This dad is making medicine to treat his dying 2-yr-old sonĭr.UAE: Expat beats deadly infection after 54-day battle for life.Dubai: Dad who lost 10-week-old baby to illness pens children's book series.It's been a year since I had the procedure at 18 weeks of pregnancy.' The team was in control throughout the procedure, and I am grateful for my outstanding care.

Leanne Bricker and the team provided me with the much-needed assurance given their level of expertise and knowledge. The 32-year-old said, 'I was so scared and uncertain about the outcome, but meeting with Dr. She was referred to the Advanced Fetal Medicine Unit at Corniche Hospital for the laser procedure after TTTS was diagnosed at week 15 of her pregnancy. Noor Alsamrai, gave birth to twins Ibrahim and Abdallah Yousef Ali Albairaq on 16th March. However, with laser therapy, in up to 70 percent of cases, both twins can make it through pregnancy in up to 90 percent of cases, at least one baby can be saved. Where severe TTTS is diagnosed, there is an almost 100 percent chance of losing the pregnancy if treatment is not provided. The novel fetoscopic laser procedure is only carried out at very few specialised hospitals globally and requires a high level of expertise. A rare but dangerous condition, it occurs in about 15 percent of monochorionic twins as the shared placenta can cause complications due to unbalanced blood supply to each fetus.ĭoctors at Corniche Hospital successfully performed novel fetoscopic laser procedures to save both sets of unborn twins, a highly complex operation that involves entering the womb through the mother's belly. As part of Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) Awareness Day on December 7, SEHA has shared the story of two women pregnant with monochorionic twins (or identical twins who shared placenta), suffering from TTTS.

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