august 24th

     Finally, today is our team meeting!!!! We first met with a nurse from the fetal care center of Cincinnati, then a social worker, then a geneticist from Cincinnati Childrens. We then waited while everyone gathered in the conference room and prepared for our meeting. When we went into into the room we sat at a huge round table and all of the Dr's. began to introduce themselves. We met Dr. Lim  from general surgery, Dr. Kelly from neonatology,  Dr. Michelfelder from cardiology, and Dr. Hopkins from genetics. There were also a few familiar faces in the room Judy(our coordinator from UC and Cincinnati Childrens)was the there along with Dr.Jaekle (my OB).  Dr. Lim(general surgeon) began the meeting. He pulled up the images from the fetal MRI on a projection screen. As he scrolled through the images Chris and I saw the most amazing image of Brooklyn. You could actually see her whole profile, every little bone in her fingers, toes, and spine. It was truly amazing. Dr. lim showed us the images of her heart where we could actually see with our own eyes how the apex of her heart points to the right, we could also see on an image how her liver sat transverse in her body.  They showed the gallbladder on her left and they showed where the spleen should be and how there is not one that can be seen. He also showed us an image where you can only see meconium on her left side. He told us this is why he believed her bowels may be rotated. He then passed it off to Dr. Michelfelder.
    Dr. Michelfelder started off by telling us that that Brooklyns' most concerning issues are her cardiac issues. He told us they still needed to see her pulmonary side which they have not been able to see so far, being able to see this would help give a better understanding of what is else may be going on with her heart and what treatment she will require after birth.
     Dr. Kelly from neonatology also spoke for a brief minute telling us they would be in the delivery room, and would do all they can for Brooklyn, and be as prepared as they could be for her when she arrives.
     Dr. Hopkins also spoke and told us how there is a cardiac geneticist that specializes in Heterotaxy. We told him we would be interested in meeting with her.
     After about 2 hours we concluded our meeting. We left there feeling like we had a plan and had a team that was following Brooklyn and preparing for her arrival. This was a good feeling for us.