Hyderabad: In a heartwarming story, a month-old child woman, who was born to a extreme Covid19 constructive mom, and who additionally turned Covid19 constructive every week after start, grew to become a Covid19 warrior is discharged hale and hearty from metropolis non-public hospital- KIMS Cuddles. This is believed to be the primary such case within the metropolis whereby a child grew to become the youngest survivor.
On April 17, this child woman was born preterm at 28 weeks of being pregnant resulting from extreme Covid19 an infection within the mom Bala Mounika who wanted mechanical ventilatory assist. Born with a start weight of simply 1000 grams and handled initially for prematurity associated respiratory misery, the infant’s first COVID screening swab got here out destructive.
However, on day eighth of start, the infant’s oxygen ranges have been falling, and the infant was going through rising respiratory issue that required air flow. A repeat PCR check culminated that the neonate was SARS-COV2 constructive. The child, who then weighed solely 920 grams, was then placed on the ventilator and shifted to COVID isolation ICU by the crew of medical doctors for additional administration.
Dr C Aparna, Clinical Director – Neonatology and Senior Consultant Neonatology and Pediatrics, KIMS Cuddles, stated, “the newborn was nursed by our team of doctors and nurses in personal protective equipment in a specialized isolation neonatal ICU and provided ventilatory support, intravenous antibiotics, and nutrition. The neonate was monitored with multipara monitors showing a real-time display of its vitals such as blood pressure, oxygen saturations etc. The ventilator support was weaned to nasal ventilation and later to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure). The newborn was managed with a combination of supportive care and steroids.”
During this part, the household together with the infant’s father Rahul, a medical coder by occupation and mom Bala Mounika, residents of Kukatpally in metropolis, weren’t by their child’s facet resulting from Covid19 protocols and have been consistently up to date concerning the new child’s scientific situation utilizing video calls.
Efforts have been undertaken to inspire the mom to ship expressed breast milk as a result of quite a few benefits of the identical. After scientific restoration and one other PCR check, the neonate was shifted out of isolation after recovering from COVID.
The child was nursed in a radiant heat room and given applicable developmentally supportive care with mom’s milk, kangaroo care, micronutrient supplementation and thermal assist. The child had a constant weight acquire of almost 15-20 grams/day and was transitioned from tube feeds to oral feeding. After almost 30 days of meticulous medical consideration within the hospital, the infant was discharged in good well being on breastfeeding with a weight of 1500 grams on May 17.
“Our team at KIMS Cuddles has been working tirelessly for high-risk mothers and high-risk preterm newborns including those affected with COVID to provide world-class services with compassion and human touch,” concludes Dr C Aparna. Dr Ritika Khare, Associate Consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist and Dr Jonathan, Pediatrician have supported the infant’s remedy.
“We are overwhelmed to bring our baby back home. We had been really worried when we came to know that our baby was COVID positive. Dr Aparna promised us that she would give our baby safely. We were constantly updated about the newborn’s clinical condition through video calls KIMS Cuddles team made our dreams come true by sending our baby back home safely after a month of baby’s birth. We are happy to learn that our baby is one of the youngest COVID survivors in Hyderabad,” says the infant’s father Rahul.
KIMS Cuddles has delivered 35 moms with COVID of which solely 2 newborns examined constructive – each examined constructive within the second week suggestive of postnatal transmission. All infants survived with almost 20% requiring NICU admission.
