Manvik

Van de ouders
It was the morning of the 3rd of January, we were preparing to go to the hospital for my wife’s scheduled 7th month ultrasound and suddenly I heard my wife screaming from the living room that her water broke. She was still 30.5 week pregnant so it was shocking for both of us as we were unprepared for this.
She was transported to MMC Veldhoven in an ambulance and after waiting for almost 24 hours in the hospital, on 4th of January our beautiful baby boy Manvik was born after caesarean section surgery.
He was very small to breathe on his own and hence he was given oxygen support as well as a little tube in his mouth for feeding milk. He was kept in NICU for almost one week after birth and then he was shifted to the medium care as he was showing a lots of improvements. Subsequently he was transported to Catharina Ziekenhuis. Even though his growth was going strong he was still having lots of challenges like breathing, maintaining temperature and feeding which was not totally possible on his own. He had flu like symptoms for 2 weeks due to which he again required oxygen support.
Now after being almost 45 days of rollercoaster journey in hospital, he is almost 3 kilos, getting stronger everyday and ready to go home in maybe few more days!

Van de fotograaf
De aanvraag van deze reportage was de eerste dit nieuwe jaar, en meteen van een prachtig, klein dapper kereltje. De lieve ouders die met zoveel liefde over hun zoon praten en de zachtheid waarmee ze hem omarmen. Prachtig.
De weken voorafgaand aan de reportage waren even spannend vanwege het vermoeden van een virus, waardoor hij in isolatie moest en medicatie toegediend kreeg. Op de dag van de reportage was hij gelukkig aan de beterende hand en konden papa en mama veel met hem knuffelen. ♥
Met dit schrijven mag hij al bijna naar huis, wat fijn!

Dappere Manvik, veel geluk met je papa en mama thuis!