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>> ENTENZO IS OUR FIRST CHILD.
I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT THE END OF NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
I WENT FOR GENETIC TESTING INITIALLY AND THAT'S WHEN THEY
FIRST SAW SOMETHING.
>> THEY JUST GAVE US A HINT THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG
WHICH WAS AT 12 WEEKS.
>> AT 15 WEEKS THEY CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD GASTROSCHISIS.
>> NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS WE WERE VERY SCARED AT THAT POINT.
>> GETTING THE DIAGNOSIS OF A FETAL ANOMALY IS DEVASTATING
TO A FAMILY.
THEY GO FROM THE JOY OF BEING PREGNANT,
THE JOY OF HAVING A BABY TO MY BABY HAS A PROBLEM.
MY BABY MIGHT NOT SURVIVE.
WHERE DO I TURN?
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT MY SON HAD A CONGENITAL DEFECT
CALLED AN OMPHALOCELE.
>> IT WAS A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS TO ACCEPT.
>> THEY LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR TESTS THAT WE HAD HAD DONE UP TO
THAT POINT AND BASICALLY TOLD US THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY
COULD FIX CHARLIE'S PROBLEM.
>> THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD HELP US AND THAT IT WOULD BE PROBABLY
THE MOST CHALLENGING THING WE'D TAKE ON IN OUR LIVES.
>> THEY WANT THE BEST CARE FOR THEIR BABY.
THEY WANT THE BEST PLACE, THE BEST TEAM TO CARE
FOR THEIR CHILD.
AND THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA CENTER FOR FETAL
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT HAS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IN PLACE
THAT WILL HELP THE FAMILY AND THAT WILL GUIDE THE FAMILY
TO TRY AND ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME
FOR THEIR CHILD.