Husband's white lie
"Sorry for not having protected our daughters." Li Yan cried and said to her husband after delivery. "It's not your problem. The babies wanted to come." Xu Xiaoming kept telling his wife that the babies had been fine. But waiting for two days in the hospital, Xu Xiaoming gradually became desire. "Babies' organs, especially lung development is not complete. They can't breathe by themselves after born. They rely on respirators to assist breathing every day." Xu Xiaoming told reporters. At 11:30, Xu Xiaoming met the physician for the twins. "Two babies are not in good condition. There is bleeding within the cranial cavity, especially serious for the lighter one." Pointing at the B ultrasonic picture, the doctor said with sorrow, "Even saved, there may be more complications such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation. The heavier one is slightly better and we can only try to save this one." Listening to the doctors, Xu Xiaoming got extremely gloomy. He left the hospital with tears.
Reporters contacted with Xu Xiaoming at 15:00. He told reporters that the hospital had informed him two babies dying, and he was rushing to the hospital. At 15:30, the reporters rushed to the hospital, and doctors told reporters that Xu Xiaoming had finished the procedures and left the hospital with two babies half an hour before. We agreed with his decision. "The hospital did not notify him babie dying. He decided to give up treatment after discussion with his family. We agree with his choice." Said the doctor. Li Yan was still resting in her mother's in Zhu town Liuhe district, knowing nothing about the babies. "Now how are the babies doing? I am very worried." Li Yan said that she would call every hour to ask Xu Xiaoming, and Xu Xiaoming told her, "The babies are okay for the moment." "I know he was afraid of breaking my heart, so did not tell me everything." Li says.
Babies at stake out of hospital
"The children's father was mainly afraid of complications. Given the situation, the lighter baby was serious intracranial bleeding. It is very dangerous and very likely to have after-effects even rescued. The other weighing more than 1000g female baby was slightly better, and there is hope to fight to save her." The medical experts told reporters that there are cases of saving such premature babies successfully in Nanjing. Some even super-preterm children, one only 25 weeks, another 28 weeks. Some Super preterm children are in kindergarten with good health now. However, this pair of twins is really serious, and the family decided to abandon the treatment after repeated consideration. As the children are born prematurely, and the respiratory systems are not fully developed, they have to rely on ventilators to breathe in the hospital. "Since the children can not breathe independently, so they are in danger out of hospital. Even coming back to rescue is not possible." One expert told reporters.
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Neonatal rescue difficult
A pediatrician in Nanjing told reporters that it is a difficult system to rescue super premature babies. In the past, such children almost gave up treatment. With the improvement of medical standards, part of the super-premature children got the hope to survive. Experts told reporters that the babies need to depend on medication and equipment because they are not completely developed. The first step is breathing, then infection, and the third renal failure. Almost each step is a stumbling block leading to high death rate. Even after successful rescue, they need to worry about the visual damage and even intelligence development after mature. It's as difficult as walking on thin ice for doctors. It's scary for parents too. "When it comes to the rescue, there's no escape for this family, because the older they grow, the more unable for parents to give up." Experts say. So in the end, it's hard to imagine the strike to the family in case of accidents.
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Feel your pain
No father is willing to witness his children stepping toward death, but Xu Xiaoming had to face all this alone. Fearing his beloved wife may grieve, he has been reluctant to tell her the truth. We can clearly perceive his pain. A pair of 3-day premature newborn twins, a serious shortage of congenital growth, even if rescue, there maybe incomplete life waiting there. They may continue to endure the pain of a lifetime, decades of long years. The father chose to give up. Is it cowardice or courage? Giving up may lost beloved daughters, and rescuing may win incomplete lives. By comparison, the father may be more afraid to face the latter. After all, the baby was born only three days and don't have consciousness, but gradually growing up, they will have to face their own lives. As their father, this may be the consideration for their future, or may be the reality too harsh to accept for the moment. Life has always been the most respected, but the choice of life is doomed to have no alternatives'.
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