The 29 week quadruplets delivered! Mom went into labor on Dec 26th. She delivered the first baby before making it to the OR, and then had the other 3 by C-section - one boy and three girls. The best news is that they are all alive and doing well at this point. Anna and I visited the nursery yesterday and found 4 sets of twins and the quads in the nursery. It is incredible to see how these premature babies can survive (without ventilators) when the resources compared to the USA are so limited. Anna got a chance to hold 2 of the quads. Below she is pictured with
Dr. Alyssa Pfister, the pediatric doctor caring for the babies.
Below you can see the quads in the background and a set of 30 week twins in the foreground.
And if this was not enough for the nursery team to handle, there was a 25 week, 560 gram baby born this weekend who is also holding his own. I was not even able to touch babies this small when I was a medical student, but my seven year old daughter got to hold this little preemie!
Hello, Popps! I've been enjoying reading your blog and been meaning to post for a while to tell you about the birth of our daughter, Elise Michela Bernardi. Dr. D delivered her the day after Thanksgiving- wish you could've been there! There are pictures on my blog- the birth announcement it here: http://frenchpressknits.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-card.html
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Melynda (Gosselin) Bernardi
This Northridge family sure is enjoying reading your stories. We're making "connections" for first grade reading tonight and loved having a place to read about someone our age from around us who is in Africa. These pictures truly are amazing - what a great experience for Anna!
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