So the little man from my previous post a while back made the decision for all of us. His lungs got much worse and he died. Now I go to work and I'm sad each time I pass his room. I miss him, but I'm also happy he isn't hurting anymore and there are no more "what ifs" in his life.
On a lighter note though...
One of my patients this week has been a tiny little boy. He is only a few days old and born at 25 weeks. His mom looked at me and said, "Do you believe I smoked with him?"
I stepped back and adjusted my nurse face as best I could and said, "Umm, yeah."
She was smiling and happy as if she was proud of it.
So here is a lesson... if you smoke while pregnant you greatly increase your chances of having an extremely premature baby. Everytime you take a puff, you are killing a bit more of that baby's placenta which causes them to have very low birth weights even if they are born at full term. Don't be proud of yourself if this happens.
Wow, how sad. I mean, I *heard* that some people try for early inductions and smoking to have an "easy" birth with a low weight baby, but I thought it was more crazy talk. Did smoker!mom think his condition was so great that she could be proud of how it was despite her smoking? I don't get such people. :-(
ReplyDeleteI did not at all understand the comment. I was quite literally taken aback (as I stepped back away from her when she said it). I've told other of my colleagues and they all didn't understand it either.
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