Scarlett here is about a month old. She might be tiny but don't let the size fool ya! The girl is one tough cookie. She's already proved to be a survivor in her short little life.
Scarlett and her mom, Dawn, went through a pretty traumatic birth. Dawn said she had an amniotic fluid embolism which then progressed into DIC, which basically means her body was clotting wrong and not clotting when it needed to. The combination of those two things usually has an 80-90% fatality rate for the mother.
The amazing staff at the Nebraska Medical Center got Scarlett out in 10 mintues, but continued to operate on her mom for another 6 hours. She lost 2/3 of her blood, had literally dozens of blood transfusions - and survived to see her brand new baby girl.
I think it really meant a lot to her to share her story and have some pictures taken in Scarlett's NMC shirt. Every day is really a gift, and I had such a wonderful time meeting Scarlett and getting to spend some time with Dawn. I hope everyone enjoys these photos of this wonderful little girl!
Oh, the obligatory baby foot shot. How I love thee. What exactly is it about baby parts that drives people so crazy? I don't understand. For example, one of my nephews has the squishiest ankles ever. Every time I see him I have to squeeze them. But they're starting to thin out now that he's walking. It's probably a good thing though, else I fear he'd be 13 with that one crazy aunt who insists on pinching his ankles.
What were we talking about? Oh, right. Scarlett's feet. Get a look at this little things:
