Rita S******

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We are both quiet thoughtful people. Our family likes to play video games, go to the trampoline park, and do arts and crafts. Our kids are curious, always asking questions. They do well in school and are very athletic. They do gymnastics and ballet. They also love being outside fishing with Grandpa at the beach or hunting with Dad..

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I have Sickle Cell Anemia. My husband and I have 2 wonderful daughters. My last pregnancy was very difficult. I was in and out of the hospital. 2 months before my due date my blood pressure went up and they couldn't get it down and the baby wasn't moving as much. They hospitalized me and ran tests. I was told the placenta was dying and they needed to perform an emergency C-section. During the C-section I had a stroke. Once they got our baby out and stable they rushed me to another hospitals Neuro ICU. I was in a coma. The few times I woke up they said it was like talking to a toddler. Drs prepared my husband. They said if I came out of it I may not be able to walk, talk or care for myself. My husband is a stoic man, I've never seen him cry. My father in law told me later he called him crying worried he may lose half his family. Our daughter could fit in his two hands but she soon pulled her feeding tube out and began to thrive on her own. And I've day I just woke up. I could barely speak, had trouble forming sentences, and couldn't feel or move my left side. My husband took our daughter home and had to car for her and our 3 year old on his own while I did rehab. I had to learn to walk and talk again. It's been 9 years now I still can't feel my left side and my memory was affected. My doctors told me I couldn't have any more children that the risk to my life and the child's would be too great. My husband and I have realized we'd still like to have one more child and a surrogate is our only option

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Not sure what to say. Thank you seems insufficient. You will be helping us complete our family and we will be forever grateful

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