A woman takes out a sick child to be a donor
'06.01.2018'
Source: Air force
A pregnant woman who was told that her unborn child would not survive a childbirth decided to inform the girl before the full term so that the child could become a heart muscle donor.
Based on the results of an ultrasound scan for a period of 20 weeks, doctors told Hailey Martin that her child had a rare congenital disease - bilateral renal agenesis, which means that the child will either be born dead or die a few minutes after birth.
“It was not an easy decision, but it was right and helped me get through this misery,” said Hayley Martin. - Some part of her will continue to live, she will not disappear completely. She will live in someone else. "
Hayley and her husband Scott already have three children. A 30-year-old mother, explaining her decision, she said: "I could not have done otherwise."
A congenital disease diagnosed in her daughter actually means that the fetus does not have kidneys and the girl does not have enough intrauterine fluid, as a result of which her lungs are deformed.
After consulting with specialists, the spouses were given a few days to think about whether they wanted to terminate the pregnancy, but, as Haley Martin said in an interview, her reaction was automatic: "I'm not ready to part with her yet."
The couple said that they decided to give birth to a girl who had already been given the name Ava-Joy (“joy"- in English means" joy ") to help seriously ill children in need of a donor organ.
Most likely, heart muscle valves will be used.
“Doctors will be able to store heart valves for up to ten years,” says the pregnant woman. - Everything is better than nothing. I know she cannot donate whole organs, but tissues are also very valuable. ”
Spouses Martin told about the support they received from a special charitable organization in the city of Leeds that helps parents like them to establish a special connection with the fetus.
This organization allocated money for analysis to determine the sex of the child so that the couple could give her a name and buy suitable clothes when she was born.
The Martins also reported that they launched a charity project in memory of Ava-Joy to help other families who also decide to carry the full term of the child, despite the fatal diagnosis.
