So we arrived in Boston on Sunday met by our friends Mitch and Steph. We had a great time hanging out, watching the Super Bowl, and enjoying their company. We checked out Fenway Park, took a tour, and Adam got a beer at the Bleacher Bar underneath the Green Montsa! It was a nice break from everything and almost made us forget the trials of the days ahead.
We got to Boston Children's at 8am to start out our full day of tests and screenings. We met with Dr. Wayne Tworetzky for another fetal echo and a consultation. He confirmed the diagnosis along with the intact atrial septum and we discussed the following days procedure. We were feeling good and ready to tackle this procedure. We continued over to Brigham and Women's Hospital for an ultrasound and to meet with the high risk OB there who would be working with Dr. Tworetzky. That's where everything took a turn for the worse.
During the ultrasound they noted Beth's cervix had shortened as if she was already showing signs of labor. They rushed us over to the labor and delivery floor and hooked Beth up to some monitoring devices. The monitors did pick up some consistent yet mild contractions. After four attempts to start an IV and 10 hours in a cramped 8x8 room we learned that with the pre-term labor we were no longer candidates for the fetal intervention procedure. We were now at a much greater risk for the procedure to result in Beth going into full blown labor in which case our little guy would certainly not survive. There was also a much greater risk to Beth rupturing membranes or the placenta breaking away from the uterus wall.
We are now back to square one with the added worry that Beth could now go into labor at any time. Sometimes it feels that the universe is aligning against us and little Shawn. It's getting harder to hold on to hope.
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