“I spent many a night convincing myself the diagnosis was wrong. I mean doctors mess up test results all the time, right? At first the guilt of knowing we passed on the gene for this condition was all-consuming. Even though we had no idea, we still blamed ourselves.”
‘Mommy am I going to get so sick that I die?’ These words tumbled from his lips, my heart broke into a million pieces. All I could do was hold him close as tears ran down my face.’
‘It was the call! I ran into my sister’s room, swung the door open. I was joyfully yelling, ‘I got the call, I got the call!’ She thought there was a fire. ‘Whats going on?!?’
“I had no idea what day it was, or what had happened. My throat was sore and dry. I hadn’t moved at all once I woke up. Everything was dim and looked blurry. I could hear someone near approach. I managed to get out a croaky, ‘Did I get them?’”
‘He wasn’t going to make it. The nurse placed her hand over my back. I shrieked. She knew what I knew.’: Woman surprised with pregnancy after husband’s death
“On our wedding day, by the end of the night, he was drained. The morning after, he slept in late because he was so exhausted. The night we celebrated his life, I took a pregnancy test. It was positive. It felt like a complete surprise, until I went for the ultrasound. My heart skipped a beat. July 27th was the due date. Jesse’s birthday.”
