Baby was immediately taken to a state if the art NICU and had a whole team of specialists. Still has a 0.5 chance of not having brain damage when she grows up.
This is an absolutely amazing thing. But the tweet makes it seem. Like he just st with the baby and rubbed her chest. Not that she was being treated with the best equipment and by the best people.
144And as you said: it's pretty likely that children like this have developmental and/or behavioral issues.
This life-at-any-cost approach might be understandable for the individual parent/relative, but it's not exactly the best approach if you're a bit more detached and less emotional.
35Considering the baby is probably in her 20s by now, probably less equipment then, but you make a good point.
It's also a little like people giving God the credit when it's Humans and Science and Medical Intervention that performed the miracle.
26For the Americans who don't understand the severity. 450 grams is less than 1 pound.
13Hardly even a meal.
6How much is a baby unlikely to survive? I looked up as you did thr conversion of grams to pounds and then looked up normal newborn weight... and it says less than 5 pounds is unhealthy, but not so fatal but won't say how much is 50 50 of survival? And how much is a 99 percent chance? But I can wager a guess that less than a pound when 5 and a half pounds is dangerous must be... incredible.
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I had someone come into one of my classes who worked in an NICU come in to talk about it and showed us a picture of the usual state of the room for a baby like this.
Imagine this but 10 times more machines and wires. The picture she showed was just a sea.
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Doctors gave my parents a choice to let my neonatal sibling die naturally. I grew up with them, loved them, and never wanted anything but the best life for them and my family.
If a doctor gives you a choice you should take it. It isn't a happy life for them, the people they should care about, or broader society.
28I can only imagine how hard this may be to talk about.
I ask this question to get clarification and not make you relive a hardship in any way. So please just respond with "no thanks" if its to hard to give more details or just ignore completely.
Your comment was a little confusing to me. Can you expand on it a little so I can understand. Was your comment that it was not a happy life meant that its not a perfect life for those who are born in that situation but they find true joy and bring light to those around then from your experience? Or more give them a shot and they will show you how far they can go because they are determined to show you what the hell they are made of.
I ask this not as an outsider but as a friend who has seen a few extremes in this real including my cousin.
9It's fine, ask away. It's important people think through long term implications so I'm happy to answer.
Such babies stand very low chances of living healthy normal lives. In my sibling's case they didn't live a happy or comfortable life, they precldued my other siblings and I from valuable childhood experiences, strained my parents' marriage, and were a huge burden on taxpayers and society. There were some good moments but truthfully they never brought anyone any real happiness and no one ever honestly wanted them to be around.
It's natural to want to cling on to those you love hoping the best for them, especially for mothers. My strong opinion is all things considered the kindest thing for everyone's long term wellbeing is to be strong and let them go.
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Perhaps the consultant was wrong if she was only a 6yo?
23Ah, the old switcharoo.
6Hold my ballet slippers, I'm going in!
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Oooollllllld meme
13Probably should have just called an RT to take care of her. But you do you I guess.
12"Trust no one."
- My program director
3RT
Maybe they didn't have the massive financial expenditure it takes to pay for 48 hours of ongoing respiratory therapy
2The US in a nutshell
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It's too soon to say whether it not it was a waste of time.
-4She got to dance ballet! It was worth it you PoS!
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