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Amazement in Mexico over miracle surgery for mother and unborn child
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Jun 17, 2008 14:36 PDT
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www.catholicnewsagency.com
Amazement in Mexico over miracle surgery for mother and unborn child
Mexico City, Jun 16, 2008 / 05:20 pm (CNA
<http://www.catholicnewsagency.com> ).- The director of Pre-Natal Care at
the La Raza National Medical Center in Mexico City, Polita del Rocio Cruz,
said this week the open heart surgery and C-section carried out
simultaneously on a pregnant woman who had considered aborting her child
"was a miracle with the help of God."
Identified as Elizabeth, the young woman became pregnant at the age of 21
despite her use of contraceptive devices. Her doctor warned her that the
pregnancy would be risky and that she should consider abortion.
"They gave me three months to decide," Elizabeth told the Excelsior news
agency, adding that she was also worried "that the baby would be born with a
birth defect or some other problem, as such things can develop in any
pregnancy during the first three months."
"I decided to wait. If a problem came up, I would get an abortion. If not,
then she's hanging on to life for some reason," Elizabeth said. At three
months she had an ultrasound and the baby was in good health, so she decided
to proceed with the pregnancy.
At 34 weeks she was admitted to the hospital after doctors discovered
problems with one of her heart valves that doctors treated when she was 15
years old. They decided to perform both open heart surgery and a C-section
at the same time.
Both operations were scheduled for August 17, 2007, and doctors gave her a
five percent chance of surviving. "The case of Elizabeth was unique because
the valve was blocked by a blood clot that had to be removed, because at the
moment of birth there was a 99% chance she would die," Polita Cruz said.
The chances were "one in a thousand. Yes, it was a miracle with the help of
God," she said.
Elizabeth's daughter, Adriana, which means "gift of God," weighed just four
pounds when she was born. Now she is 12 months old and weighs 19 pounds.
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