Bump In the Road
Today has been a pretty emotional one. I went to school and received a call from Crichelle at about 10:30 AM. Crichelle told me that the results were in from the head ultrasound the boys took early this morning. It turns out that Jordan has a Grade II Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Jaxon has a Grade III. Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) means bleeding into the normal fluid spaces (ventricles) within the brain. IVH is also used to refer to bleeding in areas near the ventricles even if the blood is not within them. The extent of IVH is graded:
Grade I - Bleeding confined to the tiny area where it first begins Grade II - Blood is also within the ventricles Grade III - More blood in the ventricles, usually with the ventricles increasing in size Grade IV - A collection of blood within the brain tissue, also called intraparenchymal echodensities because of its appearance on the ultrasound picture. This can be seen with grade I, II, or III hemorrhages. It reflects brain injury.
Grades I and II are most common. They usually do not cause identifiable brain injury. The blood is slowly absorbed by the body. Babies with grade III IVH are at increased risk of brain damage, but many are normal or near normal. I talked to the nurse practitioner on the way from work and she said that it is very important for us to wait for the next ultrasound which they will do in a week. She reminded me this was the first ultrasound and how important it was to wait on the next one. I asked her if it was possible for the things to reverse themselves and she said that it was. She was looking after a child a few months ago and during their first ultrasound had a grade III IVH. During the course of the child's stay in the NICU, it backed down to a grade II and now it is not even existent.
Jordan and Jaxon are in a good place. More importantly, they have hundreds, if not thousands, of people praying for them. The Lord has worked wonders with our boys. We would like to ask that you continue to pray for Jordan and Jaxon.
***All information on IVH was obtained from the web.
posted by Jyusef | 12:10 PM
5 Comments:
Just remember that God is more powerful than any ultrasound or MRI. When Ruthie and Maddie were 2 weeks old, their MRI's showed that they had permanent, irreversable brain damage in the white matter of their brain from a series of "strokes". They told us to expect delays and that they could not say for sure what the girls would be able to do. Needless to say, after much prayer, their next MRI was completely clear less than a week later. No medical explanation, but we didnt need one. God truely is the great physician. You all are in my prayers.
Life with a preemie is so often two steps forward, one step back. Such an emotional roller coaster! We will pray that time and growth will correct what the doctors are seeing now. Keep singing your song to them, Crichelle, and we will all keep praying.
PS - Molly also liked "Be Still and Know", as well as "God Is So Good". Try that one next time the nurse is having to strap down one of your overly busy boys!
Hang in there guys. We're praying hard and know God is watching over those precious boys. We love you all!
Praying really hard for you guys. I will just keep praying that it will be non existent the next time they do the ultrasound. Hang in there!!!
I was actually thinking about the Sullivan twins as I read this! God has worked wonders and proved it on film! We are praying for your babies to have healthy brains and brain function as well as overall health and strength!
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