Well I did start this blog with good intentions...a year and a half ago! Unfortunately, the progress stopped as quickly as it started. I have even better intentions this time! I hope the blog will help keep all our friends and family informed in the near future when Cole arrives.
For those that don't know our story, Neil and I are expecting our third child sometime in the next two weeks. I am currently 34wks 5days pregnant with a baby boy, Cole Benton Pillow. We are blessed with two other children, Hayden 6yo and Leah 3yo. When I was 18wks pregnant, we went for the exciting appointment to find out the sex of the baby. We quickly found we were having a boy, which Hayden had been praying for! (so much so that he had convinced his baby sister that she too wanted a boy!) Shortly after the exciting news, we were told the baby had fetal hydrocephalus which is severe when able to diagnose so early in pregnancy. His head already measured 3weeks ahead with enlarged ventricles. We were heart broken as we heard all of this, but the Lord has brought us to an amazing place in the 3 1/2 months since. He has truly begun a miracle in our hearts as we have grown to love and anticipate Cole just as he is... perfectly created by God Himself. We have been surrounded with the hands of Jesus through our family, church, and friends who have loved and prayed for us the whole way.
Since the original diagnosis, the fluid in Cole's head has continued to increase as the doctors would expect. The long term outcome is very vague as there is little anyone can tell us for certain at this point. With this uncertainty, Neil and I have learned a DAILY dependence on the Lord we have never known before! We go back to the doctor on Feb. 7th for an ultrasound and hope to have a delivery date set! As with any pregnancy, you become anxious in the end I know...this time I feel even more so. We are ready for Cole to arrive and get the care that he needs...in God's perfect timing! Praying for our patience!
