Well we made it another week. This week started out with some misinterpretation and more testing. Monday, Sam had testing done in Mankato just to check the fluid levels and heart tones of the twins per our Doctors request. This testing showed that we had a major increase in fluid levels and drop in heart rate for baby 'A'. We were not told about the fluid levels, but Sam did overhear that the heart rate was about 113 BPM. This is much lower than we have been consistently showing. After the appointment, Sam had called me to let me know the results she knew. We did not think much of it, but it only took about an hour before the Perinatal Clinic in Mpls. called to tell us they wanted us up there right away on Tuesday to verify the findings.
We had an early appointment, so we left home pretty early in the morning. Sam had packed another bag because we thought that maybe this would be the time that she was to stay at the hospital until she delivers. We met with ultrasound technician (great guy, we have had him a couple of times) and he told us what some of the findings were in Mankato. Mankato had discovered over 20 cm of fluid around baby 'B' and no fluid around baby 'A' . When he went through both babies again he found that not much has changed from the week before. He thought maybe the technicians in Mankato might not have known what to look for and measured wrong. The Abbott technician commented that we are holding pretty steady at 10 cm for B and very little around the other. The heart rates were are also holding steady. This was reassuring news for us, but also frustrating at the same time because we drove 2 hours just to find out that there was nothing to be concerned with.
He took these results to our doctor and then he met with us. The doctor is fairly happy with the progress of the twins, but is concerned because these babies are not the following any pattern that he typically sees. From what he said, the twins are really doing there own thing and as long as they are still progressing they will stay "in the oven." Although we are not following a typical TTTS schedule, he is hoping that we will continue on our own path. He told us to roughly plan on being admitted to the hospital in a few weeks for daily monitoring, but now we will continue with twice a week visits. He is concerned about the hearts of both babies, so we are also scheduled to meet with the pediatric cardiologist next week for his diagnosis. We also had a rough guess of a weight of 1 lb+ for Baby 'A' (which means he is growing!) but we did not get a size for Baby 'B'. We are having a more thorough Level II ultrasound on Thursday with accurate growth measurements, so there will be much more to comment on then.
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3 comments:
Gotta love Mankato medical staff! Aren't they great!?
Hi Chris and Sam,
I am a friend of Tanya Johnson-Martinez. I actually did daycare for Maddy and Tanya sent me the link to your blog.
I also have twins. Ours are 4, soon to be 5. They are fraternal and a boy and girl. We also had many difficulties with our pregnancy. They didn't expect me to make it past 24 weeks and I ended up going to 35.
As long as you keep going to tests and there aren't any negative things said then that gives the little guys some more time to grow. We were in IA with ours and had to drive to the U of I and it was the same distance that you are travleing. We put on 5000 miles but were abole to deliver at 35 weeks.
I check your blog often and pray that things continue to move along and just remember that even thought the tests are a pain all of the time, it is a sign that things are moving along and they can also grow and get a little bit stronger. The betamethasone will really help them as well.
Take care and we will continue to keep you in our prayers.
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