Baby Clarkson #3 update

Just realized I was much overdue for an update about our sweet baby #3. We've learned a lot about her over these past few months and weeks, and there's still a lot for us to learn. One, maybe you heard, or noticed from the usage of the pronoun in the previous sentence, we're expecting a little girl (!) around February 12th. We are so excited to meet her and bless her with a wonderful name (no/little progress on that one, Eden and Isaaq should be grateful they even have names and that we're still not deciding their's).
A few weeks ago we heard some wonderful news from our perinatologist that was later confirmed by our pediatric cardiologist- our daughter's heart has been healed! The Lord had healed her three heart defects- the mitral valve dysplacia, the ventricular septal defect, and the interrupted aortic arch. Our pediatric cardiologist just about fell off his chair when he started the ultrasound scan. At our previous appointment, 4 weeks prior, he'd spent an hour trying to get his eyes on her aortic arch, with no luck. From no matter what angle he looked at, there was a shadow over the aortic arch. And then, here we were, he'd no more than just placed the ultrasound wand on my abdomen, and a complete view of a perfectly formed aortic arch blared across the screen. The doc went on to say that her other two heart defects seemed to have been healed as well. You always hear about miracles, and pray for them to happen, hope that they will, all the while knowing that His ways are higher than ours. I was so grateful that He'd healed our sweet daughter's heart. And I love that nothing else, but Him above can have the glory for it. Thank you Jesus.
It was also at our appointment earlier that morning with our perinatologist that we learned some sad news, the water/fluid in our daughter's brain had increased considerably from our previous appointment. Because of the amount of fluid on her brain they were unable to see what was actually causing it, but are wondering if it is something more severe than an agenesis of the corpus callosum. Because of the nature and limitations of ultrasounds, it's very possible that we might not be able to find out much about the situation of her brain until she is born.  Papa Clarkson and I walked out of our appointment joyous at the incredible healing of our daughter's heart with our hearts bent in prayer for her brain.
What a story this little one will have to tell! What a story we already have about her! What a story we have about Him above because of her! Obviously, neither Papa Clarkson or myself had anticipated we'd be walking this difficult road, but He hasn't left us alone. Indeed, we've felt His presence in perhaps more profound ways than we'd ever before imagined. How grateful I am, that in all of the mess of this world, a world that seems to get messier and more confused by the minute, He has not left us alone, but came down to us, to dwell with us, that we might dwell with Him forever. Merry Christmas indeed.