Story submitted by KARLA DEMARS on November 01, 1999 at 07:48:39:
KARLA DEMARS is 37, from EDEN,VERMONT USA.
Family:KARLA,JOHN,COLLIN AND ELVIS
OUR STORY STARTED NOV/02/98. I HAD GESTATIONAL DIABETES.MY SON ELVIS WAS BORN AT 35 WKS. HE WAS 8#13OZ.AFTER A 45 MINUTE PUSH,HIS HEAD CROWNED. THEN THE TROUBLE BEGAN. HE HAD SEVERE SHOULDER DYSTOCHIA. WHEN HE GOT STUCK HIS HEART STOPPED. AFTER 2MIN 23 SEC THEY FINALLY PULLED HIM OUT. THINKING THEY HAD BROKE HIS NECK AND ARM. I TOOK ALMOST 16 MINUTES TO GET A HEART BEAT. HE WAS SO BADLY DAMAGED, WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR WEEKS EVEN KNOW IF HE WOULD LIVE,LET ALONE WHAT HIS QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD BE. HE HAD VERY LITTLE BRAIN ACTIVITY. HIS INJURY WAS SO BAD HIS DIAPHRAM WAS PARALIZED.AFTER 2 WKS,A NUEROLOGIST THOUGHT MAYBE A BRACHIAL PLEXUES INJURY. THEY WERE RIGHT.TOMORROW ELVIS WILL BE A YEAR OLD.HE HAS LITTLE MOVEMENT IN HIS LEFT ARM. UNFORTUNATLY WE JUST FOUND OUT 2 WKS AGO,SURGERY WOULD HAVE BENN MORE SUCCESSFUL IF IT HAD BEEN DONE 7 MONTHS AGO. TO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD INFORMATION TO HELP US. NOW WE HEAR IT IS KIND OF LATE TO DO MUCH GOOD.WE WILL TRY TO GET ALL THE HELP WE CAN FOR ELVIS TO GET BETTER. BY THE WAY,OUR MIRACLE CAME TRUE,ELVIS HAS GOOD QUALITY OF LIVE,HE'S LOVING AND BRIGHT.HE HAS BEEN THE GREATEST BLESSING I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. DO NOT GIVE UP.
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