Pulmonary Hypertension Can Present Pregnancy Challenges For Mom & Baby
Pulmonary Hypertension Can Present Pregnancy Challenges For Mom & Baby
Joy Lauver has a life-threatening lung condition called pulmonary hypertension, which made her pregnancy extremely tricky for doctors; KDKA’s Dr. Maria Simbra reports. FULL STORY: http://cbsloc.al/2ngUmZS
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1.88 -> INCREASES THE CHANCE OF
2.95 -> SURVIVE.
6.42 -> VERY PREMATURE INHAVEN'TS --
8.45 -> INFANTS BENEFIT THE MOST.
11.59 -> WHEN DOCTORS TOLD A WOMAN
15.53 -> SHE OR HER BABY OR BOTH COULD
17.43 -> DIE DURING CHILD BIRTH.
21.53 -> MORE ON HOW THEY BOTH SURVIVED
23.03 -> AGAINST THE ODDS.
28.64 -> JOY HAS A LIFE-THREATENING
32.11 -> LUNG CONDITION, A SIDE EFFECT
32.68 -> OF CHEMO.
35.95 -> SHE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT
37.81 -> ASIDE FROM MILD BREATHING
38.15 -> ISSUES.
42.52 -> I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
44.05 -> THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WAS.
46.76 -> THEN SHE FOUND HERSELF 30
49.43 -> WEEKS PREGNANT AND IN TROUBLE.
55.16 -> WE LOOSE 60% OF THE WOMEN
56.8 -> WHO HAVE THIS DISEASE.
62.27 -> ONE IN EVERY 100,000
62.71 -> PREGNANCIES.
67.58 -> THE DR. HAS TAKEN CARE OF ONLY
71.48 -> ONE OTHER CASE AND THE WOMAN
71.78 -> DIED.
76.02 -> JOY'S FAMILY RUSHED HER TO
78.02 -> PITTSBURGH TO SEE A
78.45 -> CARDIOLOGIST.
80.79 -> SHE WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE
83.33 -> KATHARINE WHERE THE PRESSURE IN
86.2 -> HER LUNGS WAS HIGHER THAN THE
89.17 -> PRESSURE IN HER ARM.
91.57 -> THE DOCTOR SAID HER
94.1 -> PULMONARY PRESSURE WAS ONE OF
96.34 -> THE HIGHEST HE'S SEEN.
101.21 -> COMBINED WITH THE PREGNANCY,
104.21 -> HIS ESTIMATED MORTALITY RATE
104.58 -> WAS 90%.
106.98 -> IT AFFECTS THE ART ERIES IN
109.59 -> THE LUNGS AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF
109.99 -> THE HEART.
113.02 -> YOUR HEART HAS TO WORK HARDER.
114.79 -> THE HEART MUSCLE WEAKENS AND
117.49 -> FAILS AND THE CONDITION IS
119.6 -> WORSE AND FATAL.
124.33 -> FROM THE KATHARINE SHE WENT
127.84 -> TO -- KATZ LAB SHE WENT TO
128.3 -> INTENSIVE CARE.
130.94 -> THE DOCTOR WAS TELLING ME
135.85 -> ABOUT THE CANS OF US -- CHANCES
138.88 -> OF US SURVIVING IT WAS HEART
139.28 -> WRENCHING.
141.35 -> SAVE JOY OR SAVE THE BABY.
144.69 -> SHE HAD A 4-YEAR-OLD AND FAMILY
145.82 -> COUNTING ON HER.
149.66 -> JOY, HER FAMILY, THE CARE TEAM
153.66 -> AND THEETICS COMMITTEE FOCUSED
154.33 -> ON JOY.
155.36 -> IS.
159.77 -> IT WAS THE BABY HAD MAJOR
162.41 -> DISTRESS, WE HAD TO DELIVER
166.08 -> HER, SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT
167.21 -> MAKE IT.
168.51 -> WE WOULD MAXIMIZE HER LIFE.
171.31 -> IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO GET
174.22 -> THE MEDICATIONS WORKING AT
174.85 -> THEIR BEST.
179.06 -> BECAUSE THE PREGNANCY WAS
181.26 -> AGGRAVATING HER CONDITION, THE
183.29 -> EARLY DELIVERY WAS THE PLAN.
186.83 -> THE GOAL WAS 36 WEEKS, BUT AT
190.23 -> 32 WEEKS HER WATER BROKE AND
192.67 -> HAD A QUICK, EASY DELIVERY.
195.24 -> WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A
197.91 -> BREATHING TUBE, BUT HE DID
198.61 -> WELL, CAME OUTCRYING.
202.24 -> HE WAS A GOOD SIZE AND
204.78 -> FOLLOWED HIS GROWTH CURVE, THEY
205.88 -> EXPECT HIS GROWTH AND
208.28 -> DEVELOPMENT TO BE NORMAL.
210.99 -> AFTER A MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL
212.36 -> HE'S GOING HOME.
217.13 -> AND JOY IS GOING HOME WITH AN
219.76 -> INTERVENOUS TUBE IN HER CHEST.
221.3 -> IT'S JUST A MIRACLE.
224.43 -> I'M GLAD TO BE GOING HOME TODAY
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRj-cbsqLUA