Surfactant - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_surfactant
Basically, its kind of like lubrication for the lungs. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Scott Stewart<sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > An update, > > As I said earlier our daughter is about 6 weeks premature, so her lungs are > not fully developed, she's got a pretty tough fight ahead of her. She'll be > intubated tonight and they'll administer some kind of surficant (sp?) to her > lungs, that she would've had if she'd been full term (If anyone can shed > some light on this I'd appreciate it) > > Right now they're saying that the next 48 hours will be the worst... > > Please keep my family in your good thoughts, prayers and energy. > > You guys rock... all of you, our dysfunctional extended family (you too Sam > :) ) > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:09 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: we are in labor > > > My heartfelt congrats to you! Having babies is the shizz! > Glad everyone is healthy. > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Scott Stewart > <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> >> Hey all.. >> >> >> >> Were in pre-term labor, baby will come about a month early, but she's >> strong.. she'll be in the NICU for a couple of weeks but she'll be fine.. >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott Stewart >> ColdFusion Developer >> 4405 Oakshyre Way >> Raleigh, NC 27616 >> (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
