Today’s guest is Betsy, from an organization called Hope for HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy). HIE refers to brain injury in an infant, and Betsy will share more specifics about the condition and her family’s experience with it in our discussion. I originally learned about this organization through working in the NICU here in Texas, and it is a wonderful source of support for parents struggling in completely unknown territory with their babies.
In this episode, we talk about…
[1:19] HIE: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
[2:29] Betsy’s family
[3:02] The beginning of the HIE journey
[11:36] Brain cooling (therapeutic hypothermia)
[15:10] Seeing your baby in the NICU
[24:06] Warming after therapeutic hypothermia
[24:41] MRI day and diagnosing the severity of HIE
[30:58] Leaving the NICU
[36:01] Moving forward with career and family as parents of a child with HIE
[41:20] A current update on Betsy’s son and family
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