I Heart Emerson

Two months ago I had a routine fetal echo to check Emerson's heart due to Colin having pulmonary stenosis. When you have a child with a congenital heart defect your chances of having another child with one go up, to a whopping 2%. At 19 weeks the techs detected some mild regurgitation or leaking on Emerson's tricuspid valve. This week at 29 weeks, it's still there. So it's not just because she's so little or they got really good pictures, it's because she too like her older brother has a heart defect. The picture below helps you get an idea of where we are talking, Emerson however, doesn't have an enlarged ventricle. (Colin's issue is on the blue valve for a reference).

So what's up next for our next little heart baby? Well another fetal echo at 34 weeks, and then nothing until she is born. Which will be with my doctor, at my hospital, with specific instructions NOT to take my baby away from me:) Then an echo, the same day that Colin goes in for his one year check (I wonder if there's a punch card for this?...) once she's about 2 weeks old. From there we will know much more, but we think it will just be to watch it.

Though I'm disappointed for there ever to be anything "wrong" with one of my children (let alone two or three) in the grand scheme of things this is nothing, a blip on the radar, a freckle on the back or a regurg on the triscuspid valve as it were. We will accept any and all prayers that all this will ever amount to is a blip, and that there are no larger underlying issues, but we also insist that you pray for someone having a much more difficult time then us. Because this is a freckle:)