Joke of the day. (Was not started to make fun of anyone)

[Admiral]

If I could think of something to write down what I feel right now I would.
just another post for support

[Indiana]

But be sure to at least try to get on the transplant list.
I have done ultrasounds on lots of patients with transplant kidneys, livers and/or pancreases (they're doing that quite a lot where I work) and while sure some had problems with rejection, some even having their third or more transplant-organ, there are others that have their first one since over teen to twenty years with no major complications. Of course the organs of a family-member mostly fit best...
And one thing: they ALL are very happy about the transplant even if they had the one or other complication at some time. It's so much better than dialysis.

Now if only those damn greenish dumbheads wouldn't try to stop the really promising cloning (of course only as long as it's not them or a family member), we might get much better solutions for those poor people

[Fat Tone]

Az

I understand a little of what you are going through, and my heart & respect goes out to you.

Our first son, Luke was 5 weeks early, and spent two weeks in intensive care. Somedays you see progress, somedays things take a step back. He is now a perfectly healthy almost-5 year old.

Our new baby, Adam, was 5 1/2 weeks early, and is still in the 'high dependancy' unit, but things are progressing well and we are fairly confident he won't be in there any longer than Luke was. Things are following a very simillar pattern to Luke, and I think that makes it easier to deal with - we've already seen one good outcome. It is easy to panic a little when it is all new to you.

We have it easy compared to some. There are babies in there who were as tiny as your daughter was, with parents constantly at the side of the incubator. People don't tend to stare at other people's babies, I think mainly out of a sense of respect. Its like an unwritten rule. The vast majority of the stories there have happy endings as far as I can see, so please stay positive.

We too have had disagreements with the staff. Every day there is a different nurse, with different experience & different opinions. Sometimes they will really upset my wife trying to push her into things, and she still hasn't recovered from Pre-Eclampsia, so she certainly doesn't need that. That is one reason we are now only visiting once a day. Elanor stays for a few hours while I pop into work then come for a cuddle with Adam before taking her home.

All the best to you and your family. I'm pray your story will have a happy ending too.

Tony.

[az]

Indiana, be sure we will try. We know a transplant is much better than even the current situation.

We both had mixed feelings about cloning, but now see many benefits it might bring. The erythropoetin Daniela gets (to get her hb a little higher than 8) for instance, is made out of hamster cells. A pair of new kidneys wouldn't be all too bad, too. But still you have to be VERY careful with cloning and all the ethic questions it opens.

Tony, thanks for the kind words again, and I hope adam gets home soon

We're both way beyond the point of panicking, and we view things largely positive - apart from nervous breakdowns, of course

We only visit once a day now, too - I would never have imagined how hard it would be just to be there.

Don't get me started on the nurses Some are really nice, some even know what they do, but most... I've NEVER been so close to hitting a person.

AZ

[Paddy]

having spent most of the past month on a neonatal intensive care unit, my thoughts are with you.

[az]

Thanks

AZ

[ZokesPro]

I almost died within the first 6 months of my life, I didn't gain any weight what-so-ever and it took doctors 6 months to fianlly realise that I was allergic to milk!

I'm fine now, in fact my immune system is far better than most.

I can't say I remember those days but I can relate to your little one.

[dave m]

Originally posted by az

The doctors can't say when they think she's ready to go home, because it's unpredictable what will happen next, and because they don't know of any patients that have had the same problems and lived long (not because they all die, though many do, but simply because a few years ago, they all died, and so there don't EXIST people with the same problems that are 20).
AZ

AZ, my heart goes out to you...

42 years ago a set of identical twins were born, 4 weeks early, by emergency caesarian, a collapsed placenta, they didn't even know it was a multiple pregnancy. They pulled out a 4lb 2oz baby (marginal in those days) then discovered another smaller one, a mere 4lbs, took the bigger one out of it's incubator, put the smaller one in and did a major search over the hospital to find another incubator to put the bigger one in. Both got away with it, but the smaller one was not not expected to survive more than a week.

Well, we both made it, I'm the 4lb 2oz baby. We're both 6 foot 2 inches now, so I guess we got away with it.

Good luck


Dave

[ZokesPro]

Can you feel the love AZ?

[Technoid]

He should

Hope everething goes well for you and your family AZ

[az]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it

AZ