Posted on 02/17/2016 2:25:47 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Brittani and Ian McIntire didn't plan on having any more children, but their six-week sonogram revealed that the Kansas couple was expecting twins: Mason and Madilyn.
But each successive appointment just delivered more and more bad news: Mason has a hole in his heart and an abnormal brain, and his growth development is already proceeding much slower than it should.
"He's only weighing nine ounces and his sister is over two pounds," Brittani told FOX8. "His only chance of survival would be heart surgery but they wouldn't do heart surgery because of his brain."
Tuesday, there was a brief glimmer of hope, though: "We didn't really see much, she said there's his hand and there's her hand and it looks like they're holding hands," Brittani said. Sure enough, the couple's most recent sonogram appears to show Mason's much smaller hand wrapped around his sister's finger.
"We know we have a piece of them together that will last forever... and it's special to have," Ian told FOX8.
"It's just nice with everything going on... I know I'm holding him, I'm carrying him but I just want to be there for him," Brittani added. "She's the only one who can actually be there and is holding onto him... so it's comforting to know that if he does pass, he won't be alone."
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Nice story, but not possible. Fraternal twins don’t share an amniotic sack. They bump and kick one another, but they can’t ‘hold hands’.
God is wonderful.
They are just globs of tissue!
Do I really need to put a sarcasm indicator?
A heartfelt reminder of what is at stake in the upcoming election.
All the best—GGG
Thanks. I tried to post this, but it wouldn’t let me.
Fraternal Paternal...Did we see the same article.I cant seem to find that reference
Actually, someone else forwarded it to me, and I was so touched by the story I decided to post it.
As tender as this story is, Marie is correct. Boy/girl twins are fraternal, and they do not share amniotic sacs. Only very rare sets of identical twins do, and it’s a high risk situation. I am sure they could get very close, as the image shows, and I do see how that would comfort the family and friends of these dear, precious babies.
Dang, I wish my computer stop acting up. Again my monitor is blurry.
They have to be fraternal if they are different sexes.
wOW!
what image
No photo.
Tuesday, there was a brief glimmer of hope, though: “We didn’t really see much, she said there’s his hand and there’s her hand and it looks like they’re holding hands,” Brittani said. Sure enough, the couple’s most recent sonogram appears to show Mason’s much smaller hand wrapped around his sister’s finger.
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Seems to be what she said.... “it looks like, appears to show”
Just from the article!
No proof of F or P in this story.
Show me the pics.
disclaimer:I am a Fraternal
Too bad your parents had “just globs of tissue” that lived.
I’m 100% Pro-Life. The second sentence of my post even mentioned that I was being extremely sarcastic.
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