- Oct 3, 2007
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Just wanted to put in a plug for this great documentary on PBS about the Special Delivery Unit at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:
http://www.pbs.org/program/twice-born/
It prominently features the surgical team we literally owe Lil' Badish's life to. The documentary focuses a lot of fetal surgery-surgery on the fetus before it's born to correct problems that might otherwise prevent the baby from being born. We were incredibly lucky that our daughter did not need fetal surgery (babies with her condition often do) and we able to wait until she was six weeks old to have her heart and lung defect corrected, but we spent a lot of time pre-birth at the SDU/Center for Fetal Surgery.
It was kind of surreal (and hard) for my wife and I to watch (there are some tough moments for the parents in the documentary-fair warning) but also pretty neat as well to see the same doctors, techs, nurses, and locations in the hospital that we became so familiar with for the first two years of our daughter's life. In fact, the female surgeon who actually led the team is a major part of the series. Once she is old enough to understand (she's 3 and a half now) we will bring her to the annual CHOP family reunion to meet her as she is one hell of a role model!
http://www.pbs.org/program/twice-born/
It prominently features the surgical team we literally owe Lil' Badish's life to. The documentary focuses a lot of fetal surgery-surgery on the fetus before it's born to correct problems that might otherwise prevent the baby from being born. We were incredibly lucky that our daughter did not need fetal surgery (babies with her condition often do) and we able to wait until she was six weeks old to have her heart and lung defect corrected, but we spent a lot of time pre-birth at the SDU/Center for Fetal Surgery.
It was kind of surreal (and hard) for my wife and I to watch (there are some tough moments for the parents in the documentary-fair warning) but also pretty neat as well to see the same doctors, techs, nurses, and locations in the hospital that we became so familiar with for the first two years of our daughter's life. In fact, the female surgeon who actually led the team is a major part of the series. Once she is old enough to understand (she's 3 and a half now) we will bring her to the annual CHOP family reunion to meet her as she is one hell of a role model!
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