At the routine 20 week ultrasound, my son Zackery, was not cooperating so they ordered one for the 28th week. The doctor came in and said that the right arm looked like it was winged and that we needed to go for a 4D ultrasound. At 31 weeks we had it done and found out that not only was his right arm was not normal, but he also had heart problems and was small in size. There was also a blockage in the umbilical cord. We started going for ultrasounds twice a week to check the umbilical cord, and started doing any test we could to see what syndrome he had. All the test come back normal.
But at an ultrasound at the 36th week, we found out that there was barely any flow through the umbilical cord, so they sent me straight to the hospital so they could induce. Zackery was born September 28th. He sounded like a kitten meowing when he cried and he had a head full of hair. He was only 3 lbs 15 oz. They took him to up to NICU for evaluation. Later that day the geneticist came into my hospital room and said [...] continue the story
