We had both the follow-up ultrasound and the fetal echocardiogram today.

The first was the follow-up. Everything was basically the same - the arrhythmia was still there, amniotic fluids looked good and we even got to see him practice breathing. What’s better is that he’s now officially head-down and in the correct position for a natural birth.

Our second appointment was a visit to the Heart Center at St. Joe’s Hospital to get a fetal echo and visit with a pediatric cardiologist.  It was a long appointment…we were there for almost 3 hours, but it was also a good appointment because the doctor was an expert in all this craziness.

The final conclusion from him was that Caleb has a “benign heart irregularity” or arrhythmia.  I wish I could remember the specifics, but it had to do with electricity going through the wrong ventricle or something.  Essentially his verdict was that Bri does not need medicine, that these are fairly common and only mentioned that about 10% of babies with this condition end up with a “high heart rate” so they will be following up with us in 2 weeks.  We also now have twice-a-week appointments with the standard perinatologist, to verify blood flow, fluid levels and overall health.  Phew.  Long day full of long words and long drives.

If you’d like to know how you can specifically pray for us, please pray that we may not be anxious but have peace in God’s plan for our little guy.  Pray that God will be glorified within any of these physical hardships and that we may have opportunities to testify of his glorious grace, no matter the outcome of all of this.

We love our little guy so much and know that God has a plan for him that is beyond our hazy vision.  Thanks to all of you who have been praying and thinking about us.