Baby Cooper...

Just an update on our precious little boy, Cooper...

Tuesday we went to see my normal doctor, Dr. Cole, for what we anticipated to be just a routine sonogram / check-up. Unfortunately, it did not turn out that way. During the sonogram, it was noticed that Cooper's heart seems to be "perfect" but it is skipping a beat. This scared us to say the least, but we were given some "hope" as sometimes this randomly happens and within a short period of time, the heart gets back in sync and beats perfectly normal. We then went from the sonogram to see Dr. Cole, and she listened on her doppler. She was concerned and immediately called Dr. Perry, a specialist. They decided for me to see him Wednesday, which was a blessing that he was able to work me in that quickly and we would not have to wait several days / weeks before we could see him.

Wednesday we saw Dr. Perry at the Prenatal Diagnostic Center, and he was FABULOUS...I know he spent well over an hour with us and checked out baby Cooper from head to toe only to find one problem...his heart is skipping a beat. He diagnosed Cooper as having a intermittent heartblock and has now referred us to a pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Shores, at Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital. Another blessing, we can see her Tuesday! He was afraid it may be several weeks but to his surprise, she had an opening Tuesday and no one asked any questions...we said we would be there.

Dr. Perry does not see the heart to have a birth defect, but he wants Dr. Shores to take a look and make sure she agrees. Once we see Dr. Shores, the 3 doctors will discuss and decide the plan for my care the remainder of the pregnancy.

From our understanding Wednesday, Cooper is growing, moving, doing exactly what he needs to do...praise God! There is a "small" chance that this problem will correct itself before his arrival. However, if it does not, we want to be prepared for his arrival, which we anticipate will be in October as planned. Worst case scenerio, I would need to deliver at UMC so that Cooper could be at the Children's Hospital for immediate attenttion, and most likely, would need a pacemaker shortly after his arrival. Per the doctor Wednesday, we are not talking life or death here...we are talking, have the right doctors in place at the right time when he does arrive. My only "fear" is that if he has a pacemaker, his activity would be limited, but Matt assured me that someone completed an Ironman with a pacemaker so he would be fine...that is definitely a question we have for the cardiologist Tuesday.

We know that God is taking care of our baby, and we must remain strong...however, it has been a hard week of just being scared to say the least. We will have more answers on Tuesday, and I will continue to keep you updated.

When I left Dr. Perry's yesterday, he told me to live life as usual...nothing I have done or can do will change anything for Cooper. That was comforting because when I stop and think is when I have my emotional melt down...if I can keep things rolling, I am in a much better state of mind.