MSU Kids Coach - Lyndsey Lee Carter
April 16, 2023 | Baseball
Kid Coach is a partnership between Children's of Mississippi and the Mississippi State Bulldogs to salute pediatric patients. Their inspirational stories remind us just how truly courageous these young people are.
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This week's Children's of Mississippi Kid Coach is Lyndsey Lee Carter of Jackson, MS.
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Born extremely prematurely at just short of 24 weeks, Lyndsey Lee arrived weighing just one pound, three ounces. Doctors warned her mom they didn't know if she would survive.
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But Lyndsey Lee proved to be a fighter. She stayed in the NICU at Children's of Mississippi for the first 220 days of her life. During that time, her pediatric specialists helped her overcome complications that many premature babies experience, including issues with her lungs, heart and eyes.
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Her underdeveloped lungs caused respiratory issues that required multiple chest tubes and a thoracotomy.
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Her doctors also closed Lyndsey Lee's patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a hole in the aorta that all babies are born with. Normally it closes on its own within a few days of birth. In prematurely born babies like Lyndsey Lee, the PDA often fails to close.
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Premature babies can also have issues with abnormal blood vessels in their eyes that can cause the retina to detach. Lyndsey Lee's team gave her eye injections before she went home, and she later came back for eye surgery to protect her vision.
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Now almost three years old, Lyndsey Lee is active and busy. She has regular checkups with her Children's of Mississippi specialists who are watching her carefully as she grows.
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Lyndsey Lee loves Cheetos, Elmo and Cookie Monster, reading, and long car rides. She dislikes being awakened before she is ready and being interrupted from play time.
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Children's of Mississippi. Forever and Ever for Kids.
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This week's Children's of Mississippi Kid Coach is Lyndsey Lee Carter of Jackson, MS.
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Born extremely prematurely at just short of 24 weeks, Lyndsey Lee arrived weighing just one pound, three ounces. Doctors warned her mom they didn't know if she would survive.
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But Lyndsey Lee proved to be a fighter. She stayed in the NICU at Children's of Mississippi for the first 220 days of her life. During that time, her pediatric specialists helped her overcome complications that many premature babies experience, including issues with her lungs, heart and eyes.
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Her underdeveloped lungs caused respiratory issues that required multiple chest tubes and a thoracotomy.
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Her doctors also closed Lyndsey Lee's patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a hole in the aorta that all babies are born with. Normally it closes on its own within a few days of birth. In prematurely born babies like Lyndsey Lee, the PDA often fails to close.
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Premature babies can also have issues with abnormal blood vessels in their eyes that can cause the retina to detach. Lyndsey Lee's team gave her eye injections before she went home, and she later came back for eye surgery to protect her vision.
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Now almost three years old, Lyndsey Lee is active and busy. She has regular checkups with her Children's of Mississippi specialists who are watching her carefully as she grows.
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Lyndsey Lee loves Cheetos, Elmo and Cookie Monster, reading, and long car rides. She dislikes being awakened before she is ready and being interrupted from play time.
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Children's of Mississippi. Forever and Ever for Kids.
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