Molly was full term and her mother did everything right in the pregnancy. Two weeks ago an ultrasound determined she was a very large baby--almost 9 pounds. Her doctor decided not to a C section and wait for things to progress naturally. A few times during the two weeks the baby was not moving and she went into the doctors office to make sure things were okay. Shyeh was in labor for twenty hours before the baby was taken by c section. The baby has a large red bruise on her head and started to have seizures of her left arm and shoulder. She has been transferred to Worcester NIC unit. the baby is on an intravenous drip of fenabarbitol. A CAT scan tonight showed a problem on the right side of the brain--a smalll area either missing, swollen, or crushed. Tomorrow there will be a EEG and MRI by the Neurologist. They also said she could have had a small stroke. Any ideas would be appreciated. Everyone is upset. Anyone seen this problem? Thank you.
2006-11-15 15:08:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I wish I could give you a positive view on this, but i can't. some babies are born with disorders, and you probably won't know more about what is going on until the further testing is done. my nephew had siezures when he was a newborn and he is fine now, no learning disorders or anything. So its not always life threatening. but they already detected a problem in the brain, so the baby might have a learning problem. But odds are if it was life threatening, the baby wouldn't of made it to delivery. plus in time the problem could correct itsself. babies do that. I was born with a hole in my heart,and a collapsed lung and my heart healed itsself, so did my lung..point being, it could take care of itsself. where the baby is right now is the best way to know for sure. After the doctors are done, they will let you know what to expect. babies can have silent seizures too which would explain why she stopped moving. my son had one when he was 14 months old, and it took him 6 hours to twitch a finger, his also lasted 15 minutes long not the usual 30 seconds to a minute and a half. Its scary to have to go thru what you are going thru right now, try to stay strong for everyone and hope for the best. sorry I couldn't give you the magic answer. but I figured i would share my experiences with it in hopes that it would help put your mind at ease a little. try to think positive even though at times its hard to do..
2006-11-15 15:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Dot9330 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an R.N., recently retired, spent 25 years working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I have seen many babies with similar problems. Sounds like your granddaughter is getting excellent care. It is very difficult for doctors to answer all your questions the first few days. Every baby is different and the causes for seizures are different. The majority of babies with seizures do well, go home on medicine that they may need to take for a year or so. Please help her parents through this and ask the doctors to explain what they do know as plainly as possible. I too had a grandchild who had seizures as a newborn...she did very well. Remember that each case is different. Doctors and nurses in the NICU really love those babies, so I am sure they are doing their best for Molly. You may e-mail me if you have specific questions later.
2006-11-16 00:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear about your problems.
Perhaps the best thing you can do is NOT to listen to complete strangers giving opinions here based on little or no medical knowledge and absolutely zero chance to even see the baby.
What you need is not needless guesses to worry you and your familiy. Hope everything turns out well....
2006-11-15 23:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who's Molly?
2006-11-15 23:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋