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>> HAVING MOM AND BABY TOGETHER IN THE SAME PLACE
OPTIMIZES OUTCOME AND HELPS MOMS AND FAMILIES
PARTICIPATE IN CARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> BEING ABLE TO DELIVER AND HAVE THAT MOMENT IMMEDIATELY
WHERE I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM, BUT KNOWING THAT
HE WAS MEDICALLY STABILIZED AND THAT THERE WAS
A STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING ROOM DIRECTLY NEXT TO MINE,
IS MIND-BLOWING.
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR OUTCOME
BECAUSE EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY THAT THEY NEED
ARE RIGHT THERE, AVAILABLE, FROM THE TIME THAT THEY'RE BORN
UNTIL THE TIME THEY GO HOME.
>> HAVING THE SDU ALLOWS US TO TIME THEIR DELIVERY,
TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE BORN,
TO HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY THERE,
EVEN IF IT INVOLVES HAVING ANOTHER OPERATING ROOM SET UP.
>> BABIES CAN BE DELIVERED IN ONE ROOM WITH A SURGICAL
TEAM ON STANDBY IN THE ADJACENT ROOM.
>> FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, EVERYONE HAS PLANNED ON IT,
AND THE TREATMENT STARTS THAT MINUTE.
>> WHEN YOU CAN GO FROM ONE OPERATING ROOM TO ANOTHER
THROUGH JUST A SIMPLE SET OF DOORS,
IT MAY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
TO THAT CHILD SURVIVING OR NOT SURVIVING.
>> WHEN ONE HAS SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT,
IT NATURALLY ATTRACTS A WORLD-CLASS AND WORLDWIDE
TALENT POOL THAT ALL SORT OF CONGEAL TO MAKE THE NEXT
COHORT OF ADVANCES.
>> THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT IS DOING RESEARCH
IN THE AREA OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS,
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES
IN A FETAL CENTER.
AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE THE FIRST.
>> WE ALSO HAVE RESEARCH THAT'S GOING ON IN BUILDINGS
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT WHERE
WE CAN STUDY THE SCIENCE OF THESE PARTICULAR BIRTH
DEFECTS AND DISORDERS.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF LEARNING IN TERMS
OF THE TEAMWORK IN DEALING WITH ESSENTIALLY TWO PATIENTS
BUT HAVING ONE TEAM.
>> PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S JACKSON LIKE NOW?
CAN HE DO EVERYTHING THAT NORMAL KIDS DO?"
AND IT'S LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED--
SMART, FUNNY, LOVING, CONCERNED, ALL OF EVERYTHING YOU WANT
IN A TWO-YEAR-OLD.
>> HE'S GOT SUCH A ZEST FOR LIFE.
AND HERE WE ARE, TWO YEARS LATER,
AFTER MANY CHALLENGING MOMENTS,
BUT JUST HAVING THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING OUR BEAUTIFUL
TWO-YEAR-OLD BABY BOY RUN CIRCLES AROUND US.
>> THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO
THINGS THAT NO OTHER PLACE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD CAN DO.
>> TO HANDLE ANY SITUATION THAT MIGHT ARISE
WITH A NEWBORN--
>> TO STUDY SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF DELIVERY THAT ARE
UNIQUE TO BABIES WITH BIRTH DEFECTS--
>> TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT ARE YET UNKNOWN
AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE THE BEST CARE AND OUTCOMES POSSIBLE
TO THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.