A day of news and updates

When we had our anatomy ultrasound the day after Christmas they found Choroid Plexus Cysts in the baby's brain. The call followed a night of taking Selene's temperature 100 times because it was just over the "Take her to the ER" mark, but we were in Indiana, and I didn't know what to do. It felt like everything was falling apart all at once.

But I chose not to worry (to the best of my ability) due to this being extremely common and usually no big deal. Today our follow up ultrasound gave the all clear. Everything is perfect, the cysts are gone and we were even able to find out (due to a contrary crossed legged baby last time) that we'll add a third girl to our family!

I guess a finished basement/man cave is now at the top of the "requirement" list for house hunting :-)

I also received a call from the Bone Marrow unit advising that they had dates for us! Pretty much exactly what I imagined, Feb 26 will be the date we're admitted. Then March 9 will be Ainsley's harvest and the transfusion of cells into Selene.

Prior to that we'll have two full days of testing and education. That sounds daunting, but at least everything is moving along right on schedule. Which is good since this baby is measuring with a due date two weeks earlier!

I knew this was happening, but having a date is has made it super real. Continuing to thank God for all the good in our lives, we need it!

Also, thank you to my beautiful and thoughtful cousin who set up the YouCaring page and to all our amazing supporters who have donated. I found a cleaning service who is amazing, uses green cleaning products and works for lots of families of cancer patients, etc. so she is completely comfortable following all the crazy rules we'll be under during quarantine. I can't even tell you the relief this lifted burden brings!

Feeling so blessed.

Greatest u/s photo ever. Baby girl flashing her muscles!