Here is Kate still in utero. This was taken the day of her birth and she was born a few hours later. Now that I know what I'm looking at, it's glaringly apparent that she has PRS.
Here she is a few hours later, the night of her birth. She's already in the NICU and NOT HAPPY about it. The nurse took the pic so I could see her. She's been whisked away immediately and I"d not seen or held her yet. I remember looking at this pic and saying, "good I'm glad she's crying that means she's pissed".
And here is Kate now. This was taken at the end of May this year. Clearly, Kate is completely typical looking and I can assure you, completely typical developmentally as well. Just at the bottom of her extended neck, you can see where her stoma scar is. Other than that, there is absolutely nothing to indicate that she ever "had anything wrong with her".
4 comments:
Beautiful story! Thanks for sharing.
She looks like she is doing so well! Thank you for the summary, we appreciate it :)
My daughter (due to be born at Thanksgiving) was just diagnosed yesterday with PRS. We are still processing all of this and I am so thankful to have found your blog. There are so many scary photos out there of PRS babies, but Kate is absolutely adorable! Thank you for the glimmer of hope we can have for our Abigail.
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