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My story begins last Sept. When we
found out I was pregnant. We were so
excited because I had a miscarriage
one year prior. We went for an
ultrasound to find out I was having
twins! At 12 weeks I began having
bleeding, so I was put on bedrest, 2
weeks later I was feeling pretty good,
but noticed at 17 weeks I was leaking
fluid, my doctor said it was just the
blood clot resolving, so I tried not
to worry, but had a bad feeling about
it. On my first level 2 ultrasound at
19 weeks we found out twin B was a boy
and twin A was ruptured. We were told
the baby would not live and baby B
would be lost too, because I would
probably deliver before they were
viable. I went for 2 more level 2
ultrasounds and was told the same
thing each time, no fluid, no lungs,
no baby. I was givin the options to
stop the entire pregnancy, stop baby
A's pregnancy or continue and see what
happened, well this was not for me to
decide, I felt it was God's decision,
so we continued on as long as we
could. I went for weekly doctor
appointments, to check for heartbeats,
positons of the babies and fluid
levels on baby A which never really
accumulated. On March 9 I began
having contractions, so I was sent to
a level 3 hospital, where they gave me
steroid shots and LOTS of fluid. 10
days later, baby A's cord prolapsed
and I found myself in an emergency c
section. I was put under general
anesthsia and woke up a few hours
later to find out baby A was a girl!
She weighed 1 pound 7 oz. and our
little boy weighed 1 pound 14 oz. And
the best news was, they were BOTH
alive! They both had surfactant
treatments, and were intubated. The
ventilator wasn't good enough so they
were both put on an oscilator for a
few weeks. The first month was very
touch and go with both of them. Evan
our little boy eventually took off and
was rleased from the hospital on a bit
of oxygen one week after his due date.
He is now over 8 pounds at 4 months (1
month corrected) Alison our little
girl has continued to fight for her
life every day and with many prayers,
she has FINALLY come off the
ventilator this past week. She now
weighs 7 pounds 1 oz. She was put on
nitric oxide, given 2 rounds of
dexmethesone, hydrocortisone,
diuretics, and a whole slew of other
drugs. She was scheduled to have a
tracheostomy this past Thursday, but
coughed out her tube 4 days before the
surgery was to take place. The
attending nurse noticed how pink she
became with the bag oxygen and
suggested they just try her on CPAP.
To everyone amazement she has done
unbelievable, the doctors and nurses
said "this just does not happen with
babies as sick as Alison", today they
began to cycle her on a nasal cannula
and did wonderfully! We hope to have
her home around labor day. It has
been a LONG wait and we have learned
our lesson in patience. This website
gave me a lot of support and hope and
with MANY prayers we have beat all
odds! I hope this story offers some
support and hope to others, Miracles
DO happen, just ask...
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