It's A Corny Life

It is with broken hearts and great sadness that we update our blog today, but sadly the TTTS has gotten the better of us and taken the life of one of our little girls. Our little Madison's heart stopped beating last Wednesday, at 24 weeks 2 days gestation. Of course this was completed unexpected, as just 12 hours before we learned of her demise we were told she was doing great. The only explanation they can give us is that it was an "acute event", whereby somehow the blood flow to her heart just stopped. We spent the last 6 days in the hospital under observation for infection, and of course with continuous monitoring of Abigail. Luckily there are no signs of infection and Abigail does not appear to be in any distress (although they said that about Madison too), so we are hopeful that the worst is behind us and we can go on to deliver a healthy baby. I had a steriod shot today and will have one again tomorrow in order to help develop her lungs, just in case she needs to or wants to come early. Today, at exactly 25 weeks, she weighed 1 pound 11 ounces. The odds are in our favor that Abigail will be fine. It is sad but true that often the demise of one twin helps the other to thrive. And what we believe is that Madison had to let go in order for her sister have a fighting chance. We can sleep at night knowing that the surgery was the right thing to do and that we have done all that we possibly could in our power to keep our girls safe (the Ambien they gave me in the hospital helps too). Thank you all for the phone calls, flowers and prayers. The support is much needed and appreciated. Please continue to pray for our surviving twin Abigail, as well as for our TTTS Angel, Madison.