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32 Weeks with Shiloh Joy

We had another appointment last week. It was nice to have a couple weeks off of doctor visits before jumping into weekly appointments! No ultrasound this week. Just meeting with my OB and with a neonatologist from the NICU. PRAISE, Zachery was able to come to this appointment! Which is incredibly helpful to have bothContinue reading “32 Weeks with Shiloh Joy”

Specific Prayer Requests

As of 9/1/2020 these are some of the things that we are praying for specifically: Praying for miraculous healing for her brain Praying against problems for Shiloh breathing after she’s born Praying against problems for Shiloh feeding after she’s born Praying against seizures for Shiloh Praying that she will continue to grow! And even growContinue reading “Specific Prayer Requests”

Things We’re Learning

What we think we know about Shiloh so far: She will be born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Part of the front of her brain is fused which makes the doctors suspect some variation of Holoprosencephaly, we will not know exactly until she gets an MRI sometime after birth. There appears to beContinue reading “Things We’re Learning”

Week 29

August 26 appointment Last week we had another appointment with the MFM doctor. This one felt more standard as we haven’t had any testing to get back between appointments. We did an ultrasound and got to hear Shiloh’s heartbeat, beautiful and strong (Zachery got to listen in via facetime from the car). Shiloh is stillContinue reading “Week 29”

Weeks 20-25

Here’s a recap of the last 9 weeks: Going back and thinking through all the details that have been the whirlwind of the last 9 weeks is as much for my benefit as anyone else’s! We have received much information (as in, more than we’ll probably be able to process), experienced many highs and lows,Continue reading “Weeks 20-25”

Welcome

Hi all, We’re so happy you’ve found this space to share in Shiloh Joy’s story. Many of you know that our second daughter is due November 10th and our doctors have found some abnormalities in her brain development. While sharing can be really difficult sometimes, especially as we are processing things ourselves, we feel veryContinue reading “Welcome”