Baby Maggie update - 37 weeks

Hi everyone:

 

Yesterday was our last full day of appointments at Mott. Maggie's condition remains unchanged, for better or for worse. We will go back next week for one last ultrasound. Unless something happens to change the plan, I will be induced on the evening of the 14th with the expectation that our little girl will make her debut on the 15th.

 

Once she is born, Maggie will have a whole new set of challenges & obstacles. The first few hours and then days will be critical. With a constellation of complex diagnoses, we are preparing ourselves as best we can for any outcome. Of course we are still praying for a miracle.

 

What is becoming more & more clear to me, however, is that the fact that Maggie is still *here* is a miracle. She has defied the considerable odds stacked against her to make it this far. Frankly the doctors are surprised she is still with us. It certainly feels as though God has already granted us a miracle. Greg & I attribute this to all the intercessory prayer offered for her. Thank you for lifting us up for all these months. I will spend the rest of my life being grateful for all the love & support you have shown our family during this time.

 

Please pray for her birth to be joyful. Every baby deserves joy at birth. Please also pray for wisdom for both the doctors & us in making decisions regarding her care.

 

I would stay pregnant with her forever if I could, but - whatever the outcome - we will get to hold our daughter and see her sweet little face. What a gift.

Gratefully yours,

Jamie