This is Rudy, and he's a pretty cool kid. He has two brothers and a sister (older). He lives in Santa Barbara, CA and loves to laugh and play with his siblings.Rudy's parents started their blog, Rudy's Beat, when they found out how unique he was, which was before he was born. Rolf and Trish are eloquent and devoted writers, and the minute you start to read their story, you will be hooked, and you'll learn a lot along the way.
Here's an excerpt from one of Trish's first posts:
"I’m writing this morning with a deep need for prayer for our precious little baby. I went for my routine ultrasound on Thursday and the attending doctor detected what he believed to be a congenital heart condition known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Ventricle – a serious condition found in 3 or 4 babies out of 10,000. Rolf and I saw a pediatric cardiologist yesterday who, essentially, confirmed Thursdays diagnosis. Unfortunately, his diagnosis was expanded a bit to Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome as the entire left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped (not just the ventricle). As far as we understand at this point, the baby’s entire left side is not functioning at all and so the right side has grown bigger than normal to compensate. The baby can survive and grow and thrive inside the womb because it has the support of the placenta, etc but life is not sustainable outside the womb without intervention. The most common treatment is a series of 3 open heart surgeries after delivery…one at birth, one at 4-6 months and one at 2-4 years provided there are no other chromozomal abnormalities and the right side of the heart remains healthy/functioning. The treatment doesn’t correct or cure the left side…it reroutes the plumbing of the heart so the right side can do what both sides should do together. So, that means this little one can certainly live an active life but will be under the lifelong care of a cardiologist and will need heart medications, etc."
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Rudy is adorable. What love his family has for him. I will follow and pray for him'I have an adult son that is mentally and emotionally challenges. Life can be so hard parenting some times. I feel like we are on a roller coaster of sorts at all times.
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Ultrasound is a device that allows you to see your baby during pregnancy. During the sonogram is a picture taken of your baby during the ultrasound. During the sonogram is a "still shot" of your child. 4d Ultrasounds take 3d Ultrasounds images, or Sonograms 3D, and adds the element of time to this process. The result: Live ultrasound images of work your child. Some people refer to the procedure and prenatal imaging, imaging 3D, 3D scanning, scan or 4D.
3d Ultrasounds is a medical ultrasound technique is often used in the ultrasound department of ultrasonography (during pregnancy) and provides three dimensional images of the fetus.
There are several ways to scan in medicine and obstetrics and ultrasounds. Standard common obstetric diagnostic mode is 2D scanning. 3D scanning of the fetus, but instead of sound waves are sent down and reflected is sent from different angles. Back to the deal echoes a sophisticated computer program is the result of the number of reconstructing three-dimensional images of the inner or fetal ultrasound organs. 3d Ultrasounds allow you to see the width and height and depth of the images in much the same way as in film 3D, but no movement is shown.
4D Ultrasound
A 4d Ultrasounds uses the same technology as a 3d Ultrasounds but adds a video element to see the baby moving inside a mother's womb. You might have heard about a 4d Ultrasounds? What exactly is the difference? Instead of looking at single still images of your baby, like snapshots, 4d Ultrasoundsassembles them into a time series—in other words, a video of your baby inside the womb.
4d Ultrasounds a fully digital system is set to provide a 'next generation' integrated solution for medical imaging applications, allowing practitioners to provide faster treatment and improve therapeutic success rates.
The portability and low cost of 4d Ultrasounds systems allow physicians and family physicians have access to imaging systems on a daily basis and make a valuable contribution in the field of preventive medicine.
Three-dimensional (3D Scan) and four-dimensional (4D Scan) ultrasounds can be a bit more complicated to perform, so it’s important to choose an ultrasound center with a strong track record of 3D and 4D ultrasounds examinations.
4d Ultrasounds is similar to 3D scans, with the difference associated with time: 4D allows a 3-dimensional picture in real time, rather than delayed, due to the lag associated with the computer constructed image, as in classic 3-dimensional ultrasound.
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