After giving birth, Mom is not allowed to hold the child when the father says, “There’s something wrong with Adam’s leg.”
Andrea West met her future husband in her senior year of college.
Once Andreas finished school, they rapidly got together and finally went back to his hometown.
After only a few years of dating, they got engaged and told their loved ones that Andrea was expecting their first child. Andrea was overjoyed.
However, after just eleven weeks, the euphoria was rapidly replaced by sadness. Sadly, Andrea had to experience a miscarriage.
On the Love What Matters Facebook page, Andrea expressed her feelings as follows:
“I was a complete mess. I had no idea what to do, who to talk to, what to talk about, or who could assist me. I had no idea that 1 in 4 women experienced the same problems, and nobody really talks about them. I wasn’t sure whether I could ever cope with getting pregnant once again.
With Andrea’s husband at her side at every turn, she eventually started to feel less apprehensive. She happily got pregnant once more.
This time, she promised herself, she would take extra care to give her child a healthy start in life. Many of her favorite foods, such as sushi and various cheeses, were no longer consumed by her.
Additionally, she began devouring pregnancy literature like they were going out of style in the hope that this time would be different.
Her time concluded as planned, without incident. When she and her partner were admitted to a delivery room and started having light contractions, she arrived at the hospital on schedule.
Her discharge from the hospital was postponed because an ultrasound showed that there was nearly no amniotic fluid remaining. There was an imminent need to induce labor.
It was born
Thank goodness, the delivery went well. Before the evening was done, Andrea and her husband welcomed their baby, Adam.
Unfortunately, Andrea’s boyfriend was never able to sever the customary umbilical chord.
Instead, amid a flurry of action involving medical staff, Adam was taken away from his parents. Andrea’s husband saw their child through the group of physicians’ shoulders. “Honey,” he began, turning to face Andrea, “there’s something wrong with Adam’s leg.”
About twenty people gathered around Adam, the little child. As Andrea waited for a response, her anxiety grew.
Andrea was left to lay in the hospital by herself while her mother and boyfriend walked outside to inform family members. Nobody has yet provided an explanation for her infant’s condition.
He revealed a marbling pattern of purple and black over his whole right leg as well as the right half of his stomach.
The finding
After some time, Adam’s unusual vascular abnormality, CMTC, was discovered to be present.
Andrea’s husband and she were at a lost for words. When their kid was born, there had only ever been 500 occurrences of the ailment described.
A series of tests were performed on Adam’s key organs, and each result was negative.
Andrea eventually went home to sleep after spending four days in the newborn critical care unit.
After a successful treatment, Adam was given thorough instructions on how to take care of his skin before being sent home. But as time went on, it became apparent that Adam was a real warrior.
He’s a healthy young guy today, and he likes to play chess and solve riddles.
Despite the condition making his leg weak, he has been able to participate in sports.
Adam has never allowed his disability hold him back despite being aware of how he differs somewhat from the other youngsters.
The CMTC Alliance, a global nonprofit organization that seeks to enhance the lives of persons who have been diagnosed as having rare vascular malformations, has retained Andrea West’s engagement.
She relentlessly strives to increase public awareness of these illnesses and is an advocate for individuals who experience them.
If you would want to help individuals who suffer from rare diseases, please think about sharing Adam’s story and making a donation to the charity. Your kindness will have a huge impact on those fighting rare diseases.
