Follow up appointment at UCSF - October 17 at 8:32pm

So do not fear, for I am with you; 

   do not be dismayed, for I am your God. 

I will strengthen you and help you; 

   I will uphold you with my righteous right hand 

Isaiah 41:10

We walked into our appointment with the hopes of having the tracheal occlusion procedure for Isaiah; however, we have ended up on a different path. 

Isaiah's growth isn't where it should be. In fact, as far as the growth process goes, at his 22 week check up, he was in the 19th percentile. Today at 24 weeks, he is in the 12th percentile. Because he is so small, they don't want to put him under the stress. Which we are on board with!

His heart is remaining strong and the placenta is working as it should. 

And there are no other concerns from the doctors at this time. No other organs are in his chest cavity, which is good. But we were told by the Dr. and a friend (who is going through the same thing as we are. She is set to delivery in a couple weeks so please keep Jessika and her baby girl Rowan in your prayers) that the organs can go in and out of the chest cavity so don't put too much stress on that. 

The plan now is to keep a close eye on his growth. So for the next 3.5 months I will be having an ultrasound every 2 weeks. 

Thankfully we won't have to travel to San Francisco for all of these appointments. I will be able to see one of my 3 doctors here in Reno. Which she is a high risk pregnancy OB, so we are still in great hands :)

We also found out that our due date is not the 28th of Jan, but the 2nd of Feb. Only a few days difference, but it does matter with regards to the growth of Isaiah and what percentile he is in. 

The Dr informed us that we will be induced at 38 weeks, which is the middle of January.

So for now...we pray that Isaiah grows and gains strength. I asked the Dr if I could start giving him steroids and giving him some muscle milk (LOL) he said UHHH NO!!! All in jokes, but seriously, this is a whole new battle that we are facing. 

PLEASE...any prayer list that you can add us to, PLEASE DO! The next 3.5 months are going to be extremely crucial in the progression of his growth.