{"id":226666,"date":"2020-07-03T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=226666"},"modified":"2020-07-03T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:27:19","slug":"arabella-survival-miracle-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arabella-survival-miracle-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors gave Arabella, who has Down syndrome, a 10% chance of survival. Then ‘a miracle occurred.’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arabella Kim, born July 17, 2019, is a beautiful baby girl who miraculously survived a death sentence given before her first breath.\u00a0Her parents, Tiffany and Paul Kim, discovered before the 20th week of pregnancy that Arabella had a 98% chance of being diagnosed with Down syndrome after they received results from the mother’s blood test and a nuchal translucency test with an ultrasound confirming the percentage. On top of this diagnosis came the added danger of a condition called hydrops. This is when fluid builds up in the abdomen, lungs, and\/or head of the baby. There is usually no treatment for this during the pregnancy, and only 20% of the babies diagnosed with hydrops “will survive to delivery,” and only about half of those who survive will live after delivery, according to Healthline Parenthood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Love What Matters<\/a> shared Tiffany Kim’s experience in her own words: “I immediately started to sob and was overcome with grief and despair. I knew the odds were greatly stacked against us and I would most likely never get to meet my baby girl earthside.” The couple immediately began seeing an obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies and monitored baby Arabella by ultrasound every two weeks. The hydrops worsened and spread from her head, neck, and stomach to her heart, lungs, and extremities. Kim continued:<\/p>\n

They were also seeing heart defects on the ultrasound. She most likely was in heart failure. Baby Arabella was given an ultimate 5-10% chance of being born and surviving birth afterward. Until a miracle occurred: at around 20 weeks, the fluid was completely gone and no serious heart defects appeared.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Watching Big Sister at swim class? Baby Arabella is a true miracle. She was ultimately given a 5-10% chance of ultimate survival after they found fluid surrounding her heart, lungs, stomach, and extremeties at around 12 weeks in utero, a condition called Hydrops. This was in addition to the Down Syndrome diagnosis. They thought she was in heart failure and could see some unknown serious heart defects. Every time I went in for an ultrasound, (every 1-2 weeks),it was to check when her little heart had stopped beating. But little by little the ultrasounds were showing improvement! The fluid was disappearing from her extremities, then her stomach, then her lungs, and finally, her heart. Then ultimately, it was gone! And her heart? No heart failure and only a couple of very minor defects. So many people prayed for this little baby and I am forever grateful to them and to God. She is our miracle. Read her full story here: https:\/\/feedingtrials.com\/our-miracle\/#downsyndrome#downsyndromelove#downsyndromeawareness#downsyndromeawarenessmonth#theluckyfew#gigisplayhouse#gigisplayhousephx#sharingdownsyndromeaz#sharingdownsyndrome#hydrops#hydropssurvivor#miraclebabybella#downsyndromelove#gcwbaby#cricutexploreair2#cricutcreated#gcwbaby#hydrops#hydropssurvivor#globaldownsyndromefoundation#worthy#dsdn#nobodytoldme#positiveaboutdownsyndrome#iceland#statementonesies#babylove#momlife#miraclebaby<\/a><\/p>\n

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