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ELIZABETH (Twin B) — USA
Born June 6, 2017 Late-onset Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive Gestational Age: 35 weeks, 6 days (c-section) Age Harmed: 9 weeks, 2 days of age |
Elizabeth was also born at 35 weeks 6 days gestation by C-section. Elizabeth was in the NICU for 8 days following birth since she could not breathe well when she was born, and she did not want to take a bottle to eat.
Two and a half weeks after Zachary came home his sister, Elizabeth, was crying for about 3 hours straight. We took her temperature; she had a temperature over 101F. Although she was crying more than normal, she didn’t have any other signs.
My husband stayed home with Zachary and I took her to the same ER as we brought Zachary. Her symptoms started at 10 pm at night. By 1 am I was on my way to the ER. By 5 am the ER doctor gave her the first antibiotics. As a precaution, the ER doctor admitted her for observation until the cultures came back. Less than 2 days later, the doctor told us she had Group B Strep. He had checked the cultures himself as he had never seen a case before.
We were somewhat legends at this small local hospital as they don’t normally see this type of infection or babies this small that are sick. I am so thankful for the work the Group B Strep support groups have done over the years. Without researching the signs sheet provided by Group B Strep Org I would not have known that 1) she was susceptible because she was a sibling and 2) unusual crying is a symptom. I wouldn’t have known these facts without your organization and others like it that have fought to have women tested and raise awareness among doctors of this terrible and fast moving disease.
Forty-eight hours after the start of this, you would never have known Elizabeth was really sick except for the positive strep culture. She didn’t have to exhibit respiratory failure to get treatment. It’s almost been a year since this happened and Zachary and Elizabeth are normal, healthy 1 year olds with no signs of permanent damage at this point. I will always be watching, but for now I am just enjoying watching them take their first steps and try to form their first words. There weren’t too many pictures of Elizabeth in the hospital because she mostly looked normal.
— Deanna Glodoski, USA
Deanna shares GBS info via Facebook.
Pictures below: Upper Left: Zachary Day 2 in Hospital; Upper Right: Earlier in the day the day he got sick; Lower left: Day of discharge from hospital; Lower Right: Day 5 in hospital
Two and a half weeks after Zachary came home his sister, Elizabeth, was crying for about 3 hours straight. We took her temperature; she had a temperature over 101F. Although she was crying more than normal, she didn’t have any other signs.
My husband stayed home with Zachary and I took her to the same ER as we brought Zachary. Her symptoms started at 10 pm at night. By 1 am I was on my way to the ER. By 5 am the ER doctor gave her the first antibiotics. As a precaution, the ER doctor admitted her for observation until the cultures came back. Less than 2 days later, the doctor told us she had Group B Strep. He had checked the cultures himself as he had never seen a case before.
We were somewhat legends at this small local hospital as they don’t normally see this type of infection or babies this small that are sick. I am so thankful for the work the Group B Strep support groups have done over the years. Without researching the signs sheet provided by Group B Strep Org I would not have known that 1) she was susceptible because she was a sibling and 2) unusual crying is a symptom. I wouldn’t have known these facts without your organization and others like it that have fought to have women tested and raise awareness among doctors of this terrible and fast moving disease.
Forty-eight hours after the start of this, you would never have known Elizabeth was really sick except for the positive strep culture. She didn’t have to exhibit respiratory failure to get treatment. It’s almost been a year since this happened and Zachary and Elizabeth are normal, healthy 1 year olds with no signs of permanent damage at this point. I will always be watching, but for now I am just enjoying watching them take their first steps and try to form their first words. There weren’t too many pictures of Elizabeth in the hospital because she mostly looked normal.
— Deanna Glodoski, USA
Deanna shares GBS info via Facebook.
Pictures below: Upper Left: Zachary Day 2 in Hospital; Upper Right: Earlier in the day the day he got sick; Lower left: Day of discharge from hospital; Lower Right: Day 5 in hospital
To learn more about Perinatal & GBS Misconceptions, click HERE.
To learn more about the Signs & Symptoms of Preterm Labor, click HERE.
To learn more about the Signs & Symptoms of GBS Infection, click HERE.
To learn more about Why Membranes Should NOT Be Stripped, click HERE.
To learn more about How to Help Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep (GBS), click HERE.
To learn more about the Signs & Symptoms of Preterm Labor, click HERE.
To learn more about the Signs & Symptoms of GBS Infection, click HERE.
To learn more about Why Membranes Should NOT Be Stripped, click HERE.
To learn more about How to Help Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep (GBS), click HERE.