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Baby Born with Heart Outside Her Body Goes Home

Audrina Cardenas was born with ectopia cordis. Her heart was located outside of her body. She survived the surgery to put her heart back where it should be. Now, she is able to go home from the hospital and be with her family. Ectopia cordis is a congenital condition. This means it is “present from birth”. It means that the baby’s heart was not in the right place. Instead, it was located outside of the chest wall (and outside of the body). It is a very rare condition. Only 8 babies out of every million are born with it. The … Continue reading →

Alabama Has a Plan First Program

Every state has a Medicaid program. A portion of that program is designed to cover the health care needs of low-income women who are pregnant or are seeking family planning services. In Alabama, it is called Plan First. Medicaid is a public, or government run, health insurance program. It is designed to cover low-income individuals and families who cannot afford to purchase health insurance coverage from a private health insurance company. Medicaid is funded, in part, by the federal government. Medicaid is also funded by the government of an individual state. In Alabama, the Medicaid program is administered by the … Continue reading →

When Baby Has Surgery

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Last week, my sweet baby had to have surgery. Without writing about anything too personal, I will say it was something that was considered very “routine” and it was a same-day procedure. However, when your sweet baby has to have something like surgery, it is never routine. At least, not for the mama. I knew that he would have to have this surgery since he was born, but I was trying to not think about it. But, before I knew it, it was time to make that appointment. But, it was still a month away, so again, I put it … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – June 17 – 23, 2012

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It is time, once again, for the Special Needs Blog Week in Review. It brings you a quick summary of each of the blogs that were posted here in the past seven days. This is an easy way to find the blogs that you might have missed. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on June 18, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of The Coffee Klatch. The episode is called “The Best of Coffee Klatch – Dr. Ross Greene – Explosive Child”. Dr. Ross Green is the author of a book called “The Explosive Child”. … Continue reading →

Baby Has Taratoma Removed in Utero

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It is absolutely remarkable what technology and science can do to help improve people’s health. In Florida, doctors were able to remove a large tumor from a baby that was still inside her mother’s womb. Today, the baby girl is 20 months old, and is doing great! For most mothers, the images that come from an ultrasound are a delight to see. It isn’t the same quality as a photograph would be, but, it is a way to be able to see your child before she is born. Unfortunately, mother Tammy Gonzalez saw something scary in the ultrasound of her … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of February 12 – 18, 2012

The Special Needs Blog Week in Review is a great way to quickly catch up on everything that appeared in the Special Needs Blog in the past week. It is a good way to make sure that you haven’t missed anything. You can scan through this list to search for blogs about whatever particular special needs your child happens to have. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 13, 2012. I would like to point out an episode done by The Coffee Klatch that is titled “NY Times Op Ed Gone Wrong – Ritalin Gone … Continue reading →

Newborns With Heart Surgery

In the news this week, there have been two stories about newborns that required heart surgery. A five day old infant had her heart rebuilt by surgeons. A fifteen minute old baby had a pacemaker surgically attached to her heart. It is pretty amazing what science can do to save the lives of tiny babies who have special needs. Keyota Cole is thirty-three years old, and is from Bakersfield, California. She has a form of congenital heart disease that is called Ebstein’s anomaly. This means that her tricuspid valve doesn’t work properly. The tricuspid is the valve that is between … Continue reading →

Baby Melinda, California’s Smallest Preemie, Goes Home

Melinda Star Guido, the smallest preemie to have been born in California, has left the hospital. She holds the title of being the third smallest preemie in the entire world. After a long time spent in the NICU, she was finally able to go home with her parents. When Melinda was born, she weighed less than a can of soda. She was born 24 weeks premature, because there was a problem with the placenta. Due to that problem, she wasn’t able to get the nutrition, blood, and oxygen she needed while she was in the womb. In addition to this … Continue reading →

Surgery Recovery

Last week my toddler had her tonsils and adenoids removed. When I was 11 I had my tonsils out. A four-year-old boy had this surgery about the same time as I and he came back from recovery sitting up happy and asking to eat. I was so sick that the hospital considered keeping me another night. My husband and I decided that since Jessie needed these organs taken out, sooner was better than later. I anticipated my two-year-old recovering as quickly as that little boy. The day of the surgery she drank more than we expected and had a wet … Continue reading →

Sheryl Crow Welcomes her Second Baby through Adoption

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Sheryl Crow announced this morning that she is adopting a second child, Levi James, who was born April 30. Crow made the announcement via her website, and her publicist confirmed the information. Crow, age 48, adopted her son Wyatt three years ago, when he was two weeks old. (Click here to see Michelle’s blog on Sheryl’s first adoption.) The sibling connection seems to be important to Crow—she made her announcement by writing, “Wyatt has a baby brother!” Crow reportedly is not deterred by the idea of being a single mother. “For my whole life, I had a pretty clear picture … Continue reading →