Lottery Ticket Foretells Future for 37-Year-Old Long Beach Woman, Who Discovers Pregnancy and Delivers Baby at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach - All Within 3 Hours
Posted on: Monday, 8 August 2005, 21:00 CDT
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- When 37-year-old Long Beach resident Annice Allen bought a lottery ticket on April 20, she picked the numbers 4, 22 and 5. Little did she know that she would be selecting the birthday of a baby girl she didn't even know she was carrying.
After 12 years of marriage and two prior miscarriages, Annice and her husband Jimmy gave up trying for children. Then on April 22, following a really bad day of what Annice thought were menstrual cramps, she found out she was pregnant -- and in labor -- when an ultrasound conducted in the emergency room of a local hospital revealed a 23-24 week old fetus.
The ultrasound also revealed that there was a problem with the umbilical cord -- the baby's lifeline. Annice was immediately transferred to the Women's Pavilion at Miller Children's Hospital, where within moments physicians who specialize in high-risk deliveries delivered a 1 pound, 4 ounce baby girl named Jimice. In just three hours, Annice went from thinking she had menstrual cramps to proud mother.
"Jimice was born detached from her umbilical cord and she was not breathing on her own," says neonatologist Steve Cho. "CPR was initiated, a breathing tube was placed in her throat and she was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit."
Jimice was in good hands. The Miller Children's Hospital NICU is one of the largest in California, treating more than 60 high-risk infants daily, many of whom, like Jimice, are extremely premature.
"With today's technology and advanced clinical practices, we can now help even the most fragile infants like Jimice," says Dr. Cho. "Each year we treat more than 1,100 infants in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit."
Now, almost four months later, Jimice weighs more than 5 pounds, 2 ounces and will be going home from Miller Children's Hospital -- much to the delight of her parents.
Directions: Miller Children's Hospital is located on the campus of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center at 2801 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach. Take 405 Freeway, go south on Atlantic for three blocks. Go to Miller Children's information desk and ask the staff to page public relations.
Miller Children's Hospital
CONTACT: Colleen Reinhart, +1-562-933-2814, creinhart@memorialcare.org,for Miller Children's Hospital
Source: PRNewswire
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