Shameless Plug for the March of Dimes

I'm not afraid to admit it; in fact, I'm proud to be standing for something that meant so much in our lives......Here it is - a shameless plug for the March of Dimes Walk on April 25th (this Saturday!).

If you have the resources, and are so inclined, please consider donating to the March of Dimes. We even have a link just to the right, here. ------------------------------------------------------------> Without the March of Dimes, I wouldn't have a son turning 13 months old today. Please support Nancy, one of our NICU nurses, as she raises money for the March of Dimes.

The 2 treatments that saved his life (surfactant and nitric oxide) were made possible by money from the March of Dimes.

We all have something called surfactant lining the air sacs in our lungs. Without it, those air sacs wouldn't stay inflated. When Mason was born, he didn't have that. His lungs hadn't had a chance to develop that, so he couldn't breathe on his own. Without the surfactant, the ventilator wouldn't have kept him alive. THANK YOU, MARCH OF DIMES FOR SURFACTANT! Mason also had a hole in his heart that was causing some increased pressure on the right side of his heart as well as some tightening of the blood vessels that take the blood to the lungs. Because of both of these, he wasn't getting rid of the carbon dioxide in his lungs. Without the nitric oxide treatments (not to be confused with laughing gas - nitrous oxide), he would not have survived that first night. THANK YOU, MARCH OF DIMES FOR NITRIC OXIDE!

We owe our son's life to so many people, guardian angels, and to the March of Dimes. Please, help them continue to develop ways to prevent prematurity and treatments to save the lives of other premature babies. Please click on the link to the right ---------------> if you can donate!