Elizabeth Hope Sorensen

Yesterday we had our follow up appointment with the Dr.'s. The prognosis is still the same, they did another quick ultra sound and she still has a lot of fluid inside of her body. When they checked her heart rate it was pretty high which is a good indicator that she is going into heart failure. Once the initial shock of what the doctors tell you, you kinda go numb to anything else they have to say. We were given two options, either terminate the pregnancy now, or we can wait it out and just let her go on her own. We chose to let her go on her own, as long as she wants to keep fighting to live we are going to let her. We asked the doctors that if by some small chance she made it to delivery if should would live for awhile outside of me, and the answer was no. Her body would not be able to survive without me. She could leave us at any time and with the way the doctors are acting it seems like it is going to happen pretty soon.

We have decided on a name for her, Elizabeth Hope Sorensen. Some people may think that we are crazy naming a baby that we know we are going to lose, but it makes us feel better. We don't know if we will get to bury her or not. We are unsure of the laws for this state and what they require. I can also feel her moving which is a very bittersweet experience. She has already blessed our lives and she has made us realize how grateful we are for the things that we have.