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DUSTEE RECKER — USA
Born November 23, 2009 Early-onset Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative Gestational Age: 38 weeks Age Harmed: 4 hours old |
DUSTEE'S STORY March 2, 2010
Jonathan and Alisha Recker have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl who was born November 23, 2009 at Weatherford Regional Hospital. She has three siblings Brittany who is 8, Karlee who is 7, and Bradley who is 22 months. She was born at 3:43 PM. Around 8:00 PM the nurse took her to give her a bath--little did her parents know this would be the last time they would get to hold her for a long while.
The nurse told her parents that her temperature was a little low so they were going to put her in the nursery for awhile. All through the night her mother asked when she would bring her back and the nurse's reply was that she had started having a little trouble breathing. At 4:45 AM they awoke Alisha and told her she was being discharged because they were transferring Dustee to Baptist Hospital by ambulance. Her parents followed the ambulance to Oklahoma City.
Upon their arrival at Baptist Hospital the outlook was grim. They doctor said that she was probably not going to make it. She had an infection called group B strep which was taking over her blood making her septic.
Around 6 PM she was transferred to OU Children's Hospital by mediflight. Before leaving Baptist her family was told she probably would not live through transport. She did. She was immediately put on ECMO. This is a heart and lung bypass machine. It works for your body giving you more time to heal. While on ECMO she received numerous blood transfusions. After being on ECMO for one week she was taken off.
Although no longer on ECMO Dustee still received blood transfusions due to other complications. She continued fighting the infection and she became septic yet again this time from yeast. She had serious respiratory problems due to the damage that has been done to her lungs by the infection and the respirators. She was in the hospital for eight weeks and two days. This was the most horrible experience of our lives. She would have a good day then seven bad ones. She is currently at home. She is doing well with weight continuing to be a problem. She must see a GI specialist also.
— Alisha Recker, OK, USA
Dustee's mother posts GBS info on her networking site.
Jonathan and Alisha Recker have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl who was born November 23, 2009 at Weatherford Regional Hospital. She has three siblings Brittany who is 8, Karlee who is 7, and Bradley who is 22 months. She was born at 3:43 PM. Around 8:00 PM the nurse took her to give her a bath--little did her parents know this would be the last time they would get to hold her for a long while.
The nurse told her parents that her temperature was a little low so they were going to put her in the nursery for awhile. All through the night her mother asked when she would bring her back and the nurse's reply was that she had started having a little trouble breathing. At 4:45 AM they awoke Alisha and told her she was being discharged because they were transferring Dustee to Baptist Hospital by ambulance. Her parents followed the ambulance to Oklahoma City.
Upon their arrival at Baptist Hospital the outlook was grim. They doctor said that she was probably not going to make it. She had an infection called group B strep which was taking over her blood making her septic.
Around 6 PM she was transferred to OU Children's Hospital by mediflight. Before leaving Baptist her family was told she probably would not live through transport. She did. She was immediately put on ECMO. This is a heart and lung bypass machine. It works for your body giving you more time to heal. While on ECMO she received numerous blood transfusions. After being on ECMO for one week she was taken off.
Although no longer on ECMO Dustee still received blood transfusions due to other complications. She continued fighting the infection and she became septic yet again this time from yeast. She had serious respiratory problems due to the damage that has been done to her lungs by the infection and the respirators. She was in the hospital for eight weeks and two days. This was the most horrible experience of our lives. She would have a good day then seven bad ones. She is currently at home. She is doing well with weight continuing to be a problem. She must see a GI specialist also.
— Alisha Recker, OK, USA
Dustee's mother posts GBS info on her networking site.
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