Babies Are Born Prematurely And Baby Health

Babies Are Born Prematurely And Baby Health.
Elise Jackson remembers very incontestably the daylight her son was born: It was May 8, 2002, and Elijah had arrived 15 weeks before his due date. "My youngster sat right in the palm of my hands," Jackson recalled. "He was very, very fragile. It was 25 weeks and one heyday into my pregnancy, and he was just 1 pound, 1 ounce". At the time, Elise and her husband, Todd, were told that Elijah's chances for survival were only about 10 percent. But 14 surgeries and blood transfusions later, Elijah has beaten the probability to become the 2015 "National Ambassador" for the March of Dimes.

He and his parents will make a trip the provinces from their Chicago-area dwelling-place this year as the public face of the nonprofit organization, which focuses on pregnancy and child health. The story of how far Elijah has come includes the serious health consequences that his too soon birth brought. "It's been a roller coaster ride, and a slow, slow process," Elise Jackson explained. "Now he's in prime and he's very friendly and active, so you wouldn't instanter pick him out as the '1-pound baby'.

But he still needs occupational therapy, because you can tell he's a unimportant bit slower than the normal 12-year-old, and he struggles a little bit with focusing and paying attention. And when he gets eager he has mannerisms, like rocking back and forth or clapping his hands. "He's also asthmatic and very soft-spoken". That survive characteristic is the result of having had a tracheotomy at the age of 4 months, to pursue serious breathing difficulties, Elise Jackson explained.

During the two years there was a tear in his throat, speaking and swallowing were impossible because a feeding tube was inserted directly into his stomach. "He's a on cloud nine boy, and was a happy baby, because he didn't know any other way. But he was born really, fact sick, and spent the first seven months in the hospital". It was during that term that Elise Jackson got involved with the March of Dimes. "There was a point, at about 2 or 3 months of age, when he needed a medication to staff his lungs develop.