I thought this was amazing. 21wks and 6days gestation and this little baby survived and is going home from the hospital with Mama...No longer than a ballpoint pen. Now THAT'S a miracle!
Jan
Edit to say, the baby stayed in the hospital for 4 months before being released...
My grandbabies are doing well, Lily just turned 4 and the twins will be 2yrs in a couple of weeks. 3 girls...they were all over here today...I wish I had some of that energy lol...No way I can keep up! How are you doing Grandma? You have a new grandbaby coming soon right? Boy or girl?
Hello there KeeKee :) These teeny tiny feet...I just can't get over it...
Wow...you had your hands full today. I dont' think anyone other than kids have that kind of energy. I can't wait! I have Kyler who's 4 and then the baby is due on the 16th of Sept. A way to go....You are so lucky to have yours as much as you do. Mine live far away...boohoo. That's ok though, spoil em rotten when they are around.
I'm so happy the baby is well and coming home. Born weighing less than a pound? How long was the baby in the NICU? How much did the baby weigh when she came home? And everythings ok? Thank God. I developed severe pre-eclampsia when I was pregnant with twin girls. I could only carry them for 30 weeks and 1 day. Shelby weighed 2.12 lbs & Courtney weighed 2.3 lb. Shelby came home after about 5 weeks in the NICU weighing approx 4 lbs. Courtney developed a disease called necrotizing endrocolitis, and it was bad, all her organs were adversly affected by the food they had to feed her thru a central line. It nourished her but badly affected her liver. She had to be on a ventallitor just to breathe for a while bu that caused hardening of her lungs. The hardening of the lungs affected her heart which became enlarged. She spent her whole life - 5 months, 6 days - at Texas Childrens hospital. We lost her after 5 months and 6 days. So what you have there is a mircle! Thank God my other daughter Shelby was ok. Losing a child takes you down though, it's aginst nature, it is the worst. I had to handle everything since my husband (EX) couldn't deal with her being in the hospital. It wasn't too long after losing Courtney that I picked the opiates back up. I was in so much pain, that I tried to block it in any was I could. The pain would just hit me in endless waves, and I couldn't handle the pain, I ran to what I knew best even after 8 years of sobriety & clean. I felt like I was being kicked in the chest continually. I couldn't catch my breathj, the ground no longer felt solid beneath my feet. A part of me died then too. And I could numb the rest with opiates. I'm so happy the baby's ok, 21 weeks is very young.
You are an amazing woman. It must have taken a lot to share about your loss of little Courtney. You have suffered a tremendously, I am so sorry. But I must say that I do admire you. You are fighting for your life, you are not giving up. Please know that you are in my prayers as are both Courtney and Shelby. God Bless you and your family and thanks for sharing with us
The full story of Amilla follows below...
A premature baby that doctors say spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant is to be released from a Florida hospital Tuesday. Amillia Sonja Taylor was just 9 1/2 inches long and weighed less than 10 ounces when she was born Oct. 24. She was delivered 21 weeks and six days after conception. Full-term births come after 37 to 40 weeks.
"We weren't too optimistic," Dr. William Smalling said Monday. "But she proved us all wrong."
Neonatologists who cared for Amillia say she is the first baby known to survive after a gestation period of fewer than 23 weeks. A database run by the University of Iowa's Department of Pediatrics lists seven babies born at 23 weeks between 1994 and 2003.
Amillia has experienced respiratory problems, a very mild brain hemorrhage and some digestive problems, but none of the health concerns are expected to pose long-term problems, her doctors said.
"We can deal with lungs and things like that but, of course, the brain is the most important," Dr. Paul Fassbach said Monday. "But her prognosis is excellent."
Amillia has been in an incubator since birth and has been receiving oxygen. She will continue getting a small amount of oxygen, and her breathing will be monitored once she leaves Baptist Children's Hospital. She now is between 25 and 26 inches long and weighs 4 1/2 pounds.
"She's going to be in a normal crib, she's going to have normal feedings, she's taking all her feedings from a bottle," Smalling said.
Amillia is the first child for Eddie and Sonja Taylor of Homestead. She was conceived by in vitro fertilization, which made it possible to pinpoint her exact time in the womb, and was delivered by Caesarean section.
Lily...that brought tears to my eyes! What a miracle...I have endured two rounds of invitro and I can only imagine the joy that that couple feel for there little miracle!
Losing a child takes you down though, it's aginst nature, it is the worst
Lola,
I agree and I'm so sorry for your loss. It must hurt every day. I don't think anyone ever gets over that, but I hope someday you can carry the memory with less pain.
