{"id":195057,"date":"2019-01-31T09:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195057"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:32:22","slug":"twins-survive-syndrome-defy-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/twins-survive-syndrome-defy-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle twins survive rare prenatal syndrome, defy odds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keely and Kambry Ewoldt are special little girls. Beyond being the light of their parents\u2019 life, at 18 weeks premature, the twins are also some of the earliest surviving preemies<\/a>. And according to doctors, they\u2019re doing remarkably well.<\/p>\n

Jade and Wesley Ewold were overjoyed when they found out they were expecting. That joy quickly turned to fear when, at 16 weeks\u2019 gestation, the twins were given a terrible diagnosis: Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome<\/a>, or TTTS. This occurs in identical twins when abnormal blood vessels connect the umbilical cords of the twins. The donor twin does not receive the nutrients he or she needs to grow, while the other twin receives too much blood and too many nutrients, which can place excessive strain on the heart. Depending on when TTTS develops, many parents are advised to abort one twin, or sometimes both. When twins still have a ways to go, TTTS can sometimes get worse. The donor twin can often end up with severe neurological issues and brain bleeds.<\/p>\n

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Kambry (L) and Keely (R). Photo shared on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

However, there was a surgical option available to the twins, and just one week after the diagnosis, Jade and the twins underwent in-utero surgery to fix the malfunctioning blood vessels. The surgery was a success, but even successful in-utero surgery to treat TTTS comes with the risk of premature delivery, which is what happened to the twins at 22 weeks and one day of gestation.<\/p>\n

READ: Twins! NFL\u2019s Benjamin Watson makes epic pregnancy announcement<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The earliest known surviving baby was born at 21 weeks and 5 days. According to the Preemie Survival Foundation<\/a>, \u201cBabies born at 23 weeks have a 17% chance of survival; babies born at 24 weeks have a 39% chance of survival; babies born at 25 weeks have a 50% chance of survival.\u201d Keely and Kambry were being taken care of in one of the best Level 4 NICUs in the country. While the survival rate of 22 week old babies nationally is around 10%, at UIHC, their survival rate over the last 10 years is 65%, which is 650% higher than the national average, an incredible feat. As medical care continues to advance, these numbers continue to increase, and babies born earlier and earlier are able to survive.<\/p>\n

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Keely was smaller than her dad’s shoe. Photo shared on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

The reality of abortion at these same gestational ages becomes all the more manifestly abominable as neonatal medicine progresses. There can be no denying the humanity of these precious babies. Making abortion a \u201cfundamental right,\u201d legalizing it for any reason up to birth like in New York, is unconscionable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing the tremendous skills the surgeons have,\u201d Dr. Jonathan Klein, medical director of the NICU at UIHC, said to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. \u201cOur babies, at the time of surgery, are smaller than most adult hearts. It\u2019s mind-boggling to think they are doing surgery around hearts the size of thumbnails,” adding, \u201cBased on our neuroprotective care strategies, only 10 percent born at (UIHC) have long-term disability \u2014 blindness, deafness, cognitive disabilities.\u201d Given that these are some of the most common side effects of premature delivery, UIHC\u2019s amazing statistics are staggering. Although there are only 15 hospitals in the country that can take 22-week babies, one day there will be more of them, and that means more hope for the tiniest of babies like Keely and Kambry.<\/p>\n

If you would like to donate to the Ewoldt twins, you can do so here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Keely and Kambry Ewoldt are special little girls. Beyond being the light of their parents\u2019 life, at 18 weeks premature, the twins are also some of the earliest surviving preemies. And according to doctors, they\u2019re doing remarkably well. Jade and Wesley Ewold were overjoyed when they found out they were expecting. 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