16 week u/s today...

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Thank You All!

Matt had surgery on Friday to recover that broken piece of catheter from his lung and it was successful! Successful in that they were able to get the piece, which we ( and they) weren't sure could be done, and successful in that there were no complications and Matt came out of it perfectly. This was no simple surgery.

Anyway, I just want to express my thanks to all of you who kept us (and nephew Joseph) in your thoughts and prayers. God is truly watching over us. I only become more thankful and inspired with each day that passes and each miracle that is revealed.

We are so blessed to have so many amazing friends, family, and physicians looking out for us.

I just wanted to say thank you.

Back to Seattle!

So if you read the blog, you know that Matt has a little piece of Medi Port hanging out in his left lung, in a blood vessel. And apparently after much discussion and conferencing, the CF team and Lung transplant team, as well as the Interventional Radiology department all decided that they don't want to leave that piece in there after all. They don't want to risk possible infection by leaving it in.

So we go back up on Thursday for surgery on Friday at noon. We'll probably head back on Saturday, so as not to rush around or feel pressured.

Anyway, so thoughts and prayers please. We'd sure appreciate them!

Last Night While Watching Fringe...

I'm pretty sure I felt the baby move! At first I thought it was just my stomach rumbling to be fed, but I'm pretty sure I felt it. It was a new feeling not like the hungries or my own heart beat I have felt.

So YAY for another milestone!

My oh my what a weekend!

So most of you know that Matt and I were headed up to Seattle for a routine CF clinic appointment on Monday. Well as it happens, we also squeezed in an appointment (our first of many to come) with one of the doctors from the transplant team.

It was really nerve racking ahead of time, but after all of it I really felt better, having gotten the ball rolling as well as some of our burning questions answered. Transplant Doc was nice and informative.

Then we moved on to our regular clinic appointment. No biggee there either. Well, except for getting to tell everyone we are pregnant! It was really exciting and everyone was so happy for us. I think I got more attention at this appointment than Matt did! LOL

So at the tail end of this last appointment of the day, Matt also needed to have his medi port flushed. Well as the nurse is trying to flush the port with saline and Heparin, nothing seems to be happening as it should. No blood coming out as it should, very difficult to flush, and painful for Matt (which it usually isn't). Turns out, it was just creating a big pockety bubble of fluid under the skin. This has never happened before! They urgently send him down to X ray and find out that his port has broken! The part that threads into the artery has broken off, traveled through his heart and is now lodged in a blood vessel in his opposite lung.

After all of his doctors, who thought they had just gotten rid of him, looked at these x rays and decided that it was not in his best interest to retrieve it. Fishing it out poses more of a risk that leaving it in there until the transplant, at which time they will throw it out with the bad lungs. However they also decided that they should pretty swiftly remove the broken port and replace it.

So all of our Monday was spent at the hospital, and we had an appointment at 9 am on Tuesday.

Everything went well and we are finally back at home. Thank goodness! The whole thing has been so exhausting. Mentally and physically. But I am glad Matt is so strong and can pull through anything!

He is amazing and God reminds me frequently how lucky I am to have him.

12 weeks 1 day

OMG! We had our 12 weeks ultrasound today, and it was amazing! I mean, I see peoples pictures all the time, and they're cool and all, but our baby is incredible!

We got to see just about everything, considering the gestational age. The arms and legs are so long already! I think it's safe to say, we're having a tall, long limbed kid! And to see the baby moving around all over the place is so fascinating. I mean, I am just barely showing and there is this little living person in there, kicking and moving all over.

Matt is over the moon excited. We both are. What an exciting time in our lives!

And of course, the pictures! #'s 1, 2, & 3 are all pretty obvious. #4 is a profile shot. You can see the little nose and chin. #5 is the baby's head (on the bottom) with the arm curled up near the face. You can see the little fingers! #6 is a picture looking up at the legs. The bum is on the right and the legs bend then the feet meet again on the left. #7 is a 3D view. I thought it was cool because you can see the umbilical cord.

Post X-mas Low Down

So Happy "post x-mas" to everyone! Love the holidays, hate the stress that goes along with it!

Matt and I had a wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed to be able to share the holidays with both of our families! Matt and I both enjoy giving gifts more than receiving, so it's a really fun time of year for us.

Anyway, just wanted to drop a quick update, now that we are 11 weeks! Every week that flies by, I am just shocked! It's just going by so quickly! My tummy is starting to poke out a little. Just enough to have to use a rubber band for my jeans. LOL We'll see how much longer the rubber band holds, until I have to break down and go for real maternity jeans. Matt's belly still looks the same! LOL

Can you believe how big the baby is already?!