West County: Transplant toddler lives up to her middle name - Hope
Maryland Gazette | By ELYZABETH MARCUSSEN Community News Editor
Ellie Green at play. Ellie Green, of Hanover, swoops down a slide at Kinder Farm Park under the watchful eye of her mother, Alissa Green. Since her kidney transplant, Ellie has more of the energy one would expect of a 2 year old.
If Ryan and Alissa Green had listened to a midwife and a specialist, Ellie Hope Green would not be running around Kinder Farm Park or picking apples with her baby brother, Weston.
During a routine ultrasound to check for growth and gender 20 weeks into Alissa’s pregnancy, the midwife told the Greens that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby. Her heart and skull were abnormal, and she had no kidneys. The midwife’s only advice was to terminate the pregnancy.
The Greens told her that wasn’t an option and headed to a maternal fetal specialist. A sonogram showed that, though the baby had kidneys, they were not functioning. The baby’s head was not deformed and the heart looked great. Their excited response was squashed as the specialist said she did have an irreversible kidney disease. If she survived to birth, she would die minutes after being born. Again, they were told to terminate the pregnancy and try again.
Instead, the Hanover couple found a pro-life clinic, where they found information about pro-life doctors and met Dr. Chuka Jenkins at Harbor Hospital.
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Ellie Green at play. Ellie Green, of Hanover, swoops down a slide at Kinder Farm Park under the watchful eye of her mother, Alissa Green. Since her kidney transplant, Ellie has more of the energy one would expect of a 2 year old.
If Ryan and Alissa Green had listened to a midwife and a specialist, Ellie Hope Green would not be running around Kinder Farm Park or picking apples with her baby brother, Weston.
During a routine ultrasound to check for growth and gender 20 weeks into Alissa’s pregnancy, the midwife told the Greens that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby. Her heart and skull were abnormal, and she had no kidneys. The midwife’s only advice was to terminate the pregnancy.
The Greens told her that wasn’t an option and headed to a maternal fetal specialist. A sonogram showed that, though the baby had kidneys, they were not functioning. The baby’s head was not deformed and the heart looked great. Their excited response was squashed as the specialist said she did have an irreversible kidney disease. If she survived to birth, she would die minutes after being born. Again, they were told to terminate the pregnancy and try again.
Instead, the Hanover couple found a pro-life clinic, where they found information about pro-life doctors and met Dr. Chuka Jenkins at Harbor Hospital.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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