(20 weeks)

From: Lisa Cote
Sent:
Sunday, July 28, 2002 7:43 PM
To: KENCRYSS@aol.com
Subject: update

HI Everyone...,

 We went for another ultrasound on Wednesday and fluid had built back up so they had to do the amnio reduction again (another 2 liters).  The babies were very active, but it didn't look like they were sharing the blood flow any differently than before.  The doctors gave us the option of having laser surgery in Wisconsin,  but because our insurance doesn't cover it, and because it only raises the survival percentage by 5 percent, we will most likely just keep doing the amnio reduction thing.

 My next appointment is tomorrow morning at 8am - Shelley is taking me.  I have to go every 5 days or so so the fluid doesn't get a chance to build up too much.

 We want to extend our thanks to all of you that are thinking of us.  Your prayers and well wishes mean the world to us.  I Think the prayers for our boys are traveling around the world at this point.  We are so grateful to all of you.  We're doing our best to think positively, but we're pretty much at a stand still as far as preparing for the babies.  We're hesitant to look for a new van, or borrow cribs or anything until they arrive.  It would kill us to have everything ready and then not come home with any babies.  Oh, we named them Benjamin and Joshua.

 Keep praying.

 Love and Peace,

 Lisa Cote

(we would later learn, that our information regarding the insurance coverage and the survival percentage increase was NOT correct...)

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