Redemann Family

Ana, Joe and Cian Redemann
Minnesota, USA

Our NAIT Story
 
 

Overall, we had a normal, healthy pregnancy and I was induced at almost 39 weeks because of high blood pressure. After 25 hours, we happily and tiredly welcomed our son, Cian. We were discharged from the hospital 36 hours after delivery after healthy checks for me and for Cian.

We had a home healthcare nurse come two days later for a routine follow-up and discovered that Cian’s jaundice level was too high and he needed to be readmitted for light therapy. After about 12 hours of light therapy, his jaundice level was in the healthy range, but his labs showed a platelet level of around 30,000.

He was transferred to our Children’s hospital where he had a platelet transfusion, one round of IVIG, and a brain ultrasound that showed no brain bleeds. My husband and I did the blood tests to test for NAIT. After four days, Cian was discharged with a platelet count in the normal range and we did follow up platelet checks at our local clinic for about one month. His platelet levels stayed stable. About a month after he was born, we had a follow up appointment with haematology and learned that NAIT was confirmed and that we are in the 100% group.

Cian is a happy, healthy 1 year old now!

We are so grateful for everything we have learned from Naitbabies organization and the support we have received.

Ana Redemann.