(left) Kelsea and Willow credit – Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, releasedA Scottish mom is thanking her lucky stars after her “miracle” twins avoided the worst of a potentially mortal fetal complication.
At one point given a 10% chance to live, Kelsea and Willow were born at 32 weeks, breathing on their own. After a one-month stay in the NICU, they went home and are developing normally.
More than halfway into her pregnancy, mother Sally Kynoch from Moray was transferred from Aberdeenshire Maternity Hospital to the Fetal Medicine Department in Glasgow, where she was told her twin girls had a life-threatening complication.
They were diagnosed with stage 4 twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) which describes a condition where two babies share one placenta, locking them in a delicate balance where one could die if it gives away more blood than it receives, and the other could die from an overworked heart if it receives too much.
“After discussing possible options… we decided to go ahead with laser ablation to seal off some of the blood vessels in the placenta so that both babies receive a more equal supply of blood,” Kynoch told the Daily Record.
credit – Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, released.“This came with a lot of potential risks and complications such as preterm delivery, rupture of membranes, and complications for the babies. But without any treatment, there was only a 10% chance of both twins surviving. Thankfully, the laser ablation was successful.”
OTHER MIRACLE SURVIVORS: When Dying Boy’s Life Support Was Turned off He Began Improving–and Went Home with Parents
“The weeks following the surgery were scary. We didn’t know what to expect,” she said.
MORE STROKES OF LUCK: 6-Year-old Boy Found in the Forest After 150 Searched for Five Days
But nothing undue befell little Willow and her sister Kelsea, who are now 7 months old and going from strength to strength.
SHARE Little Willow And Kelsea’s Harrowing Journey Into Our World…
Source link