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Isabella Esmeralda Preston is the Daughter of Chanel Flores and Kyle Preston from Mesa, Arizona. Isabella was diagnosed with CDH October 18th 2011 at only 21 weeks old. After weeks of non-stop phone calls and research, Isabella was accepted as a candidate for Hydrogel Tracheal Occlusion surgery in St. Louis, Missouri. She underwent in-fetal surgery on December 10th, 2011 while still inside her mom and was born on January 7th, 2012 at 32 weeks old. 23 hours later on January 8th, Isabella passed away in her parents arms after a hard fight with Pulmonary Hyper-Tension. This blog was created in loving memory of our daughter and to raise awareness of CDH and the effects it has on families. Please feel free to leave comments or questions or click on the Contact Us link.
Monday, December 19, 2011
White Christmas?
Well here we are back in St. Mary's Hospital after what we thought was going to be another check up appointment and ultra-sound. We left the Ronald McDonald House early to this morning to travel to the hospital. It would of been easier for us to go to the children's hospital next door where we have been receiving evaluations but hey, everything worked out just fine. St. Mary's is where they would of admitted Chanel anyways. During the ultra-sound today thy found that her cervix was once again measuring short at .8 cm. However, she is not dilated which means she is not giving birth anytime soon. As for me, I have to travel back to the RMcH to spend the night. They have an insurance policy where at least one of the person has to stay the night here. Its super cold and raining today so that makes for a very unpleasant journey back and forth from place to place. Not to mention we have to take a bus to a train station, across town on a train, then onto another bus to get back and forth. I am praying that everything is okay and so should you! The Doctor wants to keep her overnight, while another doctor wants to give Isabella steroids to help the lungs before Chanel gives birth. Either way, they said there is a good chance we won't be home before Christmas. Chanel is really missing her son Rylan and wanted to Skype with him tonight but my laptop was at the RMcH. Looks like we might be seeing some Missouri snow before everything is done and over with.
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