My name is Cecile and I'm a mother of four beautiful children: Isabela, Jose Mariano, Cristobal and Maria. When we learned about my fourth pregnancy I was a little overwhelmed...my husband and I had been drawn closer to God about a year ago, with no apparent reason...we just fell the need to be closer to Him and had been praying for Jesus to give us more faith.
On my eleventh week appointment the doctor told me that Maria had an 8mm cystic hygroma and that I should get an amnioscentesis. The baby had water all over her abdomen and lungs, she had an obstructed kidney an we were told that she had a 1% chance of survival, so we were offered the possibility of an abortion since this situation "was not compatible with life", as the doctors elegantly put it. We said no to that option and all we did was go to see Jesus at the Holy Sacrament and in front of Him we handed Maria over to Him...we told Him that every one of our children was His but this one especially we wanted to give to Him and that we would accept His will. I had the amnio done and waited for two weeks, fearing that our baby had already died without I even knowing. The results came back two weeks later and we were told that they had no results! That the cells had not grown, that this happened in about 2% of the times and that we would have to repeat the test. We decided we wouldn't do it, that God wanted us to go on with this pregnancy in faith, trusting Him and only Him...no matter what the Doctors said. The next week we went for another ultrasound at about 15 weeks and everything was gone!!! No more fluid and no cystic hygroma!!!!! It had just reabsorbed!!!! We were thrilled! All we could do was smile and thank God!!!!
Everything went fine until week 25 when the Dr. told us that her legs and arm bones were not developing at the same rate as her head. He said she probably had some sort of dwarfism. We were devastated...we had to wait until she was born to determine what she had. Her kidney didn't look good either, and some doctors suggested getting her out on week 34 (or she would lose her kidney). We decided that we would do all in God's time, so Maria was born at 39 weeks on December 27, 2010. She weighed 7.5 pounds and measured 18.5 inches! She was beautiful! Her heart was perfect and her kidney was the only reason for concern. She had blood tests done and the final diagnose was Turner Syndrome. We did monthly ultrasounds to her right kidney (the left one is fine) and it turned out not to be so bad. She will have a minor surgery this July to correct the defect. She has been on a low dose of antibiotics since she was 2 months old to prevent urinary infections. The Lord has shown us not to worry...he heals everything in His own time...we just need to trust Him. Today Maria is a healthy 15 month old baby who weighs 22.5 pounds and is 30 inches tall. She is a true miracle! She is so happy and sweet!!!
Thank you for sharing your stories!! I have enjoyed reading all of them. God loves us very much!
Cecile Mellet, Maria's Mommy
Peru
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