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Micro Preemie Twins Gabriel and Victor

December 7, 2015 By Shann 17 Comments

December 7th

It is a special Micro Preemie Monday today! We are meeting Micro Preemie Twins today. Thank you for joining us!

Today, December 7th, is World TTTS Awareness Day. In honor of that, and to bring more awareness, we will be meeting Micro Preemie Twins Gabriel and Victor, who are TTTS Survivors. Thank you so much to their Mom, Van, for sharing their story, as well as all the beautiful pictures.

Now, let’s meet the boys.

Micro Preemie Twins

Micro preemie twins

1. Please tell us about your babies.

My Micro preemie twin boys were born at 27 weeks and 1 day. Baby A is Gabriel Khai, weighing 2 lbs, 1 oz and Baby B is Victor Anthony weighing 2 lbs even. I had a few episodes of post-chorionic bleeding which were miscarriage scares!

Then I was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (essentially one baby was getting too much blood flow and the other baby was not getting enough, which is dangerous to both babies) at 16 weeks, had laser surgery to the placenta at 18 weeks. Dr Ruben Quintero of Jackson memorial hospital in Miami performed the surgery. He is amazing! They have an awesome program where they provide financial assistance if needed and they have a wonderful staff!! The actual procedure itself was preformed in the operating room where he gave me local anesthesia and allowed me to be awake. Although the circumstances of the situation was stressful, I got to see my babies live through the endoscopic camera that the doctor used! It was very cool!!

I was on bed rest, and then went into preterm labor at 27 weeks. I delivered the next day.

Micro Preemie Twins

2. How long were you in the NICU? What was the hardest part?

87 days in NICU. The hardest part is probably the fact that my husband and I are both in the medical field, so the knowledge of what was happening and what could potentially go wrong made it difficult.

Micro preemie twins

3. Do you know what caused your premature birth?

I don’t really know what caused the babies to be born premature but I’m guessing the TTTS and having had surgery to the placenta during pregnancy made me very high risk.

Micro Preemie twins
Courtesy of April Frye Photography.com

4. How are you and the babies doing now?

Our family and babies are doing wonderful!! Besides being on the smaller side regarding height and weight, they are perfect developmentally. 18 months old, they are running and climbing all over!! I can barely keep up! They are identical yet so different. They are so strong-willed and independent! I guess that’s why they survived 87 days in the NICU without a hitch!

Twins micro preemie

5. What advice would you give to new preemie parents?

Advice to new parents: HANG IN THERE!!! It is a rough, tough and long road but patience and prayer will get you through! Stay positive. Spend as much time as you can with the babies and do as much hands-on as you are able to! This will help with bonding and makes going home without them a little easier.

Micro preemie twins

Thank you so much, Van, for sharing your adorable micro preemie twins with us. I’m so happy that they are TTTS survivors, and that they fought through the NICU, as well.

If you, or anyone you know, is pregnant with multiples, please get early and frequent ultrasound monitoring. Not everyone’s outcome with TTTS is as happy as Van’s and mine. It is a very scary and deadly syndrome.

You also need to make sure that you are seeing a high risk or MFM (Maternal Fetal Medicine) doctor. There is a list of questions that you can print out and take with you on the Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundations’s website. Please visit the TTTS Foundation’s Website for more information.

We will be wearing light blue for World TTTS Awareness Day, and also lighting candles tonight at 5:10 pm and 5:15 pm for all the donor and recipient babies, survivors and angels. Please join me, and feel free to post your pictures on my Facebook Page.

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Awareness Day
My Micro Preemie Twins and TTTS Survivors

Thank you to everyone for their support. #FightTTTS
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Filed Under: Blog, Health, Micro Preemie Mondays Tagged With: Dr. Ruben Quintero, frequent monitoring, laser surgery, micro preemie, micro preemie twins, preemie, premature birth, TTTS, TTTS Foundation, twin to twin transfusion syndrome, Twins, ultrasounds

Comments

  1. My Urban Family says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:00 am

    Those outfits with the bow ties are so adorable! And thanks for sharing their story 🙂

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  2. nmiller00 says

    December 7, 2015 at 9:22 am

    What cuties and what an amazing story!

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  3. callienicole7 says

    December 7, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Oh my oddness, how cute are they?! So glad this TTTS had a happy ending!

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  4. callienicole7 says

    December 7, 2015 at 10:33 am

    *goodness

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  5. Becky @ Disney in your day says

    December 7, 2015 at 12:23 pm

    Oh my goodness they are adorable! Glad family is doing well.

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  6. Angela Fry says

    December 7, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    Oh my they are adorable! An amazing story. (:

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  7. Joan Harrington (@joantruesuccess) says

    December 7, 2015 at 1:07 pm

    Another inspirational story and these babies are so cute!! So happy they are healthy and growing 🙂 Thanks fro sharing Shann!!

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  8. Manda Rozsa @ Sweet Right Here says

    December 7, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    Awww, it always breaks my heart to see little babies in the hospital with all that equipment. 🙁 Thank you for sharing awareness about TTTS. So glad they are doing well now!!

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  9. Dana says

    December 7, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    Wow, such beautiful pictures. I especially love the one where they’re facing each other as infants. Good to see them happy and healthy.

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  10. Kaycee says

    December 7, 2015 at 6:54 pm

    Oh my goodness, how adorable are those boys!! That is an amazing story and it’s so wonderful to see Gabriel and Victor doing well.

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  11. ourdayoutblog says

    December 7, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Amamzing story and wonderful outcome. I’m glad to see them so happy.

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  12. Jennifer C. says

    December 7, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Aww, look at these little cutie patooties now! Love it!

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  13. Corina Ramos (@NotNowMomsBusy) says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    OMG they are so adorable! Thank you for sharing their story with us. They truly are little tough guys.

    Cori

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  14. carissagarabedian says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing it and for your strength ! What amazing young men you have! Blessings to you all!

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  15. Cynthia @craftoflaughter says

    December 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    the smallness of these babes still amaze me. They are beautiful, new and older!

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  16. Anamika Ojha says

    December 7, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    Hey Shann, another great and inspiring story from your bucket. I loved your Micro Preemie Twins Monday stories and Thanks a ton for creating awareness about it.
    Have a great week ahead!

    Reply
  17. Neely (@Neelykins) says

    December 11, 2015 at 5:47 pm

    Precious boys. These stories always put me in the best mood!

    Reply

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