We've hit 26 weeks! These past couple weeks have been even more painstakingly slow than the first trimester (if that's even possible). However, the roller-coaster has seemed to have slowed down a bit, and we're beginning to get our bearings again. (And may even eat ice-cream again someday, soon!)
Katy has been a complete champ. (If this little patient soul gets daddy's persistence, mommy's bull-headedness, and carrier's strength, there's going to be no stopping this one!) She successfully completed her IV treatments through home health and can probably teach a class on PICC lines. She's feeling better and has been great at reassuring us when she feels the baby move.
After speaking with specialists both in Houston and Dallas, our doctors feel like with non-stress tests and ultrasounds, they'll be able to predict if prenatal distress (ie: stillborn) will occur within the next 7 days. Katy will continue to go in weekly for tests, and only when/if something looks concerning, will we deliver. If the baby has other complications caused be listeria (blindness, meningitis, seizures, etc.), delivering him early would not alleviate those issues (and we won't know about such issues until birth.) So we'll just continue to pray he'll be healthy upon delivery, and keep repeating our new mantra: "we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
While Bluebellgate will be part of our story, (because it was such a non-eventful story before this...) we are still hoping it's not one that will define our story. Each week we'll wait with anticipation that our little totsicle will continue cooking for another week and continue to thank our lucky stars that we're still passengers on the roller-coaster.
Love to all,
Kendall and Will
