63. A Tale of a Fetal Sonographer & her baby with SCID with Laura Hall

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE</span></p> <p><strong>Medicine:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How she found out her daughter had no immune system</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Emmy’s first year with severe combined immunodeficiency</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why she could not breast feed her baby</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why the treatment for SCID was not straightforward</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why they decided not to wait for a thymus</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Marriage:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Baby’s illness affected her marriage</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Deciding early on she did not want a divorce</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How her marriage was put on hold</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How they recovered quickly</span>, despite the arguments</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why her hubby said, “It’s okay...I am just going to turn you in for a younger, hotter model”</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Motherhood:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why she decided to take a leave from fetal sonography</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why abnormal results may not mean the worst thing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span styl