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Pesky blood vessels!
Great news! I just left the OR with Dr. Walker and the entire Doctor Posse TM . He discovered a few problems that they were able to address right away. As is common with my family we are all stingy SOB's and we can't just leave well enough alone. Well...

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Roller Coaster Ride
Damn. I'm just spent. We did another ultrasound this morning and the results were interesting. Dr Walker and the entire Doctor Posse (yet another doctor has been added to the group) evaluated Emma this morning. Status is basically the same. Everyone is...

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And.......we wait
In an anti-climatic turn of events, we have what's referred to in gambling terms as a " push ". The doctors had prepared us for possibly 2 different surgeries today, but after they evaluated Emma, they decided to do nothing. This is sorta good news and...

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Laser Photocoagulation Video
Here's the video of Ella and Emma, better known as Dr. Martin Walker performs Laser Photocoagulation of Communicating Vessels upon Ellen's womb. It is embedded as YouTube video below, if you can't see the video follow the other links at the bottom. It...

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Another hurdle successfully leaped
Ellen and I stayed at the hospital last night. We are exhausted, both physically and mentally. We both had pretty erratic sleep since we were both worried about our Ella and Emma. We went in for the ultrasound at 8am, and the doctor immediately went looking...

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Out of the OR, things look good!
I just left the OR. Dr. Walker is a rock star. He did a really amazing job with Ellen, Emma and Ella. I'm currently in the waiting room talking to Ellen's mom, Joan. The procedure was fascinating. Dr. Walker went in to Ellen's womb with a super tiny camera...

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TTTS Stage 2
Ellen and her mom visited the doctor today for an ultrasound checkup. Dr. Peter Wall along with Dr. Martin Walker (the well regarded expert on TTTS) reviewed the ultrasounds and determined that Ellen has slipped into TTTS stage 2. I heard that and I felt...

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