Grant Regional | aspire to live well | Winter 2019

Hopeful and ready As we got home, I had this uneasy feeling like I needed to see what this placenta previa was. I began to do research on Google and read about this condition. From what I read, there are three stages: marginal, partial and complete. I had no clue at what point mine was. I was hoping for one of the first two, as they showed the greatest odds to move through- out the pregnancy. A few days later, I received a call from the High Point Clinic about my previa. Unfortunately, mine was a complete covering, and at that point we scheduled another ultrasound for February. At this time, I had spoken with a neighbor who had this condition. She gave me these two important pieces of advice that I took to heart: have a plan and be prepared to have a hysterectomy. I took those pieces of advice to heart and carried them with me to my next doc- tor appointment. Our February ultrasound showed no movement. Our motto at that point was to remain optimistic—but be prepared for the worst. Keeping our neighbor’s advice in mind, we devel- oped a plan for home, work and travel. Dr. Stader consulted with staff from Vernon Memorial Hospital, as I would have to deliver there if I was at work. I had drivers lined up for both home and work, and I had medical records in every vehicle and in many of my colleagues’ desks, along with phone num- bers for hospitals and family on hand at all times. Then of course the most important thing we did was pray. We prayed for the health of our little girl, myself and the strength of the medical staff, and I also prayed for my little girl to be born in Lancaster at Grant Regional. Thank goodness we serve an amazing God who answered our prayers! As our pregnancy continued, we grew eager to meet our little girl. Our final ultrasound was on April 20. Still no movement, and in our plan, we agreed to have a sched- uled C-section for May 7 at Grant Regional. Also, during this appointment, Dr. Stader told me that he was going to have Krynn Buckley, MD, scrub in on my C-section. I agreed, and off we went to enjoy our weekend. Nothing short of a miracle On the morning of April 25, 2018, our life could have taken a drastic turn. I woke up to go to work but just did not feel right, so I decided that I was going to stay home to be closer to Lancaster. About 20 minutes later, I told my husband that I thought we should go get me checked out. I called the hospi- tal when we left the house, and they told us to drive safe and they would be ready when we got there. By the time we got there, I had started to bleed. I went straight to surgery, and Greta was born at 7:30 a.m. During that surgery, I lost about 6 units of blood, and my bleeding just would not stop as they had hoped. I finally was —Continued from front page Forever grateful Grant Regional’s staff involved in Casey’s care included (left to right): Misty Koeller, Darcie Dressler, Jenny Salis, Goodrich family, Dr. Eric Stader, Dr. Krynn Buckley, Michelle Bainbridge and Scott Bainbridge 4 WINTER 2019