Timing

I have been thinking a lot about the saying: Everything happens for a reason.

I am trying to figure out if I believe this or not.

What is your take on it?

I believe MOST things happen for a particular reason even if  we may not know the reason, but EVERYTHING?

I just don’t know yet.

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In moving news, things are going well.

We are officially moving to Vegas on Sept 10th.

Jared found us a great rental house that will be perfect until we want to start house hunting.

Jared is liking his new job so far and I am sure things will only get better.

I am excited to get down there and be able to see my husband on a daily basis again.

I am not a “talk on the phone” type of person so I have had to over that since we have been apart.

He is coming home this weekend to visit and I am so excited.

Plus, I know he would never want to miss Payson’s Golden Onion Days Celebration ;)

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In baby news, I wish I could say all is well.

Here is the situation for those who are interested.

We got news at my 28 week ultrasound appointment that our little girl has Ventriculomegaly, meaning the ventricles (where the cerebrospinal fluid flows through) in her brain are enlarged. This can be an indicator of certain malformations or disabilities. The ventricles were in the mild to moderate category and since they were normal at 20 weeks the Dr. was very positive that this would resolve itself by the time I delivered.

I went back Monday for a 32 week follow-up ultrasound to see if the ventricles had decreased in size.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get the news we were hoping for and they had actually increased in size to the severe category along with the 3rd ventricle now dilated as well.

Some good news is that she couldn’t see anything else on the ultrasound indicating any malformations.

My Dr. decided to send me up to the University of Utah Hospital yesterday for a fetal MRI to see if they could see anything that didn’t show up on the ultrasound.

We are still patiently awaiting the results.

As of right now my Dr. is thinking she has Hydrocephalus (“water on the brain”) and is saying she will more than likely need a shunt right after birth. This will help take that extra cerebrospinal fluid and drain it to her stomach. She will have the shunt her whole life.

We are not sure if she has any other complications, disorders, or malformations. It is pretty much a wait and see type of thing.

Hopefully, the MRI will bring good news. We are hoping that all she will need is this shunt and will be able to live a normal, fulfilled life.

The next step from here is to find a good Perinatologist in Vegas to take over my case. My Dr. is looking into finding me one that will take good care of us.

My Dr. also mentioned that she would like to see me have another ultrasound in 3 weeks. If things are looking worse, they will put me on steroids to develop her lungs and then induce me early. If the swelling of her ventricles have also made her head circumference large, it is a possibility I will have a C-section. As of now, her head circumference is in normal range.

The timing on this whole pregnancy/moving/new job situation is stressful, but we feel there is a “reason” that we chose to take on this endeavor.

We are praying for the best and we will keep everyone posted.

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In less depressing news, I had my first and last day at our new pharmacy.

We finally moved into our new building.

Unfortunately, the day we opened up at the new store, was also my last day working.

It is a beautiful building and I am sad I won’t be working there.

Maybe one day when we move back (cross your fingers), I will be able to work there a little bit.

I have been working for Brent, my boss, every since I moved back to Utah from San Diego so it was sad to say good-bye.

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The other day, I had a crazy idea to take Luke to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

What was I thinking?

It was a complete madhouse complete with screaming kids running wild.

Luke was even overwhelmed by all that was going on around him.

He wanted to get out of the stroller and run wild too, which I didn’t let him do out of shear panic I would loose him in the crowds.

When I would let him get out, he was getting so frustrated that he couldn’t see or touch the things he wanted because of all the people.

It was a nightmare and we were out of there within 45 minutes.

I made it up to him by taking him to lunch.

Next time we will just stick to Farm Country.

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Anyway, long post, lots of information.

Hope this finds everyone well.