Week 30 - The more things change

We had a special guest join us for the ultrasound yesterday. Abby and I went to pick up Cynthia so that we could see Jack as a family. There was a bit of a wait, but Abby got to hold the pager, so she was happy. When we got to the room, we introduced Abby to Nurse L, then later to Doctor C and Doctor K. Abby was unsure of what was going to take place, but she sat quietly in the dark and waited for the show to begin. She was her usual inquisitive self: "where's Jack?" and "why goo Mommy?" and "Daddy drink the goo?" (which if you've seen the video of our typical Thursday that was posted a while back, you'll understand). I think the thing Abby liked the most was laying on the bed with Mommy while we looked at the pictures of our boy.

Things have changed a little bit. The size of The Himp has decreased from 0.54 to 0.45. It is a little deceiving though, because it is not really getting any smaller, it is just flattening out and covering a bit more real estate. Doctor C says that this is good, because it will be less traumatic on Jack when he is born. She mentioned the C word again (in this case ceserean), which always makes me feel a little better. (I'm no doctor, but I just can't understand why there is even a thought of a vaginal birth when our son has a rather large growth on his body.) Apparently he has quite a bit of hair on his head already, and looks very cute (they say this to us every week). Either way, his heart is very good (no excess water to be found), blood flow is healthy, and he is growing at a normal rate (he weighs 3 lbs. 4 oz.). So far so good.

For now we are one day closer to May 25th. One day closer to seeing our boy. One day closer to the surgery that will remove TH from Jack and our lives forever. One day closer to being a family of 4. One day closer to getting back to the Old Normal. One day closer.

J-L