Meet Parker: Exceeding All Hopes and here’s London’s Story: An Infant’s Frightening Fight with Meningitis
“When she was just five months old, London suffered from a double ear infection. Knowing she’d had a rough night, London’s mom Alexis got up to check on her at 4 a.m. She found the baby in her crib with her eyes fixed upward and breathing very slowly. The family rushed to their local emergency room. Doctors stabilized London and started her on a ventilator, but quickly realized the problem was more severe than the hospital was equipped to handle. London was soon life-flighted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Following a spinal tap, Children’s doctors diagnosed London with bacterial meningitis, an infection in the spinal fluid, which can cause brain damage and hearing loss and can be fatal. London was immediately put on several antibiotics and her parents wondered if their baby girl would survive. After a stressful couple of days, London began responding to the antibiotics and was soon able to come off the ventilator. It would be many more days before doctors could determine if there would be lasting effects from the meningitis. This was made more difficult by the fact that London was so young and hadn’t fully developed her motor skills.
However, London’s parents and medical team were all delighted to see her smiling and beginning to bounce back so soon after such a scary situation. She responded well to nurses and kept smiling, reassuring her parents that their little girl would be okay. London did lose hearing in one ear, requiring her to undergo speech and hearing therapy at least until she begins kindergarten. Now, at three years old, London is thriving. This Miracle Child’s parents say London is bright, engaged at preschool, playful and overall a happy toddler.”
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