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| Dialysis patient has healthy girl | Dialysis patient has healthy girl |
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| A 19-year-old woman who has chronic kidney disease has given birth to a healthy baby girl. | |
| Lucy Sambrook, of Shrewsbury, had dialysis treatment six days each week before giving birth to daughter Vicky seven weeks premature. | Lucy Sambrook, of Shrewsbury, had dialysis treatment six days each week before giving birth to daughter Vicky seven weeks premature. |
| Staff at the town's Royal Hospital said it was rare for someone to give birth while needing dialysis but had used a special technique to treat her. | Staff at the town's Royal Hospital said it was rare for someone to give birth while needing dialysis but had used a special technique to treat her. |
| The renal unit is the only one in the country to use that treatment. | The renal unit is the only one in the country to use that treatment. |
| It is not unheard of - it can happen, but it is extremely rare Renal unit nurse Wendy Owen | It is not unheard of - it can happen, but it is extremely rare Renal unit nurse Wendy Owen |
| Miss Sambrook, who has only one kidney, was taking tablets to control her condition but had to stop taking them when she became pregnant. | |
| "My kidney function went down rapidly so I had to have a line put in and begin dialysis," she said. | "My kidney function went down rapidly so I had to have a line put in and begin dialysis," she said. |
| She then underwent dialysis six days per week, with each session lasting more than three hours. | She then underwent dialysis six days per week, with each session lasting more than three hours. |
| "I just had to grit my teeth and get on with it. There was no point standing around and complaining. | "I just had to grit my teeth and get on with it. There was no point standing around and complaining. |
| "At the end of the day I was going to have a baby." | "At the end of the day I was going to have a baby." |
| Gentle but effective | Gentle but effective |
| Renal unit nurse Wendy Owen said in her 15 years at the unit Lucy was the first dialysis patient to give birth. | Renal unit nurse Wendy Owen said in her 15 years at the unit Lucy was the first dialysis patient to give birth. |
| "It is not unheard of - it can happen, but it is extremely rare," she said. | "It is not unheard of - it can happen, but it is extremely rare," she said. |
| "This particular dialysis we used is used in Europe but we are the only unit in the country to use it." | "This particular dialysis we used is used in Europe but we are the only unit in the country to use it." |
| The technique has been described as being as effective as standard dialysis but very gentle on the body, reducing the side effects that normal dialysis can bring. | The technique has been described as being as effective as standard dialysis but very gentle on the body, reducing the side effects that normal dialysis can bring. |
| It uses a specially modified form of acetate-free bio filtration. | |
| That technique is already used on some dialysis patients, those with heart conditions for example, but was further specially modified by hospital staff. | That technique is already used on some dialysis patients, those with heart conditions for example, but was further specially modified by hospital staff. |
| After just over two weeks in hospital Vicky was allowed home. | After just over two weeks in hospital Vicky was allowed home. |
| "There was not a dry eye in the unit when she brought the baby to visit us," Ms Owen said. | "There was not a dry eye in the unit when she brought the baby to visit us," Ms Owen said. |
| Lucy now has dialysis three times a week. | Lucy now has dialysis three times a week. |
| She is hoping it will be reduced to two days a week but is not sure what will happen in the future. | She is hoping it will be reduced to two days a week but is not sure what will happen in the future. |
| "I will just have to take each day as it comes. | "I will just have to take each day as it comes. |
| "I will probably have to have dialysis two days a week until I have a transplant," she said. | "I will probably have to have dialysis two days a week until I have a transplant," she said. |