NEW
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NEW >> TONIGHT IT'S A DEVASTATING PREGNANCY COMPLICATION THAT
MANY WOMEN DO NOT SURVIVE. SO
WHY IS IT WIDELY UNKNOWN?
ASHLEY SMITH SHARES THE STORY
OF ELI BURR WHO DIED FROM
AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM DURING
CHILDBIRTH LAST MONTH. NOW HER
FAMILY IS WORKING TO SPREAD
AWARENESS OF THE RARE CONDITION
>>
SHIEF KAPPATAL A BUNDLE
OF ENERGY. I THINK SHE WOULD DO
ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY AND SHE
DID IT WELL. >>
ELI BURR'S MOM SARAH SAUL SAYS
TO KNOW HER DAUGHTER WAS TO
LOVE HER A SENTIMENT DEEPLY
SHARED BY ELI'S HUSBAND SEAN >>
.IT SOUNDS SILLY BUT I WOULD
DECLINE GOING ON THESE GUYS
TRIP SO I COULD SPEND WITH MY
WIFE UM IN 8 YEARS WE WERE
TOGETHER. WE SPENT 4 DAYS APART
.HE AND ELI, A 29 YEAR OLD
SCHOOL TEACHER WERE EXCITED TO
WELCOME THEIR SECOND CHILD
MADDOX. >>
HE WAS BIGGER THAN LILA.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH NOT A LOT
MORE ROOM FOR HIM. UM, AND
THAT'S IT. THERE WAS NO
APPOINTMENTS WEREN'T GREAT
EVERY SINGLE TIME >>
FRIDAY, MAY 14TH, SHE WENT INTO
LABOR >>
WITH WE WERE EXCITED. OK, WE'RE
GOING TO GO TO MNAY. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE A KID TODAY. BUT >>
ELI BARELY PROGRESSED OVER THE
NEXT 12 HOURS THE DOCTOR BROKE
HER WATER TO SPEED THINGS UP
AND WITHIN MOMENTS SEAN SAYS
THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE
WORSE >>
.HER BODY CRASHED WITHIN 60
SECONDS OF WATER BREAK AND SHE
CRASHED. SHE WAS WALKING OUT
OF THE ROOM AND YOU KNOW, JUST
SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON? I DON'T
KNOW. DOCTORS RUSHED ELI TO THE
WHOAAAA FOR AN EMERGENCY
C-SECTION AFTER SUFFERING FROM
AN AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM OR
AFETR. IT'S A SUDDEN
CATASTROPHIC ALLERGIC LIKE
REACTION TO AMNIOTIC FLUID
ENTERING THE MATERNAL
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. BABY MADDOX
WAS DELIVERED AND RUSHED TO THE
NICU >>
WITHOUT OXYGEN. I THINK OVER 10
MINUTES HE HAD BRAIN SWELLING
AND EVERYTHING. UM, AND AS I'M
UPSTAIRS IN ICU THEY DO A
CODE . THEY DO CODE BLUE WHICH
MEANS CARDIAC ARREST AND THAT'S
MY WIFE ON THE OPERATING >>
TABLE 34 HOURS LATER ELI WAS
GONE. SHE GAVE >>
BIRTH AT FORTY 8 AND SHE DIED
AT 6 FORTY 5 THE NEXT DAY HER
ORGANS FAILED HER SO HER HEART
FAILED HER WHICH WAS THE REASON
WHICH WAS THE ULTIMATE REASON
WHY SHE WAS PASSED BECAUSE HER
HEART WASN'T PUMPING ENOUGH
BLOOD AND THEY SAID THAT SHE'S
HAD THIS EMBOLISM. >>
DOCTORS DIDN'T WARN ELI AND
SEAN ABOUT AFETR >>
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING
UNPREVENTABLE. IT'S
UNPREDICTABLE AND EXCEEDINGLY
RARE. MORANDA >>
LAWSON IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE AFETR FOUNDATION AND AN
AFETR REVIVER. SHE SAYS
ALTHOUGH IT ONLY AFFECTS 1 IN
40000 BIRTHS IN THE U.S., IT'S
STILL A LEADING CAUSE
OF MATERNAL DEATH. SO EDUCATION
AND PREPARATION ARE KEY >>
WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL
WE SOLVE IT, NOT UNTIL THAT
TIME. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
EDUCATE CLINICIANS AND TO
SUPPORT AND LOVE ON THOSE
FAMILIES THAT IT'S IMPACTED OR
DEVASTATED. >>
SEAN IS NOW AN ADVOCATE >>
FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AFETR
WANT TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS
FOR THIS AND OTHER OTHER
DISEASES THAT PEOPLE ARE DYING
SUDDENLY THAT THAT SHOULDN'T
BE. IT'S 1 >>
OF THE WAYS ELI'S FAMILY WILL
KEEP MEMORIES OF HER ALIVE
ESPECIALLY FOR LILA AND MADDOX
>>
.WE'RE HERE FOR HER CHILDREN.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT THEM. ELI
WAY >>
BABY MADDOX SPENT A WEEK IN THE
NICU BUT HE IS HOME AND HEALTHY
.THE FAMILY HAS CREATED THIS
GOFUNDME ME PAGE TO
COVER MEDICAL COSTS AND TO
ALLOW SEAN TO BE HOME WITH THE
KIDS AS LONG