No2. update

May 4th, 2009 | By Kyoko

We had a follow-up sonogram appointment today. And there’s good news and not-so-good news. The good news is that cyst in the brain is completely gone (as was expected…) and the not so good news is that ‘something’ in his stomach still scans abnormally. The doctor said that his “upper stomach, probably his bowel” (these are her exact words…not very assuring is it?) is “dilated”. We asked a whole bunch of questions to understand this very ambiguous diagnosis, but we couldn’t get much out of the doctor since she can’t tell for sure exactly where this problem is, or what this ‘dilation’ is or what it’s caused by, or how serious it is. She says that worst case, it can be surgically corrected (I’m not sure why she can be sure if she doesn’t know what the problem is??).

…so she’d like to see us for another follow-up appointment to see how this progresses.

Otherwise, the baby boy seems perfectly happy with a good heart rate. The sonographer added that he is “still a boy”.

Good thing is that we get to see the baby boy get bigger often. We saw his face quite clearly in 3D. Now i’m quite sure that he looks more like Todd than immi does, though he does look like immi quite a bit.

I’ve gotten bigger and my back hurts a bit but nothing much to complain about really. I had contractions for about 5 hours or so two Sundays ago. I had those several months before immi was born as well, so I guess thats just how it goes for me. As uncomfortable as they are, if they are any indication of easy labor and birthing like the first time, I’ll take them gladly:)