Treatment offers micro-premature babies a chance to go home sooner.
Gloria Cavazos — a speech therapist and neonatal specialist at DHR Health Women’s Hospital in Edinburg — prepares 12-day-old Rebekah Espinosa for her daily oral pharyngeal mother’s milk therapy on May 9, 2022.EDINBURG — Weighing 2 pounds, 7 ounces, 12-day-old Rebekah Espinosa finds herself at the forefront of a study that may ultimately help micro premature babies like her go home from the hospital sooner and be healthier when they get there.
Rebekah’s fingers and toes are smaller than Tic-Tacs. A lighted node bandaged to her foot shines straight through. She’s smaller than most babies, but bigger than some of her roommates in the NICU. Rebekah’s mother, who is 21, hasn’t been able to hold her daughter. The appeal of a treatment that can strengthen babies enough to leave the NICU earlier is strong.
Next, Cavazos delicately arranges her patient, straightening Rebekah in the blankets and squaring her small legs, soothingly talking to her.Cavazos occasionally shifts her attention to a monitor nearby, waiting for Rebekah’s vitals to stabilize enough to complete the procedure.Ideally, Cavazos would then take a syringe with colostrum or milk and place a drop on one side of Rebekah’s mouth and a drop on the other.
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