 My daughter was full term. I thought my water broke, but I was bleeding. I knew it wasn't mine. I woke up at 3:50 and had her by 4:35. They told us that she would not make it through the night. Kayla just turned 12 on July 1st. Her whole life has been doctors, hospitals, surgeries, medications, procedures, etc. My heart breaks for her but we love her, spoil her, and do not leave her out of anything. |
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No matter how you look at it
Kayla was meant to be here. After having a tumor the size of a grapefruit
removed from my right ovary and using two types of birth control we found out
we were pregnant. My pregnancy was uneventful, just the normal complaints.
Two days before I had Kayla I went to the hospital with contractions two minutes apart, 100% effaced, but only 1cm dilated. I asked to be induced, to see my doctor, and for them to break my water. They said NO, that if my water didn't break on it's own they were going to send me home; and home is where I went. July 1st, 1994 I awoke thinking I broke my water, went into the bathroom, and saw huge amounts of blood gushing out of me. There was a huge amount in the bed and a trail to the bathroom. My husband got me to the hospital and everything was happening at one time: catheter, IV, prepping for surgery, etc. I felt them cutting me before I was totally unconscious. It was only 40 minutes from the time I was out to the time she was delivered and I was awake again. When I awoke I asked where Kayla was and they were so very rude and didn't tell me anything. They put me on a floor that wasn't the maternity ward but the NICU. I had no idea what that was. They proceeded to tell me that Kayla was not going to live. The doctor told me we had experienced vasa previa which was a very, very rare condition. Kayla had lost almost all her blood and required 7 transfusions along with rescusitation after she came out. They had to resuscitate her 3 times. She also had a collapsed right lung. Her Apgars were 0 both times. When I finally saw her she was hooked up to so many machines and tubes. They told us to say our goodbyes. We hadn't even said our hellos. We had her baptized and had her last rights read all within hours of each other. It was absolutely horrible. They also told us if she were to make it she would be a vegetable and on life support. Her EEG showed no brain activity. We were preparing to let her go and to donate her organs to other babies that were waiting to live. The doctor said her organs had been damaged because of her birth. We couldn't believe what we were hearing. So we unhooked all the machines and told our child that it was ok to go back home and we would see her later. My OB had never seen vasa previa or even heard of it in his 20 years of practice. I was his first case. The NICU doctor had only seen it once before in his 20 years. I was his second case. Kayla is still with us. It's been a very, very hard 12 years. She has been through so many operations, medications, procedures etc. She can't walk, talk, eat by mouth, or do anything a normal 12 year old can do; but she has a smile and a laugh that would melt the biggest glacier in the world. She has come so very much farther than what all the doctors had predicted for her and she has a long road ahead. But we are prepared to go the distance and love her and take care of her as long as God will let us. LACY ROZO MOM OF SPECIAL VP MIRACLE KAYLA
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