Tonya Bogart was 25 years old when she had her miracle baby, Katelynn Bogart-Norby. She was born at Everett Pavilion for women and children, thirteen and a half weeks early. On August 6th, 2008, Tonya's life did a complete 360. She wasn't expecting to have her this early, is any mother. She went into preterm labor not because of anything she did wrong, but because she was very sick and being poisoned. They couldn't figure out why, she had gained no weight during the pregnancy, she actually lost 8 pounds due to vomiting morning till night.
She went to the Cascade Valley Hospital all the time trying to figure out the reasoning, they just told her she had very severe morning sickness, which was false. This went on until it was so bad she got sepsis a disease that shuts down multiple organ systems and could have lead to death. Her kidneys were shutting down, she had gallstones stuck in her cystic ducts that was backing up poison into her liver, pancreas, and kidneys. By the time they had figured this out, Tonya and her daughter had been poisoned for a long time. The doctors didn't know if the baby or even she would make it through the surgery, but they had to or it ultimately meant both of them would die. They removed the gallbladder and duct, while removing them they had to grab the baby and move her out of the stomach and out of the way for at least one hour, these kind of surgeries can take up to two hours. She went back to the hospital every day up until she gave birth to tell them that she was in preterm labor. They never listened, just told her it was from the surgery and gave her more pain pills than sent her back every time.
She ended up giving birth to Katelynn 10 days after her surgery, she had just gotten back from the doctors telling her she was fine, and her water broke. She didn't want to go back there because of how many times they didn't see that she was actually in labor. She called her mom too come pick her up and they drove to the Everett pavilion, right after they arrived Tonya gave birth to a 1 pound 13 ounces little girl. She was only 12 inches tall sprawled out which she never was because her little body wouldn't let her. When she came out, the doctors weren't expecting it because she was only dilated to six, but because she was so small she came right out.
Tonya said that the doctor caught her like a football and almost dropped her, they said she would be purple and not breathing when she came out, and not to be scared. Katelynn was purple but Tonya said she took a little gasp and made the teenist mouse cry you’ve ever heard, and in that moment she knew that she was going to live and that all the doctors were wrong. They took her away as soon as she was born, and they wouldn’t let Tonya leave to go see her. She sent her mother down to keep an eye on her while she couldn’t.
Once she was all cleaned up after the labor and she had some time to relax, the doctors came in to prepare Tonya for the worst. They explained to her how scary this is going to be and not to be naming her yet because they didn't know if she was going to make it, but somehow she knew that everything was going to be alright. That didn't stop her from doing everything in her ability, to make sure her daughter lived through this without permanent health defects. She stayed with Katelynn every second of everyday, she didn't start going outside to take a smoke break for a month and a half. She also left only one other time when her oldest daughter Brooklynn got into a car crash and was at the hospital a few blocks away, she didn't have a car but she ran. Leaving her oldest at home was one of the hardest things Tonya had to do. Having a baby is supposed to be a joyful experience for a sibling, but it was very confusing and difficult for her 7 year old daughter. She didn't understand why her mom had to stay in the hospital for so long and leave her with aunt Becky and uncle Larry and even her grandma Tina at times, she loved them but she just wanted her mom back. Once Tonya and the baby finally got back, there was more that Brooklynn couldn’t understand. Katelynn had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank, this scared the living crap out of Brooklynn. She would barely hold her sister. She was afraid that the beeps would go off and that would mean something was wrong and it was hurting her sister. Evreything was always alright though, and it always would be.
-Brooklyn Bogart
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