36.6 Weeks

Baby Jake update #11 36.6 weeks

by Erin Castellano on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 2:13pm

Not too many of these updates left! (As in pregnancy updates.) Todays appointment was fine. Dr. gave us an article she found where another lymphatic malformation was mis diagnosed as an SCT. Which seems to be what has happened in our case. I tried to get more information out of her about what we were dealing with here. She said that lymphatic malformations are very rare. They are mainly found in the neck or armpit of a baby, so with Jakes in his abdominal area, it makes our case that much more rare. The article she found is very similar to our case. Parents were told the child had a SCT uo until he was born and once he was born and tests were conducted, they concluded it was a LM. Lymphatic Malformations are more of a chronic disorder, meaning this is something we could be dealing with for a long time, if not throughout his life where an SCT would require a very high risk surgery and could be malignant yet usually does not reoccur. So either way, there are pros and cons to each outcome. LM does not seem to be as life threatening as an SCT tho. Anyhow, I have one more appointment next week. We will also be meeting Dr. Block who will conduct the c-section. The following Tuesday I will have my pre-op and then we will deliver on Thursday the 27th. It will be here before we know it, I hope. Thank you again for those that have kept us in your prayers. It is amazing how long I have carried, considering when we were told the news of Jakes condition, it didnt look like the outcome would be positive. We are so grateful!