According to our Cincy docs, the surgery was a success! All signs from Monday’s echo and ultrasound currently point to recovery for the boys, including improved readings for Gabriel’s heart, good Doppler readings for both babies, and more fluid in Zeke’s sac. Things seem to be evening out between the twins and the adverse effects of their previously critical state seem to be reversing. I’ll be getting weekly ultrasounds and occasional echos here at home to make sure all these trends continue, but we feel confident that the lasering of my placenta’s 39 faulty vascular connections has stopped the progression of TTTS … and just in the knick of time. Since equilibrium has hopefully been achieved, Gabriel and Zeke are on the road to better health and growth in the womb. Now all we have to do is keep them cooking in there for as long as possible. Thank God to all of you for your well wishes and prayers, and to the brilliant and caring surgeons at the Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati!

We hit the road after getting the good news yesterday afternoon, spent the night in West Virginia, and arrived home this morning. Stephen and I freaked out when we saw Houston. He was a tad apprehensive at first, probably due to my dramatic tears of joy, but quickly decided that we were cool enough to be hugged and loved. We were really getting homesick our last couple of days in Ohio, so being reunited with our happy boy for even just one day has already eased the anxiety, stress and tension we have built up over the past week and two days. This, together with the great surgery prognosis, is fueling us for what we know will be the challenging weeks and months ahead of us. Thank God we have such a loving and inspirational son, and we pray that God chooses to bless us with two more beautiful boys.