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I’d love to tell you that we were in the hospital for three short, painfully glorious days full of fragrant flowers, pictures, visitors, and so, but our stay was much different. Sure, there were laughs, lifelong friendships were made, and many, many pictures were taken, except what we faced, what she endured, is unimaginable to most. Continue reading
All images © 2014 Portraits of Grace Photography, Maternity Session
A Mother’s Letter
To my dearest Savannah,
For every breath you take, I breathe love into you… Continue reading
April 3, 2014
Today we celebrate one small miracle in Savannah Hope’s Journey. Today is our two-week benchmark for no resuscitation. Moving forward, if she’s born while the balloon is still in-place, they will make every heroic effort to save her life. Today is the most important day to date since her tracheal occlusion surgery. Continue reading
March 25, 2014
We arrived at UCSF Fetal Treatment Center at 8:30 am on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Today was the day. Today we undergo balloon tracheal occlusion surgery. According to UCSF doctors, this is a last measure for extreme CDH cases and for us, a chance at life. Continue reading
March 17, 2013
We arrived at UCSF Fetal Treatment Center on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am. Today was such an important day for us. After receiving the life-threatening diagnosis from our ultrasound, we didn’t really have a lot of answers—mostly questions. We knew the LHR, lung-to-head ratio was the most important factor in determining her current condition. Ideally, we didn’t want to be a candidate, but we wanted a second opinion. Continue reading
I’m beginning to share Savannah Hope’s Journey through our recent in utero diagnosis. It all begins when a routine ultrasound takes a dramatic turn. Continue reading