Fridays' appointments in Toronto

Well Friday was a good, but very long day for all of us. I forget how exhasuting it must be to be sitting around while I'm being tested, but Craig and mom did a great job of being patient and upbeat!


First was my fetal Echo at Sick Kids. First of all, Sick Kids is a beautiful hospital, not intimidating at all. You could see children (and even adults...i.e. us) coming and being amazed at the vastness of the front lobby. It was so open and inviting. There was a fellow (aka the dufus) who was gaining more experience with the ultrasound technology. I normally don't have a problem with this, except he was very irritating. He was doing Twin A and didn't move the transducer around a lot so it was hurting me because it was in the same position. He couldn't get the aorta arch, so the tech took over...found it and moved on to twin B. Was glad that he did because the bed was so uncomfortable and my back was absolutely killing me! He got all that he needed, but the dufus was making comments about the baby and the problems with the heart, and speculating at what they would have to do to repair. I heard words like "challenging", "discrepancies", and saw him shake his head, etc. I finally had enough and looked at him and said "I'm sorry, but I have done enough research to know exactly what you are talking about so I would appreciate talking to Dr. Jaeggi about it all first. Thanks" He said, ok and then left after a couple of minutes. I asked the tech if that was too rude of me, and he chuckled and said no, that he shouldn't have been doing that.



Dr. Jaeggi said that the complication with the heart is repairable. The aorta isn't as small as Dr. Rosenberg first stated and that he can just put a balloon in it to make it bigger. They need to be a minimum of 28 weeks in order for there to be a good outcome. He says to us, please keep those babies in as long as possible, thanks. He said they do 700 heart surgeries a year at Sick Kids and has seen this about 7 or 8 times a year. So the silver lining is, they haven't said "oh, we haven't seen this before!"

After lunch we went over to Mount Sinai to speak with one of the high risks obstetricians about the fact that I'm carrying mono mono twins. There was a huge ultrasound conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday so there was only one on-call doctor and he was in Labour & Delivery and couldn't get way to speak with us. So they called over a fellow (Dr. Julia Robertson) to do an ultrasound on me for their own pictures and get some information from me. The ultrasound was cool because mom and Craig could be there the whole time. They had a tv where it showed everything she was doing. The most wild thing for me was when I could see one of the babies kicking on the monitor and feel it at the same time. It really hit home and really clued in that I have two babies growing inside me. Seeing them move around as much as they were reconfirmed the fact that I know everything is going to work out ok. Whatever the outcome, both babies will be loved and cherished with as much as Craig and I can give.

Dr. Jaeggi wants me to deliver at Mount Sinai, so they'll likely transfer me to there between 27 and 28 weeks, which is in 2-3 weeks. For about 20 minutes, I thought I was staying there and mom and Craig were coming home without me. The nurse misread my chart and started getting a bed ready for me. I'm glad I didn't stay since I'm getting the care that I want here, in London. When I go to Toronto, I will be more mentally prepared at that point!

Craig says I ramble, but the way I see it, then you all know what I'm thinking!

Love you all,
Linds