March for Babies
York County ME
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Thornton Academy
438 Main St, Saco, ME 04072
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2017 10:00 AM
438 Main St, Saco, ME 04072
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2017 10:00 AM
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Our ambassador
2017 Ambassadors Kamari and Kordell Evans
2017 Ambassadors Kamari and Kordell Evans
I considered myself lucky during my pregnancy. I did not have much morning sickness and felt healthy and energized. I went into my doctors for a routine 26 week ultrasound to see how the babies were growing, feeling excited to see my babies! Little did I know, I would be seeing them much sooner than I had thought!
After several checks, the tech advised me that the babies were measuring on the smaller side. My Doctor ordered me to go to Maine Medical Center immediately. I stayed for the remainder of my pregnancy. After 4 weeks of bed rest in the hospital, careful 24-hour fetal monitoring and daily ultrasounds, we welcomed our twins into the world on 1/15/16.
I was woken up at 1am to do an emergency C-section because Kamari’s heart rate was regularly dipping and staying low for too long. Baby A (Kamari) had Absent end diastolic flow (AEDF) which ended up in Reverse end diastolic flow (REDF). This meant that Kamari wasn’t getting good cord blow flow, which was restricting his ability to grow.
Kamari spent the next 9 weeks in the NICU and Kordell spent 11 weeks. Each baby was on nasal cannula for a few days before breathing strictly room air. Kamari was treated for a few unknown infections and was given blood transfusions. Both, Kamari and Kordell were watched closely for gastrointestinal problems, reflux, anemia and jaundice. Each baby had PICC lines in for quick and easy access for long term medications.
After almost 9 weeks in the NICU, 62 days, I got to bring Kamari home...leaving Kordell behind. That was the second hardest day of my life, the first being when I left both of them when I was discharged from the hospital. Kamari and I traveled back and forth every day to the hospital for the next 2 weeks. On March 30th, after 74 days in the NICU, I got to bring my second baby home. My family was complete!
-Jennifer Evans, Team Pair of Miracles
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