{"id":324891,"date":"2025-01-21T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=324891"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T01:25:24","slug":"doctors-said-tabitha-fatal-six-years-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctors-said-tabitha-fatal-six-years-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors said Tabitha&#8217;s condition was &#8216;fatal.&#8217; Six years later, she&#8217;s still teaching us about life."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><i>Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this guest post are solely those of the guest author. Standard, minor edits have been made.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had a good life homeschooling four children on a 100-year-old hobby farm in southwest Idaho when we decided that a couple of babies would be just the ticket to reinforce the Biblical principle of being less self-centered and more mindful of others. So we conceived two more times and had midwife-assisted home births without ANY prenatal testing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By all measures, the second of those pregnancies progressed just like the previous one, except that it was my easiest pregnancy of all. At 39.5 weeks, my water broke but labor did not progress. After nearly 36 hours, Tabitha Grace finally presented breech and her heart rate started to dip. In compliance with state regulations, EMS was notified and they arrived just in time to witness the successful breech delivery of our smallest baby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 4 pounds 2.3 ounces, Tabitha was much smaller than anticipated, so we opted to accept an ambulance ride to the hospital for evaluation. Upon arriving at the ER, we were bullied<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (with the threat of CPS)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a NICU admission for Tabitha. Once in NICU, she was given full stabilizing care of nutrition <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(breast milk through NG tube)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hydration<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IV)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, oxygen <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(nasal cannula)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and warmth <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(heat lamp)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Then, the neonatologists proceeded to thoroughly check her from head to toe for physical anomalies and organ defects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324892\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324892\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-324892\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger-700x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger-700x379.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger-500x271.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-1-week-old-sandi-enzminger.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabitha &#8211; 1 week old (Photo courtesy of Sandi Enzminger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A &#8216;fatal&#8217; diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After what seemed like an eternity, a neonatologist informed us that there were no anomalies or defects to report, other than a heart murmur which suggested a possible heart defect <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(later identified by a cardiologist to be a VSD, ASD, and open PDA)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 However, due to certain physical characteristics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or <em>soft markers<\/em>)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they were confident that Tabitha had <a href=\"https:\/\/trisomy.org\/#\/\"><strong>Trisomy 18<\/strong><\/a>, which we were misinformed was fatal within a week to a month, due to SIDS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or her brain simply forgetting to breathe)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, the very same people who did not trust us to take our sixth baby home were then telling us that it would be completely acceptable to take her home on Comfort Care and let her pass in her sleep\u2026 without so much as a blood test to confirm their suspicions!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although we felt like we had been kicked in the gut, we knew that God had blessed us with a unique opportunity to live out our pro-life convictions. Thus, we informed them of our intent to give Tabitha every opportunity to reach HER full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, we requested a blood test<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which later confirmed Full Trisomy 18)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then spent the next 24 hours learning all we could and preparing Tabitha for discharge. In the meantime, NICU set up appointments with home health therapies, medical supplies, and specialists<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in many cases bypassing wait lists)<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With each new medical encounter, we were reminded that Comfort Care was an acceptable option, and encouraged to consider at what point to implement a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The constant pressure to NOT pursue interventions was astounding, and it was a struggle to obtain equipment, supplies, and services that were truly functional and beneficial. So, we determined to explore ALL options, in search of neuro-enhancing life-affirming care.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324893\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324893\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-324893\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-16-months-sandi-enzminger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-16-months-sandi-enzminger.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-16-months-sandi-enzminger-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-16-months-sandi-enzminger-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-16-months-sandi-enzminger-500x666.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabitha at 16 months, persuading lawmakers to vote for Simon&#8217;s Law (Photo courtesy of Sandi Enzminger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we wrestled with overwhelming feelings of frustration, guilt, and fear, we retreated into isolation in an effort to keep from losing Tabitha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which we very nearly did on three separate occasions that first year)<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, when she was four months old, we made the gut-wrenching decision to fly 1,200 miles away so she could have invasive heart repair surgery, because it had become painfully obvious that the alternative was to watch Tabitha slowly suffer to death by respiratory failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A tenfold answer to prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Tabitha turned one, we threw the biggest one-year-old birthday party imaginable, praising God for enabling her to defy statistics. And, for the first time since her birth, we realized that there IS a difference between staying alive and living, so we gradually re-engaged with society.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324894\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324894\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-324894\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-and-her-siblings-2023-sandi-enzminger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-and-her-siblings-2023-sandi-enzminger.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-and-her-siblings-2023-sandi-enzminger-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-and-her-siblings-2023-sandi-enzminger-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-and-her-siblings-2023-sandi-enzminger-500x666.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabitha and her siblings in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Sandi Enzminger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two months later, the entire family contracted two concurrent respiratory viruses and Tabitha was hospitalized for oxygen support. Thus, I was forced to advocate for Tabitha to receive a standard protocol chest x-ray ruling out pneumonia, as well as insist on standard oxygen supplies to maintain care at home. Once we finally got our in-home ICU fully equipped and we had all recovered from our viruses, the world shut down due to COVID-19 \u2014 and all of Tabitha\u2019s appointments were deemed \u201cnon-essential.\u201d\u00a0 This freed up our time and energy to work with a functional health physician, a nutritionist, a naturopath, and a chiropractor, which ultimately led to her increased alertness and physical activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Tabitha has been healthy and thriving, except for ongoing issues with constipation and reflux.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tabitha\u2019s life is really quite similar to her siblings\u2019 in that she consumes three balanced meals of whole-food per day <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(through her G-tube)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; accompanies her family on all outings <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(even if that necessitates wheelchair accessibility);<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is given every opportunity to learn and develop skills at her own pace.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Tabitha remains baby-like in her motor and speech development, her comprehension, personality, problem-solving ability, persistence, and micro developments clearly shine through. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At six YEARS old, Tabitha IS a tenfold answer to prayer, because she is not only teaching her siblings to be more mindful of others, but she is also empowering them to be bold and compassionate defenders of the outcast. In fact, 2020 saw all six children accompany me to Idaho\u2019s Capitol to testify in favor of preserving parental rights in DNRs with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simonslaw.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon\u2019s Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose passage was credited to Tabitha\u2019s continual presence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324895\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324895\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-324895\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-6-years-old-and-thriving-sandi-enzminger-527x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-6-years-old-and-thriving-sandi-enzminger-527x700.jpg 527w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-6-years-old-and-thriving-sandi-enzminger-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-6-years-old-and-thriving-sandi-enzminger-500x664.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tabitha-6-years-old-and-thriving-sandi-enzminger.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabitha at age 6 and thriving (Photo courtesy of Sandi Enzminger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we do not cultivate a superior breed of people by exterminating those with neurological disabilities, but by caring for those who cannot care for themselves. While it may not seem like Tabitha has any societal contributions to make, she is teaching her siblings to be patient, tolerant, caring, and compassionate citizens, who view differently-abled individuals as blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our eldest daughter summed this up in her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YaHubgJbL6M?si=eFSvHb9ZlX1Dgg-d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 high school graduation speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by urging her fellow graduates to \u201cmake the most of today, for tomorrow is never promised,\u201d because all life is ultimately terminal!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bio: <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandi Enzminger, Director of Operations for <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/simonslaw.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon\u2019s Kids<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, empowering parents to advocate for fair and equal access to life-saving medical treatment.\u00a0 Sandi lives in SW Idaho with her husband and six children, the youngest of whom is six years old and thriving with Trisomy 18. Reach Sandi at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:Sandi@SimonsLaw.org\"><b><i>Sandi@SimonsLaw.org<\/i><\/b><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek: <\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Stop killing America\u2019s future. Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this guest post are solely those of the guest author. Standard, minor edits have been made. 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