Help needed for baby Isabella and family!

in #blog6 years ago (edited)

My daughter was just barely 28 weeks pregnant when she developed severe preclampsia. For those of you who don't know it's a life threatening condition that can develop during pregnancy that causes swelling, high blood pressure and seizures among other things. When she was finally diagnosed with the condition her blood pressure was 183/107!

She was immediately sent to the hospital to try and get her blood pressure down and prevent her from seizing. Within 24 hours they were able to get her stable. The only "cure" for this condition is delivery of the baby.

Now obviously you'd like to not have to deliver your baby at 28 weeks so they kept her at the hospital and monitored her and the baby extremely close. The baby was starting to show signs of distress because of the condition. After 3 days it was clear that this babies only chance for survival was to be delivered 3 months early!

The doctors decided that they didn't feel the baby would tolerate a "normal" birth and she would have to have a C-section immediately! So my baby was whisked away into an operating room to try and save her baby...

A few hours later I was informed my newest grand daughter had made her appearance into the world! Isabella Rose...born 02/12/18 weighing 1lb 7.5oz. No, that is not a typo! She weighs less than a 16.9oz water bottle!
She is whisked away to the NICU while Mom, my daughter, is left to recover from surgery.

It was 24 hours before my daughter got to she her baby. Happy she was alive but feeling so helpless as a mom! Seeing her tiny body hooked up to all those machines was heartbreaking, and still is!

My daughter is on the mend and being released tomorrow, baby Isabella will be spending approximately the next 3 months in the NICU! We have great hopes that little Isabella will continue to grow and thrive with the great team of doctors and nurses she has!

The reason I'm telling you all this is because they need your help! The hospital is a 40 minute drive from their house, parking is $9/day, plus food while spending as much time there as possible to be with their baby!

With neither Mom or Dad being able to work right now and a 3 year old at home this is taking a HUGE financial toll on them! So I'm coming to the steemit community for help! Any donations big or small will be met with my deepest appreciation and theirs as well! Please upvote and resteem where possible!

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My daughter got to hold baby Isabella for the first time today! She's getting stronger everyday!

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Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity! Every little bit helps tremendously!

I will post more updates soon!

Thank you to everyone who has upvoted this post so far! We are truly grateful for any and all support we receive!

Baby Isabella is stable right now and getting great care from her doctors and nurses. My daughter was released today and of course is beside herself having to leave her baby behind!!

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