On Wednesday October 16, 2013 our lives were blessed once again by a new addition to our family!! But this time it was a GIRL!! What a girl?! Not a Boy?! I still didn't believe it until she actually graced us with her presence at 5:42 pm!! (I will post her birth story later because it was just too crazy not to post about!!)
Brooklyn was born at 37 weeks and although she was technically full term she ended up in the NICU. The NICU was her home for the first 6 days of her life. She was diagnosed with fluid on her lung and we had to wait till it eventually came off on its own. While she was there she was put on antibiotics in case of infection, as well as being put under lights so that her jaundice levels would go down.
While receiving care in the NICU, the pediatric cardiologist came in to look at her heart. There was good news and bad news. The Good news was that she was not born with a heart defect! The Bad news was that she had a PFO vs ASD from L to R. The cardiologist Dr. Stamps wanted to follow back up with her in 3 months to see if the issues had been resolved or if we would need to take further action. Yesterday January 15, 2014 we went to her scheduled appointment at 9:30. Once we were called back we had to undress her for her ultrasound. Daddy stayed with the boys and Mommy went in the room with Baby Brookie. She was fine at first. She let the technician look at her her heart, then they moved up closer to her neck to get another angle- still no problem. But when the technician moved to her belly and started pressing in and up, Brooklyn lost it! And I mean lost it!! She screamed for probably 15 minutes and had tears coming from her eyes. It made this Mommy so sad because I couldn't do anything. Even after the ultrasound it took me a while to be able to calm her down. Shortly after her ultrasound, Dr. Stamps came in and told us WONDERFUL news, the BEST present I could hear around my birthday. He said that the hole in her heart had closed and that all her valves were clear!! She has a normal, healthy heart!!! So although Brooklyn shed lots of tears yesterday, they were not shed in vain!!
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. (James 5:15 NIV)
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