Why We Ride

April 8, 2004 I was admitted to Bethesda North Hospital at 29 weeks gestation. My
blood pressure was high and my body was severely swollen. Over the next 4 days I laid in a hospital bed with pain in my body and my organs were soon going to shut down. I was going into heelp syndrome. Doctors decided to transport me to Good Samaritan Hospital I had an emergency c-section that night. 30 Weeks Gestation Kayden Scott was born he weighed 2 pounds 14 ounces. My first sight of Kayden was he was little and frail lying in an incubator hooked to IV’s and a ventilator. Kayden spent 6 weeks in the NICU. He was on a c-pap machine, nasal canula, and tube fed.

The first year was rough as he always sick. He is now 6 years old and is very healthy and enjoying life he plays football, baseball, and basketball.

July 2007 I found out I was pregnant. C-section was set for March 3, I was told if I
went into labor that I had the possibility of hemorrhaging and losing the baby because of the way I had an emergency C-section with Kayden. The morning of February 6th (35 weeks gestation) I woke up and wasn’t feeling well and I could tell the baby had dropped and I was having contractions. At the hospital they gave me some medicine to stop the contractions and it didn’t work. That day Brady was born weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces.

We spent 2 days at Mercy hooked to IV’s and c-pap machine. His lung had collapsed
and there were spots on the other one. They decided to transport him to Children’s
Hospital where he spent 7 days he was put on a ventilator and given surfactant for his lungs. 2 days later he was breathing room air and has been healthy ever since. Brady is 2 years old now and he is a very happy fun loving little boy.

I thank the March of Dimes for their support and continued research, also the staff and
the doctors that cared for my boys.