were in there eating and talking about their day. After lunch we met with Dr. Rothberger, the one who will be delivering the baby. She came in and said that after they reviewed the Ultra Sound they feel pretty confident that she does not have CCAM that she has what is called a Bronchogenic Cyst. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1005440-overview
We were glad to hear this because it is not quite as serious as CCAM. She will still require a surgery but as long as she does not show any signs of respiratory problems then the surgery will be done when she is somewhere around 3-6 months. We will still have to deliver her over in Seattle because there are still some risks after she is born and they want her to be by Children's just in case. They did an Amnio Cyntesis today and her lungs were not quite mature so they are going to induce me next week sometime. I will post that date when I know but she needs to coordinate with the NICU doctors and the Pediatric surgeons so that in case something does go wrong everyone is ready.
I have been so emotional the last couple of days and I am finally feeling really good about all of this. I am so grateful that this is something that is treatable and that will not cause any long term affects on our baby girl. She will still be able to live a totally normal life and the Pediatric Surgeon even said she could run a marathon if she wanted.
I have kept up on so many blogs where Parents have really sick babies, babies that require a lot of care and Parents that are having to say good bye to their babies and I cannot even imagine what they are going through now. I am having to deal with a fraction of what they are and yet I am still scared out of mind. My baby girl just doesn't want to come into this world being the 3rd girl, she wants us to have a little excitement along the way. I am so grateful to have such a supportive husband who has comforted me so much during the past couple of days, and to such have such a sweet 4 year old. The night we heard all of this we were saying prayers and I started to cry during the prayer and when we were done Avery said, "Mommy you don't need to cry about the baby because she is going to be OK because she is going to the doctor about her spot"
Thank you everyone for your calls, messages and support, we really appreciate it!