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… were healthy. Her sons, Fillip, 4, and Leif, 2, were born close to home at Pocono Medical Center (now Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono ). But this pregnancy was different. She was suffering from severe morning sickness and dehydration and in … 2, Nowak was in excruciating pain. Joe drove her to LVH–Cedar Crest, where doctors discovered an obstructed kidney stone 1 centimeter in size (larger than 1/3-inch). The next morning she woke with a raging fever, low blood pressure, a rapid heartbeat and trouble breathing – all …

… conditions,” Melendez says. That evening, Jan. 8, 2017, her water broke, and her sister-in-law rushed her to Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Hazleton to have her C-section. The baby – a boy named Eudez – was born healthy. Everything seemed normal, but … pressure remained so low they knew she required additional help. “The decision was made to airlift her to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest for special life-support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) that works like an artificial …

… better." Thompson cried tears of relief. "That gave me hope," she says. That day Thompson was admitted to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest. Radiation oncologist Alyson McIntosh, MD, administered external beam radiation to Thompson's leg and …

… to be first-time parents. Yet Stauffer also knew she and the baby were at risk for complications because she has type 1 diabetes, a condition that prevents the body from producing enough insulin. Pregnant women with preexisting diabetes (or … by 39 weeks (the average pregnancy is 40 weeks) so the baby did not grow too large. The Stauffers arrived at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest on the evening of March 31. The plan was to have a normal vaginal delivery before midnight so the baby … and discovered the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice. He ended up being born on the morning of April 1 after all.” Baby Isaac was monitored briefly in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) to make sure his blood sugar was …