February 2019 brought many surprises, a huge snowfall, trees and tree sized limbs falling on and around the house, and last but not least, the birth of our two new granddaughters, Iris and Ione. Although their birth was several weeks sooner than the ideal (37 weeks), both babies were healthy and were fortunate to be in the care of the Evergreen Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Initially there were triplets (Baby A, B, & C), which made the pregnancy a high risk one. Unfortunately two of the babies were identical twins and developed Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), which put both at risk. An operation was done to try to save both Babies A and B, but Baby B was not strong enough to survive the operation. A good article on this syndrome can be found HERE. In that article there is also a video of Kelsey's doctor, Dr. Bettina Paek, explaining TTTS and the laser treatment.
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-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): February 7, 2019. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 49 of 49 Total. 603 Visits.
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enlarge 158KB, 686x1024 2 02-07-19 002 Iris Baby A Iris (Baby A)
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Ione (Baby C) - Not quite as developed as Iris, she was put on a CPAP to assist her breathing.
enlarge 291KB, 1024x768 4 DSC02654 Remembering Baby B, who Avery named Beatrice.
enlarge 199KB, 1024x768 5 02-07-19 003 Iris IMG 2390 Iris in her Isolette
enlarge 180KB, 1024x768 6 02-07-19 004 Iris IMG 2391 Welcome to the world!
enlarge 175KB, 1024x768 7 02-07-19 005 Ione IMG 2394 Ione in her isolette
enlarge 125KB, 1024x768 8 02-07-19 006 NICU
Andrew took the big sisters down to see the babies. He is explaining all the tubes and beeping machines to Avery (who wants to know EVERYTHING).
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enlarge 77.10MB, 1152x648 Download MPEG4 47 kiro 7 MoSacker twins.mp4 VIDEO - Click Photo to View.
This video was broadcast on our local CBS affiliate, Kiro 7. In it, the MoSacker family from Lake Stevens (who bear a striking resemblance to the Mooseker family also of Lake Stevens) are interviewed for a report on a program to reduce Cesarean births.
