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A Mother’s Letter
To my dearest Savannah,
For every breath you take, I breathe love into you… Continue reading
Tag: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
One Small Miracle Followed by One Big Question Mark
April 3, 2014
Today we celebrate one small miracle in Savannah Hope’s Journey. Today is our two-week benchmark for no resuscitation. Moving forward, if she’s born while the balloon is still in-place, they will make every heroic effort to save her life. Today is the most important day to date since her tracheal occlusion surgery. Continue reading
Tracheal Occlusion Surgery: Inserting The Balloon
March 25, 2014
We arrived at UCSF Fetal Treatment Center at 8:30 am on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Today was the day. Today we undergo balloon tracheal occlusion surgery. According to UCSF doctors, this is a last measure for extreme CDH cases and for us, a chance at life. Continue reading
UCSF Fetal Treatment Diagnosis: Are We A Candidate for Tracheal Occlusion?
March 17, 2013
We arrived at UCSF Fetal Treatment Center on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am. Today was such an important day for us. After receiving the life-threatening diagnosis from our ultrasound, we didn’t really have a lot of answers—mostly questions. We knew the LHR, lung-to-head ratio was the most important factor in determining her current condition. Ideally, we didn’t want to be a candidate, but we wanted a second opinion. Continue reading
‘Your Baby May Not Survive!’: A Routine Ultrasound Turns Life Threatening
I’m beginning to share Savannah Hope’s Journey through our recent in utero diagnosis. It all begins when a routine ultrasound takes a dramatic turn. Continue reading