My story begins more than 18 years ago, but only today do I have the courage to tell it because only now do I realize that by sharing this, I am actually strengthening other people who are in the same or a similar situation.
\nIn a place I hadn't set foot in for over 16 years because I was afraid, afraid of the beeps and the sights... Today, when I work in a maternity ward, yes, in the lovely maternity ward, the same maternity ward where I gave birth, at Kaplan Hospital with the team that saved my daughter, the winning team then and especially today, when I see that they work hard on each baby and I appreciate them even more for their dedication and giving, for their professionalism and humanity, for their empathy towards the parents and for the updates on the babies' medical condition.
\n19 years ago, about six months after giving birth to my first child, I was diagnosed with another pregnancy. What joy! I thought to myself, now he or she will be friends. I went for a routine check-up with a gynecologist at the health insurance company and he told me that I had twins. Come back in two weeks, they seem to be growing. I left completely happy, of course, because twins are a dream. After about two weeks, I went for a check-up and was told that it was triplets. Yes, as you hear, triplets without any prior preparation, like that, from heaven, without any treatments, a spontaneous triplet pregnancy.
\nI couldn't contain my joy because my husband was waiting outside with the girl. I told the doctor there was no way I was telling him this. "He would never believe it." The doctor told my husband the good news and we all left in a state of extreme excitement.
\nAt first everything was great, I felt wonderful, I gained weight, I even worked, during that entire period everything was normal according to the gynecologist, until week 16 when I had to have a systems review and since it was a multiple pregnancy, it was done in a hospital, I was sent to Assaf Hospital and Dr. Eli Dreizin performed the test. Unfortunately, I was not given good news during the test and was told that one of the fetuses had a spinal cord defect and would probably die immediately after birth. He asked me to come back in two weeks. They suggested that I dilute the pregnancy and take into account that I could lose the whole thing. We refused for religious reasons.<\/p>\n
A few days later I felt unwell. I don't know if it was because I was stressed by the news, but I started having early contractions. I was sent to Kaplan Hospital, where they admitted me to maintain my pregnancy with complete confinement to bed. I only got up to shower and use the bathroom with the help of a nurse.
\nThis nightmare lasted 13 weeks. At night, my water probably broke, but I thought it was sweat. We are in August... The next morning, as they do every week, an ultrasound was performed. Of course, you have to eat before so they can see movements... And my world went dark. It turns out that one of the fetuses, the healthy one, died in the womb. I have to be operated on, but I have to wait 6 hours to fast. Time seems like an eternity. On August 11, 1999, at 8:00 PM, when I know it's not going to end well, I have a cesarean section. I am in week 29. The fetuses weigh very little.
\nTwin 1 - a 1000 gram baby that no one knows what's wrong with him, but has the highest chance of survival.
\nTwin 2 - 960 grams baby with a defect that, as far as I know, will die immediately after birth
\nTwin 3 - 760 grams who died in utero
\nI lose all hope because this must end badly and then we arrive at the maternity ward in Kaplan. The babies are being cared for by a lovely team.
\nThe baby with the shock died after 4 hours, and the only baby who is in a difficult situation at all weighs only a kilo, is on a ventilator and is connected to endless tubes. Her body is the size of my palm, her thigh is the thickness of my thumb, so fragile and fragile, what will happen to her?
\nPlatelets, brain, kidneys, liver, heart, stomach, lungs, so many organs and they are all vital and everything needs to function properly, when you give birth prematurely there is no time for excitement, only for survival, hourly survival and then daily everything changes at record speed, a lot of worry, accompanied by sadness and tears, a roller coaster of emotions that starts now and we don't know when we will get off it and faith, a lot of faith, faith in the Creator, faith in the team, faith that it can't get any worse than that, the stunning Tami, a maternity nurse, never stops strengthening me that I must be strong and not give up on myself, the whole family comes to visit, a reserved congratulatory message full of mercy...<\/p>\n
And of course, no one interests me except the girl, the girl who must be okay, full of conversations and explanations about how complex the situation is and how it could be worse, we have to take that into account too, but my girl is a survivor, a true survivor, and against all odds, she decided that she was choosing life and was released from the hospital after three months.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the amazing angels in the Kaplan maternity ward, thanks to Dr. Shinwell, Dr. Pledel, Dr. Yoster, Dina, the charge nurse, and the nursing team, Evelyn the nurse, the auxiliary and cleaning staff in the ward, yes, thanks to everyone, she is alive today, healthy in body and healthy in mind, a stunning girl with a captivating smile who will soon mobilize and become an adult herself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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