Briana Faith Peralta
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This is about my beautiful little baby girl her name is Briana Faith Peralta. She was born on August 7, 2004 at 26 weeks old. My due date was for November 8, 2004, but out of nowhere I began to have contractions and I didn't even know it, because this is my first child. I was hospitalized for a week and a half before I gave birth to her. The membranes were bulging out, my legs had to be up in the air and my back down. They tried to keep my baby inside for as long as possible, but I was open eight already. She was born naturally at 10:38pm. I was so scared because she was so small, her weight was 1 lb.13.6 ounces. The doctor's told us she was stable. I got to see her before they took her to the NICU She open her eyes into mine and I felt this unconditional love for her.
She was intubated the same night. The next day she was on CPAP, and she had to be intubated again a few hours later. It was off and back on until October 8, 2004. She had no other problems except one, her airway was not solid yet. When she was not intubated her airway would collapse and her chest would start to cave in as she would breathe for air. It was a struggle for her and the trach would be better then further damage if she stayed intubated. The trach would be there until her airway was solid, then they would take it out. I cried a lot when they told me about the trach, but I excepted it, if that's what it would take for my baby to get better.
The tracheostomy surgery helped so much with her breathing. She improved and was off the ventilator a week later. She learned to drink from the bottle little by little, she got it and tolerated cereal in her milk. We were so excited for the day for her to come home. We prayed for this day for so long. Everything was really looking up for her.
Briana came home, but we had to go to the emergency room often. She would stop breathing due to throwing up, even two hours later due to acid reflux. She had Xantac for that. She was getting so big, holding her head up, smiling a lot, good eye contact, very active. She picked her body up with her legs, she loved to take a bath. Her smile brought me so much joy and happiness.
A few days after she turned five months old, we were getting ready to take her to the ENT to let us know what is going on with the trach. That morning she stopped breathing when I was feeding her. I tried to do everything I was taught to do for her. We thought everything was going to be OK, because this happened to her before. Briana passed away January 11, 2005. My life will never be the same, the Lord took her to a better place. She is a little angel in heaven. I don't understand why, only GOD knows why, so we just take one day at a time. This was our first and only child we miss her so much, but I am so grateful for the times I had with her and how much she grew, and all the things she showed me.
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