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April 24, 2012, Tuesday
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IN a rare procedure, a woman declared brain dead from aneurysms was kept on a respirator for a month to allow for the development of twin boys who were born prematurely at 25 weeks, a western Michigan hospital said yesterday.
Nicholas and Alexander Bolden weighed less than 2 pounds (900 grams) when they were born by cesarean section on April 5 and remain on ventilators at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, spokesman Bruce Rossman said. It was a rare procedure: In 2010, German researchers found just 30 similar cases worldwide dating back to 1982.
"We certainly hope they make it, but at this time they're too young to make a confident prognosis," he said. "Children born this early will be at high risk for chronic conditions. It's too soon to tell."
Christine Bolden, 26, of Muskegon, collapsed from brain aneurysms on March 1. She was declared brain dead five days later, but doctors at Spectrum Health Butterworth, an affiliated hospital, kept her on a respirator until it was time to remove the boys, Rossman said.
Bolden's family asked doctors "to drop everything we could to save these babies. It wasn't that difficult a call," Rossman said. "It required a lot of evaluations and discussions among our staff. They had to at least get to 24 weeks before we could consider delivery."
Nicholas and Alexander Bolden weighed less than 2 pounds (900 grams) when they were born by cesarean section on April 5 and remain on ventilators at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, spokesman Bruce Rossman said. It was a rare procedure: In 2010, German researchers found just 30 similar cases worldwide dating back to 1982.
"We certainly hope they make it, but at this time they're too young to make a confident prognosis," he said. "Children born this early will be at high risk for chronic conditions. It's too soon to tell."
Christine Bolden, 26, of Muskegon, collapsed from brain aneurysms on March 1. She was declared brain dead five days later, but doctors at Spectrum Health Butterworth, an affiliated hospital, kept her on a respirator until it was time to remove the boys, Rossman said.
Bolden's family asked doctors "to drop everything we could to save these babies. It wasn't that difficult a call," Rossman said. "It required a lot of evaluations and discussions among our staff. They had to at least get to 24 weeks before we could consider delivery."
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