[tri-med] Re: shadowing in NICU

we spent 14 days at riley and they were really good about the trisomy thing. 
that was her first pnuemonia and the beginning of the search for her gi 
bleed.  but she was a year old already.
jude, mom to derek-20 (copper mtn ski resort employee), kelsey-18 (going to 
unm to be a pt)
and kameron-9-full t18 (hanging out so i will never be an empty nester)
golden, colorado usa
http://www.judewolpert.com
http://home.comcast.net/~jfwolpert2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Annee122884@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:08 AM
Subject: [tri-med] shadowing in NICU


>I had the opportunity to shadow a couple of nurse practitioners and
> neonatologists in the Neonatal ICU yesterday at Riley Hospital for 
> Children
> (Indianapolis). Along with seeing and learning tons, and concreting my 
> decision  to
> become an NP, I saw some trisomy babes.  I really had to keep my mouth 
> shut
> (maybe I shouldn't have) while the doctors were rounding and telling  the 
> parents
> to expect their children to die any day because trisomies were not 
> viable.
> Argh! One was a T21 with a wacky heart (I don't remember the name of the
> syndrome, but there is no septum between the ventricles or atria; one 
> large
> chamber); the second was a cherub-faced T18 with pulmonary stenosis and 
> pulmonary
> hypertension; the third, was a T2 with deletion of the long arm of 4 
> (hope
> that's right; the numbers really mess me up, still!).
> Anyway,  I wanted to share my experience :)
>
> : ) Annee , SNII
> Future NNP
> Oh,  how the little things
> Strengthen my tiny wings,
> Help me to take on the  world,
> When you love me,
> There's nothing I wouldn't try,
> I might even  fly.
> -Sarah Groves, All Right Here
>
>
>                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
>                       www.trisomyonline.org
>                  Families Helping Families On-line
> 

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