We had a “second opinion” earlier this week. And while the Doctor at Cornell was imprecise in her explanation of what was wrong, the actual diagnosis has an identical prognosis.
As it turns out Joey has a condition called EXencephaly as opposed to ANencephaly, which despite the subtle differences, is essentially the same condition.
She was still spinning around, waving her hands in the air. But the “something odd” I thought I saw turned out to be “Floating Neural Matter” (which is how Dr. Miller at the ultrasound described it.)
We are soldiering on. Jenelle is convinced she will carry to term so we are continuing with the prenatal appointments. Next month we’ll be finding out officially if Joey is the diminutive of Josephine or Joseph.
Until then, please keep Jenelle and Joey in your thoughts and prayers.