North Carolina woman, hung on the verge of death, finally able to pick up their newborn son after 111 days of recovery from complex surgery that saved. Daniella, whose name was not disclosed, was in the hospital in February complaining of chest pain.
At that time, the woman,31, was pregnant with her son. The doctors know that the expectant mother was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome — a genetic disease that affects connective tissue in the human body. Patients with a similar diagnosis usually suffer from various complications associated with the heart, blood vessels, bones, joints and eyes.
«Not too often we hear people with a similar diagnosis but still pregnant. In such a situation the mortality rate is pretty close to 100 percent,» said Dr. Joseph McGinn, head of the division of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Pelican Heart & Vascular Institute, Said in the video.
It turned out that the patient had ruptured his aorta, causing the blood ceased to circulate to all organs of the body. And when the bodies of pregnant mothers do not get enough blood, suffer and then the organs.
The only way out was a six-hour operation, which involved more than 15 nurses and doctors, saving the life of not only Danielle, but to her baby. Doctors managed to save both of them just because they had surgery on the aorta and caesarean section simultaneously.
Without surgery great were the chances that a newborn boy will never see his mother. A woman came to the emergency room in critical condition. The doctors say a few minutes separated her from death. But luckily it worked real professionals. In June, Danielle and I finally matured enough to first to hold her baby that was captured on video Carolinas HealthCare System.
Dr. McGinn said that he is convinced that she is on the mend and soon will be fully restored.
