Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Autopsy
I have been waiting patiently for the past 7 weeks for the day that Liam's autopsy results were ready. It figures that when I finally get the call I am at work and can't talk long. In the short time I did have to talk to our Perinatologist he told me that the autopsy didn't show anything other than that there was excess blood in the liver. He said this doesn't raise any concern though since this tends to happen a lot when there has been aggressive CPR done. I guess I knew from the start that there was only a small chance of anything significant even being found. Before the autopsy we were even told that nothing is found in about 60% of cases. For the past several weeks I just kept praying I would get an answer. Not that I wanted to blame someone or even myself for his death but at least I would have an answer.
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Having an answer helps sometimes... but knowing that there is nothing that may recur in future pregnancies is good too. I still dwell over Gabrielle's autopsy at times. Thinking of you on this difficult day xoxo
ReplyDeleteHaving the answer certainly helped me. It brought me some closure. I'm sorry you didn't get the answers you wanted. Keeping you in my thoughts...
ReplyDeletethinking about you today too. Hope everything is going okay with your hubby away (how long does he go for?)
ReplyDeletenormally he works 3 weeks on and then gets 3 weeks off, but right now he is only working a week, and then 2 weeks just to ease back into it, which is good for me because I don't think I could handle 3 weeks alone right now.
ReplyDeleteI got no answers, either. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing, still. I just want to know that I won't go through this again. Andrew will be forever missed and I'll forever grieve, but I want to know I've done all I could to prevent similar situations. :(
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