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| Kelsee was born at 34 weeks
gestational age. Labor was induced because low
amniotic fluid. She weighed 3lbs 1ounce and was
15 ½ inches long. I had a fairly normal
pregnancy compared to my other two. Kelsee
remained in the hospital for 1 month, because of
weight gain and temperature. Dr.'s in our
hometown said everything was ok. When Kelsee was
3 ½ - 4 months old her medical problems started.
On Sept. 19, 2000 we had her transferred from our
hometown hospital where her ex doctor was
treating her for pneumonia, to Childrens Medical
in Dayton. We found out with her first
hospitalization she was going into congestive
heart failure. We also found out she had
microcephaly, dandy walker malformation,
rockerbottom feet, dilated cardiomyopathy, and
scoliosis. She was in the hospital from 9-19-00
to 10-6-00. Kelsee was home for just 1 week when
we noticed her food intake was drastically going
down, she couldn't even take 1 ½ ounces from her
bottle without tiring out.10-12-00 to 10-30-00
was the 2nd hospitalization at
Childrens Medical Center in Dayton. Dr.'s
diagnosed her with failure to thrive so they did
a fundoplication and put in her G-tube. They also
found out her liver had hemangiomas over half of
it. A liver biopsy was done and the found the
hemangiomas were benign. After Kelsee was
released, she was admitted again and each time
they found more & more medical problems.
11-6-00 to 11-15-00 her veins were failing and
she had a Broviac Central Line Cathedar put in.
12-1-00 to 12-6-00 Broviac failed surgery for a
new Broviac and muscle biopsy 12-30-00 to 1-5-01
urinary tract infection & grade 3 kidney
reflux. 2-11-01 to 2-28-01 nephrotic syndrome
(kidneys). 4-16-01 to 5-24-01 platelet count
dropping, bone marrow biopsy, No t lymphocytes,
possible bone marrow failure, enlarged liver and
spleen. 7-27-01 to 8-4-01 cataract surgery,
severe bleeding needed blood and platelet
transfusions. 8-10-01 to 8-12-01 blood levels,
needed transfusions.9-4-01 to 9-22-01 gastro
bleeding, pulmonary edema, liver failure, kidney
failure, bone marrow failure. |
| Kelsee passed away on
Sept. 22 2001. From May 2001 to sept 10th
Kelsee was having weekly platelet
transfusions. The last week of her life
she was getting transfusions every other
day. |
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