[cheekymarls]

Some injuries and infections

horrible - i feel the pain looking at these

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Some heads being operated on
Cant believe they still alive

[Amy]

Originally Posted by cheekymarls ↗

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
This is a congenital abnormality that is often identified on prenatal ultrasound, in which the organs that are supposed to be inside the abdomen are actually on the outside!

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Surgeons will then decide if they can perform a “primary closure,” where the organs are immediately replaced inside the abdomen where they belong. This is not often possible, as the abdominal cavity has not grown enough to hold everything. More often, the organs are placed in a “silo,” that protects them and allows them to slowly be pushed down into a stretching abdomen.  This occurs over a period of several days. When the surgeon believes there is enough room in the abdomen, your baby will go back to surgery for closure. Because the diaphragm that separates the lungs from the abdomen is flexible, pushing the intestines inside sometimes pushes the diaphragm up and compresses his/her lungs. This then makes it hard for your baby to breathe. Your neonatologist may keep him/her on a breathing machine during this time, to overcome the pressure from the abdomen, and to allow for adequate pain medication and sedation. This should be relatively short-lived, as it’s unlikely that your baby has intrinsic lung disease if s/he was born at term. Then we wait! This can be the most difficult phase – waiting for intestinal function to return. We can put the intestines back where they belong, but we can’t make them work any faster than they want to. During this time, your baby will be receiving all of his/her nutrition into a big vein through a catheter either placed by the surgeon in the OR , or placed in the NICU by specially-trained nurse. TPN (total parenteral nutrition) is lifesaving in the short-term, but can cause long-term liver damage. Once signs of gut function appear, breastmilk is the best and most preferred substance to introduce into intestines.

My friends granddaughter had this. She is now 12 and they are talking about getting her cosmetic surgery to fabricate a belly button as she is becoming self conscious over the lack of one. Her mom did drugs during pregnancy.

[cheekymarls]

ouch da penis is hurt - who wants to kiss it better

[cheekymarls]

suicides

this one i think was from drinking hydrochloric acid


I bet someone is going to say this is fake

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some more assorted - not the same bloke as the first pic

[cheekymarls]

Originally Posted by Amy ↗

My friends granddaughter had this. She is now 12 and they are talking about getting her cosmetic surgery to fabricate a belly button as she is becoming self conscious over the lack of one. Her mom did drugs during pregnancy.

That is so sad - I do smoke but tend to stop during my pregnancies, I couldnt face alcohol during any of the 3.
i cant take normal pills properly let alone taking drugs

from what i saw, it isnt a one stop surgery, goes over quite a few years. Very sad. There is an old wives tales about those birth marks. Have to ask mum what that was now.

[Amy]

Originally Posted by cheekymarls ↗

That is so sad - I do smoke but tend to stop during my pregnancies, I couldnt face alcohol during any of the 3.
i cant take normal pills properly let alone taking drugs

from what i saw, it isnt a one stop surgery, goes over quite a few years. Very sad. There is an old wives tales about those birth marks. Have to ask mum what that was now.

Jersee was in the hospital the first 6 months of her life and then had regular check ups for the first few years to scan her. It was a slow process and very delicate one. There were issues with binding and drying. They did catch it on the ultrasound early though so she was born with the emergency team waiting.

[cheekymarls]

Originally Posted by Amy ↗

Jersee was in the hospital the first 6 months of her life and then had regular check ups for the first few years to scan her. It was a slow process and very delicate one. There were issues with binding and drying. They did catch it on the ultrasound early though so she was born with the emergency team waiting.

Lucky they did huh, i dont know how i would handle all this stuff in reality
worst i got with my kids, was son - 2 weeks after born he got hernia - nothing worse than a mothers panic is there

i gtg, ill check in morning, nite

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by cheekymarls ↗

can i just see how many want this thread to keep going or kill it off? it doesn't seem to have much interaction or interest from what i can tell. I don't mind but i don't want to waste time posting if no one likes this thread apart from diamondsmiles

Most of us enjoy the pictures without feeling the need to comment upon each and everyone of them like diamond smiles does, which takes the quality of your thread away by filling it with pages of uninteresting comments.

Please keep posting pictures.

Chit chat belongs in the water cooler.