The Skinny

Here's the deal. We had an 11 hour day of testing and consulting with doctors. First I want to say the staff in Cincy has been great. Our twins have a disproportionate but still within normal range amount of amniotic fluid around each of them. They only have about a 17% growth discordance. They appear to have normal growth and development including brain development. That's the good news. The bad news is that our recipient twin Lorelei has some hypertensive heart issues. Her heart is thicker than normal from the extra stress. Maddison our donor twin's umbilical cord attaches to the uterine wall rather than the placenta and may not have enough of a share of the placenta to make it. We have decided to go ahead and have laser ablation surgery.

Lorelei's heart condition will most likely come out fine with the medication Lorel is starting, but Maddison's fate is very much up in the air. Please continue to pray for us as we are going in for the surgery at 9 am tomorrow.