Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
WINCHESTER, Va.- Good things come in small packages for one local hospital employee.
Jessica Elkins, of Bunker Hill, beat the odds Sunday when she gave birth to a 4-pound, 15-ounce and 17.75 inch-long girl named Amelia at Winchester Medical Center after struggling with juvenile diabetes for 20 years. Elkins, a registered respiratory therapist at Jefferson Medical Center, had a high-risk pregnancy due to her condition, which caused Amelia to be born premature.
"It's wonderful to have her," Elkins said, as she cried. "But it's bittersweet because she's not supposed to be here yet, but she's done very well. No unexpected ailments whatsoever."
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Jessica Elkins, of Bunker Hill, beat the odds Sunday when she gave birth to a 4-pound, 15-ounce and 17.75 inch-long girl named Amelia at Winchester Medical Center after struggling with juvenile diabetes for 20 years. Elkins, a registered respiratory therapist at Jefferson Medical Center, had a high-risk pregnancy due to her condition, which caused Amelia to be born premature.
"It's wonderful to have her," Elkins said, as she cried. "But it's bittersweet because she's not supposed to be here yet, but she's done very well. No unexpected ailments whatsoever."
http://www.journal-news.net/page/co...Diabetic--baby-beating-the-odds.html?nav=5006