Quick Trip

Our second trip to CHOP has come and gone - out the door at 6:45 AM and back home at 1 PM. After a much shorter ultrasound today, Dr. Johnson came in to see us and told us that the babies are pretty much status quo. Good news, I think! Twin A has the same amount of amniotic fluid as last week and Twin B (Spud) had very slightly more than last, but the doc said we shouldn't read into that. A week isn't a long time. The doppler/heart function was also consistent with last week, and both babies still have functioning bladders. So, one more week down. We're scheduled to go again next week, this time in the afternoon. If everything continues as it has the last two visits, we'll be out by 2 or 2:30. No new dents or scrapes in the car this week, another thing to praise God for.

Last night to begin our prayer time Louise read a bit of Psalm 139 - we all agreed it is the "Joe and Tina Dekker Psalm" after having heard them read it in tandem a couple of times in church. We marvelled at how even now these two are known intimately by their Father and they are already made to praise him. Twin A is very active in the womb...maybe a dancer like King David? Anyway, we're giving thanks for another positive report today, and that their baby frames have not been hidden from God in the secret place.

Dr. Johnson still thinks something will "declare itself" in the next couple of weeks - either TTTS or placental insufficiency. So we'll commit yet another week and each day to God and pray that these two will keep sharing (and get better at it) and that Jeanine's womb will be a refuge for them.