pleadingmom

Here, here, it is no one's decission to make but first the lord above and second the parents, this is the parents choice. Alot of people had said to me, how do you do it, with the 3 kids all the appointments they have to go to, the business, your husband, I could never handle it, I would have gone insane by now. You just do it, you don't think about it, I couldn't imagine it any other way, I think I would be really board :wink2: And as far as them teaching us something, that is so true, my one daughter is blind, something that all of us take for granted, she will never see the beautiful christmas lights, nor the softly falling snow or a glitter is someone's eye, but she is the happiestkid out there, she does not care that she cannot see, she sees in her own way......so who's choice is it?

I have to jump in here, as a parent of 2 micro-preemies, I have to say that they are the light of our lives. YES it is very hard to raise a disbaled child and 1 with a severe learning disability, but I would not want it any other way. They called us in shortly after her PDA ligation and told us she was not going to make it through the night, she was extremely sick, there was no way that we were going to let her go that easy. we called in our priest, called my inlaws to bring us pillows and blankets and we spent the night at the hospital by her side praying and praying all night. In the morning a miracle happened, she slowly started to recover, and then it was uphill from there. See miracles do happen, and when you are emotionally attcahed you see that. I know clients who have had severly disabled children (not preemie) and were asked to let go, they never gave up, they were told they wwould never sit up or stand or walk, THEY PROVED THEM WRONG!!!!! Enough love and faith will get you through, no matter what the outcome, yes some people may not be able to handle that, but god works in mysterious ways, we are chosen for a reason. thanks for listening:rolleyes:

Hi all, my daughter had cerebral atrophy shortly after she was born, she just had a follow up CT done, and they said it was gone, it had corrected itself. From my understanding of atrophy, it is wasting away of the brain. Is it possible that this can happen? If it is that is great news!:blushkiss Thanks

Hi moorpark, good for you!! I think that's great, keep us informed as you go. I would be glad to tell you more, but do you have a year? LOL It's been a huge rollercoaster ride, and the nurses were not kidding when they told us that. Our first daughter had PDA ligation, perferated bowel, NEC, then a colostomy, collasped lung, pnemoneia (sp?), stage 1 ROP, RSV, septis, and I am sure there is more, it just has been such a long time. She stayed in Neo for 5 months, came home on New Years Day 1998. Our 3rd daughter had about the same minus the NEC and colostomy, after her PDA ligation she got very sick, they called us into the hospital to pay our last respects, we spent the night at the hospital by her side praying, and amazingly enough God answerd our prayers and she started to pull through the very next day. At 3 1/2 months she developed retinal hemhorraging, she has a few surgeries, but nothing worked. Today she has no light perception, and is very developmentally delayed to say the least. But she is an amazing little 4 year old, who light up the room, and touches everyone he meets, there is not one person who does not fall in love with her. Anyway, she was in Neo for a very long 7 1/2 months and came home around my husband's birthday in May 2002, Wow what a birthday present. And that's my story in a nut shell, thanks for your interest. Good luck in your courses.

I am not just interested in this topic, I am interested in any topic when it comes to my kids, does not matter what it is, could be school related, freind related or just if they are having a bad day. I know that there was heparin found in her blood, but I am sure that this did not cause her problems, I was just interested, not looking for legal advise.

Thanks for the info, what would happen if baby received to much?

What is heparin used for in preemies?

Hello everyone. I am new to the board, and had a hard time finding out how to post, but I figured it out. I am actually not a nurse as of the moment, but have been seriously thinking about it ever since my first daughter was born 9 years ago (did I say 9?). I will give you a little history without making it boring. Was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 23 weeks, and emerge c at 26 weeks. She was so perfect, a perfect 1lb 3oz baby girl, her nails were the size if pin heads, her skin so transparent I could see every organ in her body, but she was mine and I stayed by her side 24/7. Fortunatley I was able to do this because we are self employed, and I told my husband that she needed me more than the business. 5 long months passed, and being with her for that amount of time, I learned so much, her nurses were fab, they became part of my family. I had to learn alot of her care, because we thought we were taking her home with her colostomy, but luckily they put her back together (she is actually in the canadian med journal for the 1st Canadian baby to have "poop and scoop", I guess it worked! 2 years later I had another baby girl, no problems, she was a healthy 37wker 7lb 41/2oz. Had to get use to buying so many pairs of shoes, because she grew so fast. 2 years after that, 23 weeks pre-eclampsia, emerge c at 25 weeks, again another perfect baby girl 1lb 4 oz, same and usual problems no nec though. She was 3 1/2 months then she had retinal hemhoraging, she was in neo for 7 1/2 months, so today she is completely blind, but she is amazing. So long and short, that is why I am thinking of being in this feild, and I thought I would get some feed back from everyone. Is it worth it, especially getting into something new at 38 years old? Would you? thanks for your responses:lol2: