I have some very sad news.
As I have mentioned in this blog, our triplets were identical twins and a singleton. The identical twins share a placenta, so we were always at risk of a major complication called Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (“TTTS”), which is where one twin takes more blood than the other, leading to an imbalance in amniotic fluid. It happens in about 10-15% of twins of this particular type. It is a very mysterious disease that can show up randomly and suddenly. The prognosis for this disease is never good.
On Friday morning, our doctors discovered that the twins had suddently developed TTTS. Our doctor immediately sent us to specialized surgeons in Houston to see if there was anything we could do for the twins,. We flew in yesterday afternoon and went in today. However, the Houston specialists discovered that the twins had already died. We can't second-guess ourselves because there was not enough fluid around the recipient baby to do the surgery in the first place. Even if we had flown down Saturday, the result would have been the same.
The redeeming news is that our singleton is doing great. He is thriving and the doctors expect him to go close to, if not all the way to, full term. In fact, if we had chosen to do highly invasive surgery to try to save the twins, there was a good chance that invasive surgery would have taken the life of the singleton too. In a strange, guilty way, we are thankful that God made that impossible decision for us. So, while we are devastated that we lost two children today, we are also so thankful that our singleton is going to be okay.
This will be my last blog post. Thanks so much for all that followed this blog. I hope to report in the future the birth of single healthy, baby boy.
Kara
