Asking....

Well things have taken a turn for the worse here in the Lomax household. It turns out that the ultrasound we had last week didn't go well at all (I guess ultrasound tecs take classes in acting, either that or ours just has a gift for it. )

We met with a specialist early this morning and our little guy has a pretty significant tumor in his abdomen. We are asking those who love us (or just like us, or just feel sorry for us :)) to include our baby in their prayers and upcoming fast (if applicable.)

The details:

We do not know what it is yet. It is a very dense (shows up the same color as the bones, not the organs) large mass (about an inch in diameter - he is only about 12 inches from head to toe), it is located on top of the left kidney and below his adrenal gland.) If it is attached to his kidney it is likely non-cancerous, if it attached to his adrenal glad it is likely cancerous. The doctor's best guess is that it is attached to the kidney because there doesn't appear to be blood flow to it or pockets of fluid in it. There are no signs that it is impeding the baby's development at this point - he's doing great on all other measurements.

Where we go from here:

We will have an MRI as soon as possible to try to get more information. Mostly we will just "wait, watch, and worry" as the specialist put it. We'll be having a ton of doctors appointments until the baby comes to try to get an accurate diagnosis.

Likely outcome:

If the baby starts to have trouble we could be looking at an early delivery. If he is doing well they'll have us go full-term. Either way we'll probably deliver at the UofU and the baby will immediately go to Primary Children's for surgery/biopsy. These type of tumors are rare but have a good prognosis. The specialist is "cautiously optimistic" and wants us to be the same. One of the first things he said to us was "I think your baby is going to be alright." He basically said that this is serious and must be dealt with, but when it is over the baby should be perfectly fine and normal for the rest of his life.

How we are feeling:

Well you can imagine how difficult this is for us. However we are being blessed with peace (enough to out way our panic 94.7% of the time). We feel very certain that their are miracles available to us, and that through our faith and the faith of others that our family will be blessed. We too think that "our baby is going to be alright" it is just a matter of how difficult the road will be for us and our baby before we get there.

I hope you don't mind the complete spillage of info and guts, but I figure it will be easier if people just know the details from the source from the start.

Thank you for your love and support. Please pray for my baby, Melinda