Ten minutes later, our favorite fellow (fellow - a post-residential doctor getting experience in his speciailization field) Dr. Nold, walked by and waved. He stopped and we went over to talk to him. The MFM nurse came up with my blood work and he said, let me review this. So the ultrasound tech took us to the conference room to sit while he spoke with the other fellows and doctors outside the room. Matt overheard "deliver today". Uh-oh.
Dr. Nold came back in and said everything about the blood work looked fine, except my Creatinine level. It was high, which meant that my kidneys were starting to be stressed. Given that they had diagnosed me with mild preeclampsia exactly one week prior, this was no surprise. He said they had to keep me there. So up to the 7th floor, labor and delivery, for monitoring.
On the 7th floor, they drew more blood to check the levels. 2 more fellows, an attending, and a resident came into the room to see me where we discussed all of the possible outcomes. It was not looking good, so we called the family. Just about an hour later, they sent in the "bad news fellow" to tell us we were delivering that afternoon. The Creatinine level was still high and the doctors didn't want to risk my health. Even though little Annelise was only 34 weeks 4 days AND only about 4 lbs, they couldn't wait any longer.
At 1:55pm, Annelise Nicole Hallinan was born at University of Pennsylvania Hospital via c-section.
She came out crying - a big surprise since most CDH babies don't. The CHOP NICU team whisked her away to be intubated after a super-quick look from us. After about 20 minutes, Daddy (Matt) got to go in and see her. He took 1 really good picture, at right, on his phone. The doctors were/are amazed at how well she "pinked up". The intubation was very easy and she did very well. I always said that she was going to be a fighter. She was such a trouble-maker in the womb, that she's going to fight like hell outside too!
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