Results?

"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good." --Romans 8:26-28 (The Message)


We had our appointment today with the high-risk specialist to get our weekly ultrasound and discuss our fetal MRI results. During the ultrasound, Junebug was still head down, has a strong heartbeat (156 bpm), and active like normal. All looks the same...which we will take as a good thing. :)


Now for the results of the MRI...from what the doctors can tell Junebug has a multicystic left kidney, which means it probably isn't working. The right kidney, right ureter (tube connecting the kidney to the bladder), and the bladder are all enlarged, due to (what they believe) is urine back-up. They think there is either a blockage in the bladder or the opening to allow the urine out never formed correctly; therefore, we don't have amniotic fluid. The NICU doctor that we met with last week is going to take the MRI images to a nephrologist (kidney doctor) for infants/kids to get his opinion on what's going on and what Junebug's outlook is. We have a meeting with the NICU doctor on Thursday to find out more. 


Please continue to pray for Junebug! We are now praying that God will allow this blockage to be resolved, either by His hand or through the doctors. We are continuing to pray that Junebug doesn't compress its umbilical cord. Please pray for peace for Rob and I as we wait another week to find out more information and make decisions for our Junebug. (But please don't pray for patience, right Mom? God is definitely teaching us patience...we don't need to learn more.) And continue to pray for our families...things are still stressful and they worry about us and JB. 


On a side note, Rob's grandma (Mamaw Liz) passed away this morning from her battle with cancer. So pray for his mom's family during this time of loss. As cautiously optimistic as we are being, we know that if Junebug doesn't make it here on Earth, at least he/she will have great-mamaws and great-papaws to play with in Heaven. We will miss Mamaw Liz!