Jadon's Journey: Have an appointment at Shriner's finally.....

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Have an appointment at Shriner's finally.....

Phew! I am worn out from making phone calls day after day to get things done. Finally today we have a date to go to Shriner's in Philadelphia. We have an appointment with Dr. Kozin on Monday, May 18th at 10:00 a.m.. He was nice enough to work us in between surgeries that day. I am a little intimidated by the "list" that is coming in the mail for me to take care of, along with a packet of forms. Maureen said that just a few of the things I need to bring are: birth certificate, immunizations, SS card. Fun, fun. But woo hoo we finally nailed down a date!

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If you are pregnant and have found this website on accident or through friends I encourage you to ask your OB some very important questions. The biggest one being how he/she would handle something called Shoulder Dystocia. This is a complication that turns an otherwise normal delivery into an emergency situation. We had never heard the term going into the delivery of our third child. I had two textbook perfect deliveries prior to this. There are also risk factors and looking back I see now that I had several of them. Of course hindsight is 20/20 and it was not my job to know those risk factors anyway. Your doctor may act like it is no big deal but let them know you are serious about it. Most doctors act like it is no big deal even after it happens. They tell you that in a couple weeks to a couple of months the arm will be as good as new. They get away with this because 90% of these cases do recover spontaneously on their own within a few months. However for the small percentage that do not, it is surgery and a lifetime of physical/occupational therapy and an arm that will never be 100%. I don't mean to scare you but I really wished I had known this existed. My husband and I would have made sure it was handled differently.

Ask your doctor how he/she would handle Shoulder dystocia.

Follow the link below to the United Brachial Plexus Network prevention brochure and read about the risk factors. There is also a list of questions for your OB.
http://www.ubpn.org/ubpnweb.nsf/web/prevention.pdf

Then you have taken charge of your health and the health of your baby. You can say at the end of the day you did everything in your power to bring your baby safely into the world.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Have an appointment at Shriner's finally.....

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