Prayers Please for jschiltz and wife
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DaylilyDawn
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Jason,
My oldest son only weighed 3lbs 7 1/2 ozs when he was born in 1976. He was born with two birth defects and kidney diisease. He was a premmie by weight not by time. He was not born early. His due date was May 15 and he was born on May 7. He is now almost 31 years old. He is small and underweight for his age but that is due to the kidney disease. In Sept 2000 he had to have a kidney transplant and it was very successsful. So do not think that being preemie will be a problem.
My oldest son only weighed 3lbs 7 1/2 ozs when he was born in 1976. He was born with two birth defects and kidney diisease. He was a premmie by weight not by time. He was not born early. His due date was May 15 and he was born on May 7. He is now almost 31 years old. He is small and underweight for his age but that is due to the kidney disease. In Sept 2000 he had to have a kidney transplant and it was very successsful. So do not think that being preemie will be a problem.
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We met with a Doctor this AM who gave us an update on Jenny & our baby. She went through our chart and gave us, probably, the most information we have received so far. I have started a journal so I'm just going to copy the Dr's information below as I jotted it down:
At about 10AM Dr. Mildred Ramirez came-in to give us an update.
I finally, finally got some of the statistics that I had been wanting:
In the chart, when we came in, we were given a >50% of survival.
On 1/2/06, baby Caleb weighed ~766 Grams. He has gained ~80grams and is now at ~840 grams (+/- 10%)
Now, he has a ~70% chance of survival
The chances of RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) are ~80%. This is common in most preemies and most babies improve over time.
The chances of a severe brain hemorrhage (grade 3-4) is ~15% (this is the major complication we want to avoid, along with a severe infection)
The chances of ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) is ~<5%
At 28 weeks, the chances or survival increase to ~90% and RDS drops to ~70%
Due to our initial condition (pprom), he has a higher risk for the PDA (posterior descending artery) not closing but this is almost always corrected without complication.
In future pregnancies, we have a ~30% chance of this happening again and Jenny will be monitored as a high-risk pregnancy, likely undergoing Progesterone injections, etc. Dr. said since Jenny did not deliver within 48-hours or 1-week, most likely her pprom was not caused by an infection, but instead some other unknown reason. Since we have made it past the first week, we have a decent chance of going another 2-4 weeks.
Since there is so little amniotic fluid now, the baby has a <20% chance of turning, therefore a C-section will be likely. This also means all future deliveries will be via C-section.
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Otherwise, no major changes. Today's monitor looked-good and still no contractions.
Dr. Ramirez also told us to mentally prepare for the NICU phase. She said it will be very stressful, we may get calls at all-hours, and it will be a two-step forward, one-step back process for weeks or months. She said “I shouldn’t say this but I’m going to tell you anyway. Be prepared for complications. Your baby will get infections, etc.; he will have hurdles to cross.”
At about 10AM Dr. Mildred Ramirez came-in to give us an update.
I finally, finally got some of the statistics that I had been wanting:
In the chart, when we came in, we were given a >50% of survival.
On 1/2/06, baby Caleb weighed ~766 Grams. He has gained ~80grams and is now at ~840 grams (+/- 10%)
Now, he has a ~70% chance of survival
The chances of RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) are ~80%. This is common in most preemies and most babies improve over time.
The chances of a severe brain hemorrhage (grade 3-4) is ~15% (this is the major complication we want to avoid, along with a severe infection)
The chances of ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) is ~<5%
At 28 weeks, the chances or survival increase to ~90% and RDS drops to ~70%
Due to our initial condition (pprom), he has a higher risk for the PDA (posterior descending artery) not closing but this is almost always corrected without complication.
In future pregnancies, we have a ~30% chance of this happening again and Jenny will be monitored as a high-risk pregnancy, likely undergoing Progesterone injections, etc. Dr. said since Jenny did not deliver within 48-hours or 1-week, most likely her pprom was not caused by an infection, but instead some other unknown reason. Since we have made it past the first week, we have a decent chance of going another 2-4 weeks.
Since there is so little amniotic fluid now, the baby has a <20% chance of turning, therefore a C-section will be likely. This also means all future deliveries will be via C-section.
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Otherwise, no major changes. Today's monitor looked-good and still no contractions.
Dr. Ramirez also told us to mentally prepare for the NICU phase. She said it will be very stressful, we may get calls at all-hours, and it will be a two-step forward, one-step back process for weeks or months. She said “I shouldn’t say this but I’m going to tell you anyway. Be prepared for complications. Your baby will get infections, etc.; he will have hurdles to cross.”
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Gosh, my heart really goes out to y'all. I know this is really stressful, but I truly believe that God will watch over your little one and he will be ok. Hang in there and please tell Jenny that your s2k friends are praying for her and Caleb. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask.
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