Emilia's Grade 4 white matter brain injury
Emilia's right frontal lobe grade 4 bleed
Auckland
Emilia was born on the 9th of September pre-maturly at 32 weeks. Mum Nicole's water broke unexpectedly at 3 am, after being in very prolonged labour for 61 hours.
She was immediately transfered to the SCBU where she had to be resusitated for 2 min. Her total stay in hospital was 42 days and suffered the following :
2 min resuscitation
Frontal grade 4 brain bleed
Respitory distress syndrome
Low birth weight
Jaundice x6
Hypoglycemia
Emilia was placed on oxygen full time , she is now 5 months old weighing only 5kg and is still on oxygen full time. The doctors say her lungs are clear and that her oxygen intake is caused by the bleed in her brain.
She was has had a cerebral palsy assessment done on Monday the 5th of February that we are still waiting on results for.
She is the friendliest , happiest little girl.. and deserves so much better then this.
Nicole Maritz's involvement (page creator)
Emilia is my daughter
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Specialist visits
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Equipment not covered by public health system. (Due to the long wait list for government funding, we have decided to get this equipment privately which is a lot quicker.)
Latest update
Still a long way to go 19 February 2024
Emilia is still on oxygen full time. She has started taking swimming lessons to strengthen her lungs. It was $300 just for 13 lessons. She absolutely loves the water.
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