Prayers needed for our sweet baby Gavin

Hi all! As most of you know, Ellis and I have had a rough week. We had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and during the ultrasound they found anomalies with Gavin. Our doctor referred us to a perinatologist that we were scheduled to see on Thursday. Wednesday night was one of the scariest nights of my life. We were terrified as we didn't know a whole lot about what was going on with Gavin, but were told that by our OB on Wednesday that she was concerned Gavin had a chromosomal sydrome such as Down's Syndrome. Thursday we went to our doctor's appointment. We had a comprehensive ultrasound done and met with the perinatologist. On the ultrasound she did see that Gavin's arms and legs are short. They are only measuring 17 weeks and we are 19 weeks pregnant. His heart looked normal from what they saw, which is a huge blessing. He has a small amount of fluid behind his cerebellum (which is part of his brain) and they are concerned that he could have a Dandy Walker Malformation. Babies with Down's Syndrome often have increased skin on the back of their neck. When they measured Gavin's it was 5cm, which is normal but high normal. Due to the findings the doctor suggested that Gavin may have Down's Syndrome and that we could do an amniocentesis to know for sure. So we had the amniocentesis done and part of the results will be back on Monday. Those results will tell us if our sweet baby has Down's Syndrome. We continue to pray along with so many of our friends, family, and people who we've never even met. Gavin is loved and cared about by so many people already. Ellis and I are doing okay. He is my rock and I am so thankful for him. We are both scared and nervous, but we both know that God is capable of doing anything. We know that God is hearing our prayers because at the ultrasound on Wednesday they thought that Gavin had a club foot and that he was also missing bones in his fingers. At our ultrasound yesterday Gavin's feet our normal and he has all of the bones in his fingers. God is good. I have moments were I am okay and then I have moments were I just break down and cry. As an NICU nurse I feel like I am living one of my worst nightmares. It is so hard because we love Gavin so much and want him to be healthy more than anything. No one is ever prepared to go through this, but my hope and prayer is that when we get the news from the amniocentesis on Monday that we along with the doctors will be pleasantly suprised by the results. We know that God will not give us more than we can handle. On a more exciting note, I have been feeling Gavin move this week. I felt him for the first time on Sunday evening. It is an awesome experience to feel his little tiny moves inside of me. Please continue to pray for all three of us. We need all the prayers we can get right now.
Love you all,
Melissa

17 Weeks!

17 Weeks

16 Weeks

Hope everyone's week is off to a good start. Our week is going great. Yesterday mom and dad came through Dallas and I was able to go have dinner with them. It was great to see them. Today we had a doctor's appointment and then Ellis went to a preseason Maverick's game with some friends from church and I went to our lifegroup. Tomorrow we will be back to reality as I go back to work and Ellis goes back to school. Our doctor's appointment went well this week. We had an ultrasound and my cervix is longer than it has ever been, which is great news. The nurse practioner teased me and told me that I had a "dynamic" cervix because it has been long then shorter and now longer than ever. I like to think that it's answered prayers and God looking out for me. We really don't have a lot going on here. Just wanted to update on our latest doctor's appointment. Hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather.

Love,

Melissa