By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 05th September:- Doctors at Max Super Speciality
Hospital, Mohali left no stone unturned to facilitate the miraculous birth of a
27-week baby girl. The baby girl, who weighed 550-gram at birth, fought all
odds and retuned back to a normal healthy life. Welcoming their recovered and
beautiful baby back to their lives, the baby’s parents, Baljeet and her husband
are overwhelmed with joy.
The happiness of becoming parents
after their 10-year long marriage was ruined after the mother was diagnosed
with hypertension leading to various complications for herself and the baby.
Speaking about this difficult but incredible journey, Baljeet, mother of the baby girl said
that the thought of not getting to
experience this beautiful moment haunted me for days. I feel ecstatic and more
than that complete, now that I am holding my baby in my arms safe and sound.
Talking about the complicated
case, Dr. Manu Sharma, Consultant
Paediatrics and Neonatology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali said
that the struggle was long and never
ending and the chances of baby’s survival were minimal. The baby had to be
ventilated and kept in incubator in NICU for 3-months. The child was suffering
from various complications including immaturity of lungs (HMD), hole in heart
(PDA), infection (neonatal sepsis), shock and nutrition. The child required
surfactant treatment for maturation of lungs, treatment for severe infection,
abnormally low blood pressure and hole in heart. She was given optional
nutrition optimally.
Adding to that, Dr. Manu said that we saw a ray of hope when the baby gradually
started to improve with tolerance of feed and kangaroo mother care, maintained.
At the time of discharge from Max Hospital, the baby was weighed around
1,350-gram and on full feed. The baby was neurologically normal, accepting
spoon feeds well, and her hearing and vision was normal. Most premature babies
succumb to infection or sepsis during their long ICU stay, which occurs
primarily because of lack of proper hand hygiene, use of unsterile equipment
and inadequate NICU cleaning practices. However, such babies need long-term
follow up for their growth and neuro developmental assessment. And they usually
need periodical check-ups till the age of 3-5 years, asserted Dr Sharma.
Sandeep Dogra senior vice president and zonal head, Max
Hospitals, Punjab, said that premature babies this
small need medical support for survival and the failure of any one system might
even lead to death. The babies this small have less than 0.5 % chance of
survival without brain damage. The biggest challenge for our team was to
prevent any infection to the baby and our team managed it very well.
Babies born between 22-27 weeks of
pregnancy are considered as babies born with restrictive viability, as they may
not exist independent of the mother prior to this. But with advance technology
and medical care, such micro preemies babies can be saved, with a normal
neurological outcome. Both the mother and the baby are recovering well and have
gone back to their normal daily routine.
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