Introduction

ypaschke (ypaschke@cclink.fhcrc.org)
Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:51:10 -0800 

     
     Yvonne, Darren, Tyler, Savanna and Taryn Paschke:
     
     Hello All:
     
     I would like to introduce to you myself and my family:  I am Yvonne,
     my husband is Darren, Tyler is our first born (31 weeker), Savanna
     and Taryn are our last (30 weekers).
     
     Boy, I don't know where to start....  Well Tyler was due June 25, 1988
     and I went into labor on April 13th.  The doctors tried stopping the 
     labor with Ridodrine (sp) and mag.  I went symptomatic on the 
     ritodrine and toxic on the Mag.  After four days, of drugs, steriods, 
     no food, and no showers I deliverd.  Tyler weighed in at 4lbs 4 oz and
     17 3/4 inces long.  He spent 5 weeks in the NICU before we got to 
     bring him home.  His biggest problem was the Apnea.  He now is a 
     healthy almost 8 year old boy who enjoys soccer, baseball, and bmx
     racing.  Our only problem is that tyler has seizures now.  He gets 
     this from mom.
     
     Our second and third children are Savanna and Taryn (yes, they are 
     twins).  I went into premature labor with them at 24 weeks.  I was put
     on bedrest in the hospital for 6 weeks.  There we did the mag sulfate 
     again, and the steroids again, and instead of ritodrine, we got 
     terbutiline.  The girls were due September 22, 1993, they came on
     July 18, 1993.  Savanna is the first born weighing in at 4lbs 4oz.  
     Taryn came 4 minutes later weighing in at 3lbs 9oz.  Taryn was 
     venilated for 3 days.  Then she dropped too much weight (went down to
     2lbs 14ozs).  After this, we found out that she had
     NEC (necromizing entero colitis).  They stopped feeding her for 2 
     weeks, only giving her HA (nutrient) and IV fluids.  She was a fighter
     though...(still is, that is with her sister).  The girls were in the 
     NICU for 8 weeks.  The girls are happy and healthy, still a little 
     small, but I am not to worried about that.
     
     It has been determined that I can not carry anything over 4 pounds.  
     So, the girls were the last.  I remember how scared I was when we had
     tyler.  It helped with the girls, you know having the knowledge of 
     what goes on in a NICU.  But even still, there were some scary times.
     
     Well, thats my family.  I will be looking forward to hearing from all 
     of you out there in preemie land!
     
     Thank you for listening....
     
     Yvonne, Darren, Tyler, Savanna & Taryn Paschke