Hi all. Thanks for the prayers. Unfortunately, Piper Grace passed away. My Ob dropped the ball in a number of ways and it turns out she has trisomy 18 and 21 most likely. The fluid he refused to check - was going to wait 5 additional weeks to check, because he and his office do not care - suffocated her from the inside out. There's a slight chance that she would have made it if they had drained some of the fluid. Unfortunately, it grew so large it pressed in her lungs, heart, kidney, bladder... and her heart gave out. She most likely died in incredible pain, according to the specialist I saw. I am two hours from home. I am currently in the hospital waiting to be forcibly induced into my first vaginal labor. I am alone, because I had no one to watch my other children. I am heartbroken. I am devastated. For those of you who may wish to help, I am going to link our gofundme down at the bottom. We are going to cremate her. . We want to memorialize her properly. She was in the second trimester, she was a person and very well loved by our family. Her organs functioned and I listened to her heart beat at home on Monday. I don't know how to even begin to explain this to my nearly 5 year old. I don't know how to process this. I'm mostly numb. I'm trying to get stuff done from a hospital bed. I have a final exam tomorrow, and a paper due. I'm not really okay. I do appreciate all the thoughts, prayers, and well wishes of all here. Prayers are just as welcome as donations... this has been the absolute worst week of my life.
Her gofund me is gofundme . Com / cremation-for-Piper-Grace
I do want to add, we shopped around for the best price on cremation and urns and this was the best price. We even reached out to some charities. The hospital will take pictures and I will get to hold her as well...