Neonate
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Two youth find that no good deed goes unpunished. Another SXSW vid. This one I won’t be entering.
Duration : 0:3:44
Two youth find that no good deed goes unpunished. Another SXSW vid. This one I won’t be entering.
Duration : 0:3:44
UPN KMAX Good Day Channel 31 segment on Aileen Kelley playing the harp at Mercy San Juan Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to improve premature babies’ health on August 20, 2005. More info at http://www.mpih.org
Duration : 0:2:59
Baby Ella was born on July 17, 2008. Four days earlier I had been admitted to the hospital as I spontaneously dilated and Ella’s water sac had begun descending into the canal at just 21 weeks gestation. I was told by many to just “get it over with” and begin induction as Ella would not likely live. However, my wonderful husband and I would not choose certain death when I had the option to lie in the hospital in the trendelinberg position to ease the water sac back through the cervix. After 48 hours of doing so, there was no change in my condition. Ella was still exposed to infection as was myself, but we were not about to give up. Two more days went by and we hung onto the hope that something would change. However, the only thing that did was that Ella and I now had an infection and there was no way to turn back the clock for her. My wonderful doctor (who was the only medical professional who refused to give up on us) delivered the news on that Thursday around 12:40pm. It was no longer my duty to try to save Ella…if we wanted to see her alive, we would have to deliver her as soon as possible. With my family beside me, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who was perfect in every way. My husband and I baptized her immediately and we witnessed her tiny body move and her delicate hand grasp the ring that her daddy tried to place on her fingers…she was so strong. And Ella began to suck on my finger as I brushed it against her tiny cheek. It was a beautiful experience that we enjoyed for 20 minutes until it was time for God to take her home. This video was played at her funeral and we want to share our baby with everyone we can…what a gift we had. Mommy and Daddy love you, Ella Rose! xoxoxoxoxo
Duration : 0:4:42
Set in the Newborn Center, a 100 bed NICU in Memphis, TN, this video documents, in graphic and poignant detail, the birth of four premature babies and their subsequent treatment and struggle for life. Shocking, compelling, and heartwarming, it paints a vivid picture of the hazards of premature birth.
Duration : 0:6:3
Emily Defranco of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discusses her research on pre-term births and how spacing pregnancies at least 12 months apart can decrease a woman’s risk of having a pre-term delivery.
Duration : 0:2:41
Preemie infants, trauma, children in need, knitting, crochet, sewing, bereavement, memory boxes,volunteering
Duration : 0:8:28