It didn't take long for the new Level II nursery at Adena Regional Medical Center's Women and Children's Center to be needed.
Lindsy and Wes Gallaugher, the parents of three admittedly young and rambunctious boys, said they never imagined their newest son would need to be admitted to a special care unit after his birth.
After 23 hours of regular labor, Lindsy was ecstatic when her newborn son, Isaac, was brought to her.
"He looked good initially," she said. "Then, all of a sudden, his face started to turn blue."
The newborn was quickly quickly to the Level II Nursery for closer examination. In the meantime, Lindsy developed some complications that required additional care.
Eventually, she and her husband were reunited with Isaac in the Special Care Nursery -- the first of its kind at Adena and in south-central Ohio. By that time, an IV was inserted in Isaac's 6-pound 4-ounce, 19-inch-long body and he was placed on continuous positive airway pressure support. CPAP is a type of respiratory support used in babies needing extra help after birth. It also is used in adults with any number of respiratory conditions.
Shortly after arriving in the Level II nursery, pediatricians at Adena began "live consultation" with a neonatologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus.
By way of telemedicine video conferencing, the Columbus neonatologist was satisfied that Adena physicians and nurses had everything under control.
"There had been some talk about the possibility of needing to transfer Isaac to Nationwide Children's," Lindsy said, relieved at the outcome.
Living 40 minutes away from the hospital, she and her husband hoped Isaac would not need to travel to Columbus for care -- a distance made emotionally longer by the fact they would need to leave their other three boys behind, at least temporarily.
After four days in Adena's Level II nursery, two days of which Isaac was on CPAP and the other two days on oxygen, Isaac's respiratory complications turned around very quick, said Jackie Stansberry, director of the Women and Children's Center.
Since being released from the hospital, Isaac is home and doing well, his parents said.
Isaac was both the first baby to be admitted to Adena's Level II nursery and the first baby to receive CPAP at the hospital, Stansberry said.
Earlier this year, Adena was certified as a Level II nursery, enabling the health system to provide more advanced capabilities for babies who need close observation or extra help after birth, including CPAP.
The 20-bed Adena Women's and Children's Center houses a special labor triage area, advanced labor and delivery rooms, C-section suites and a well-baby nursery, as well as the Level II nursery. Its opening was celebrated with an open house in late May.
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JMC Ministries Response
Written By Miranda Caverley
Wes Gallaugher has been a close family friend of mine since I was a little girl. So when my grandma called the day little Isaac was born asking us to pray for Isaac and the entire Gallaugher family we started right a way sending out prayer requests and praying for little Isaac to be healed.
Many of you came through responding with in minutes of our posts saying you were praying for Isaac. It is clear that God worked a miracle because in just a few hours Isaac started to improve. We are so thankful for all of you who lifted Isaac and his family up in prayer. God Bless you.
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