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“There is no more worthy cause than that which gives life to those most precious of all, newborn and premature babies.”
For most families the birth of twins is a time of great celebration – a double bundle of joy. Sadly however, not all pregnancies go to plan, sometimes the unimaginable happens and parents are faced with the agonising choice of letting one baby die to spare the life of another.
This was the desperate situation that confronted Shannon and her husband Steven when, at 29 weeks pregnant with twins, Shannon was hospitalised with complications. Oliver, the smallest of their twins was experiencing inter-uterine growth restriction and the blood flow through his placenta had reversed.
He could die in the two days it would take for the steroids to take effect. To complicate things further, a possible heart condition meant, that if delivered Oliver would die--as he was too small for the life saving surgery he would need.
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Esk Picnic Races
Join us for a brilliant day out at the Esk Picnic Races on Saturday 12 July, 2008.
Mater provides return bus rides to & from Esk leaving from 550 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill (opposite the Watermark Hotel & above Roma St Parklands) at 9 m sharp which includes free entry to the Racecourse. Busses return to Brisbane city around 6.30pm.
Click here to view the map for the bus stop.
Bus tickets are $35 per person and include return bus and entry to racecourse.
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