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MRSA and 28 weeks.....while on bedrest.

tatyandchaise
  • By tatyandchaise · Posted yesterday at 11:39 pm
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  • I was first diagnosed with MRSA in October; I had one large sore on my right leg. I had surgery in September and the doctor told me that is most likely where the MRSA came from. I had four sores on my ...

Parents with babies that have a cardiac condition and or cardiac surgery

CReynoso
  • By CReynoso · Posted yesterday at 8:29 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 1 reply
  • Hi! I've been asked by a well known publishing company to write a book about my daughter, her journey but most imortantly her cardiac condition and sugery. It will be a handbook for parents who have to ...

Callie's Surgery

Kanani
  • By Kanani · Posted yesterday at 8:01 pm
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
  • Tomorrow (Jan 9th) is Callie's scheduled surgery date. We are headed in at 7:30 to get everything ready. I still know mentally that this is an easy thing compared to others on here but if you could please ...

Did your ROP baby need glasses?

drakesmom
  • By drakesmom · Posted yesterday at 7:15 pm
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 1 reply
  • My son had successful ROP surgery when he was around 35 weeks gestation. His first follow up was normal but at his next appt only a month later he had some nearsightedness (-4.00) in both eyes. I was ...

18 month old with strange gait

drakesmom
  • By drakesmom · Posted yesterday at 6:59 pm
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 2 replies
  • I have a former 24 weeker who turned 18 months on 12/27 he will be 15 months adj on 1/11. I will give some history first. He started receiving PT when he was about 6 months old. When he started working ...

Arin is off of the vent and off all pain meds

Avagrandma
  • By Avagrandma · Posted yesterday at 6:47 pm
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Today is the first day Arin is not on pain meds. The nurse says that he is now very active again. My DIL asked me a question I could not answer, "how can Arin poop when he has had nothing to eat?" He ...

25 Weeks feels like a miracle!

tfuller4
  • By tfuller4 · Posted yesterday at 3:13 pm
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • So yesterday we crossed over into 25 weeks of pregnancy! I have to say it felt good. Getting past 24 weeks was amazing as well considering that is where we lost Kaylee! Our last appointment was on the ...

Your stories please!!

3miraclepreemies
  • By 3miraclepreemies · Posted yesterday at 2:36 pm
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  • Hi all! I am in the process of putting together a website, www.precious-preemies.com. For now only the home-page is complete, but I will be adding to it every day! I will be publishing a free newsletter ...

Kidney stones!!!!!!

JuliasMomma
  • By JuliasMomma · Posted yesterday at 9:06 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 2 replies
  • Julia is a former 27 weeker. Her actual age is 5 months, her adjusted age is 2 months. We just found out she has kidney stones!!! Anyone else have experience with this? I can look up the medical info ...

how many teeth???

brneyedgrl827
  • By brneyedgrl827 · Posted yesterday at 5:38 am
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 2 replies
  • i realize that babies develop at different rates and that preemies are often delayed...even when comes to teeth... but my daughter is almost 20 months (actual) and STILL ONLY HAS 8 TEETH! is this unheard ...

When did your preemie start walking?

gibmum
  • By gibmum · Posted yesterday at 5:00 am
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 8 replies
  • Hiya. im the mum of a 29 weeker boy. He is now 13.5 months old 11 months corrected and although i know it is still soon for him to walk was wondering roughly at what age he would start walking? He can ...

Positive test for Down syndrome

MommyJT
  • By MommyJT · Posted yesterday at 4:46 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 8 replies
  • I am 28 years old and 4 months pregnant. My doctor just called and said my blood test aka screening came back positive for down syndrome. They are now referring me to do an amnio, which I am against because ...

Pulse Oximeter For Sale

melbry
  • By melbry · Posted yesterday at 2:03 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
  • We no longer need the pulse oximeter (Masimo Signal Extraction Pulse Oximeter) that we used with our micro-preemie. We are selling it for a reasonable price. If your interested, please email melbryevans@msn.com ...

Jax will have his reconnection in a few weeks!

kimmym91
  • By kimmym91 · Posted yesterday at 1:26 am
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 9 replies
  • So the original plan was to have Jax's reconnection surgery after RSV season (he had his last resection/ostomy in Sept and began eating Oct 1st). However, we had an appt with GI and Ped Surg today and ...

Help with 2 yr old with CP

twinsmama
  • By twinsmama · Posted yesterday at 12:42 am
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 6 replies
  • Hi! How do/did you get your 2 yr old to wear their AFOs? Maile was wearing hers most of the night about mo ago. Then, she learned how to undo the velcro and remove her socks so she could get out of them ...

turning head to the left mostly

majak
  • By majak · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in Help desk · 20 replies
  • hi my son tend to turn his had do the left mostly even in the TT he is more in the left ,he does turn right but not as often,I try to position him differently but he prefer this one side,are there any ...

Henry (5 month) 4 m/adj. hates tummy time! =(

Henrys_Mommy
  • By Henrys_Mommy · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in Help desk · 5 replies
  • Bottom line - Little Henry hates tummy time. He just arches back and grunts and cries when we put him on his tummy on the floor. He doesn't mind at all doing it on Mommies tummy. You know tummy to tummy ...

delay in speech

deep
  • By deep · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in Help desk · 3 replies
  • my doughter is now 2 & half year old, she is behind in several areas, her milestones are all delayed , she is not trying to speech single word, her speech theropist says she is behind almost 1 year, she ...

Duocal

mickeymom
  • By mickeymom · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in Growing up and education · 3 replies
  • Have you used Duocal to supplement calories for your child? My son is a little over 8 months adjusted and is a difficult feeder. One of the suggestions we got was to add Duocal to his milk to increase ...

Early Intervention Brush-Off

Twoearly
  • By Twoearly · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 10 replies
  • Our boy-girl twins were born at 29 weeks and are now almost 21 months actual (18 months adjusted as of Jan. 7). At their last check-up in October, the pediatrician asked if they were being followed by ...

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