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Everyday and every decision we make is really just a roll of the dice. We can prepare to the best of our abilities but there are greater forces at work. Basically we are all along for the ride. Nothing bears more insight into this, than the conception, pregnancy and birth of a child. For over two years my husband and I tried to have a child. We prepared, to the best of our ability, for the conception of a child. Try after try and month after month, we were unsuccessful. Finally after a health crisis of both a mental and physical nature I came to terms with the fact that we may never have children. And that would have to be OK in order for me and we to be OK. Not too long after that I had the pleasant surprise of a positive pregnancy test, 7 years to the day of my grandmother's death.
What followed was a roller coaster ridden in many different ways by many different women. My coaster took me to the threat of miscarriage with bleeding during the first trimester. Then the realization of a birth defect. When at 20 weeks cysts were discovered on my son's right kidney. Many trips to maternal fetal only confirmed the obvious, but never produced much peace of mind.
At 36 weeks my beautiful boy was delivered by c-section. After one ultrasound, then another, then a VCUG, then a renal scan. It was determined that my son's right kidney had no function and his left kidney was slow to function. The doctors assure us that one healthy kidney is enough to live and live well. This is proven over and over again by people who live long full lives without even realizing they only have one kidney, and folks who are selfless enough to donate one of theirs.
Looking at our son, you'd never know there were any issues with his kidneys. He looks like most children his age. Growing, meeting milestones, giggling, fussing, doing all the baby things. Doing them on one kidney just fine.
Here is our journey, my husband and I and our son. We are new parents. We are scared sometimes. We are amazed too, almost everyday.
We rolled the dice and here he is. It is our job to do the best we can, everyday. He deserves no less.