A woman and her baby lost to eclampsia

[annegarrett]

I am sad to report we have recently learned of a woman who died the day after Thanksgiving last year due to preeclampsia.

Susan Lowrimore and her first born son Logan passed away November 2004 from eclampsia and heart failure. Susan was 35 years old, from Arlington, Texas, survived by her parents, sister Carolyn (all of Arlington), her husband of seven months, and two brothers. She was preceded in death by a brother.

Logan, who was 3#10oz, was without oxygen and pronounced dead upon delivery.

The family is planning to help host a golf tournament in Texas in Susan's memory. If you wish to contribute your time, energy or financial support to this, please email me and I will put you in touch with the family.

If you wish to send cards,or emails, please send them to our office and we will forward them.

Sadly--this is the third family in Texas (that we know of) to lose an adult relative in the past 10 months.



Anne Garrett
Executive Director
Preeclampsia Foundation

[josiah1112]

How tragic! It's hard losing a baby, I can only imagine how
hard it must be to lose both of your significant others. I've
been thinking of these dads who lost their wives. We should
send them cards..

Gloria mom to Josiah 11/12/03- 12/4/03 @ 26wks pre e
Moderator- Foro Latino
Future Adoptive Mom

[mada]

OMG that is so terrible!! I cannot imagine what her husband and family went through...It's devastating. What can we do to help long distance?

Mada Harpster-moderator for pregnant again

Sam 6-29-00 36weeks P.E.
Ben 11-03-01 No P.E.

[denise]

Ah, I am so sorry to hear of another loss. My heart goes out to the family. As I read these postings, I just get so ANGRY that this is happening to us women and not alot is being done about it, IMHO. (Sorry, had to vent) Thanks for the info Anne, will get a card off tomorrow to PF.

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Jason (31)
Ariana (15 months)-born 5/3/03 at 35 weeks due to HELLP
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[angelkat]

My heart goes out to them. Not only to lose the baby but for the husband to lose his whole world.

At times, I feel as if I need to carry symp cards with me due to losses from PE.

My prayers for comfort,peace and strength going to the family.....

Hugs
~T
Moderator Grief and Loss
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[tinalowe]

I can't even imagine how hard it would be to lose both your child and your spouse. Losing Emma was hard enough, but at least I had Dereck to lean upon. My thoughts and prayers are with this famiy!

Tina 23
DH Dereck 26

Emma Victoria stillborn 12-28-03 severe pre-e
ttc#2

[for faith]

It really saddens me to hear about this. I agree it is so hard to lose a child, but for the mother also, I can't imagine, it is so sad and so scary.

My thoughts and prayers are with this family.

Jill
mommy to:
Tyler - 4 (36 wks, PIH (just told by peri it was mild PE))
Angel baby - 1/20/03 (11 wks)
Faith Kristine - 1/5/04-1/30/04 (30 weeks due to severe PE, passed due to NEC & Sepsis(preemie complications))

trying for #2 to share our lives with since 9/02

[ann marie]

I'm very sad for this family. That said...I'm starting to get really angry. While I don't know the circumstances of this case in particular I am starting to wonder why it is not a common sense policy of physicians...or a law (state or federal at this point I'm not too picky)...that women HAVE to be educated about the signs/symptoms of pe. That women MUST be given written materials and that they MUST sign something saying the signs and symptoms have been discussed with them. Loosing a child is tragedy enough, but loosing the mom too makes the tragedy so much worse. I just really feel that education of pregnant women would make such a difference. (You can hear the educator in me:) For now if we can't stop the disease, but we can educate the pregnant moms maybe we can make an impact to reduce these senseless deaths.

Thanks for letting me vent...I've been stewing about this all day.

Ann Marie (29)Moderator for "Ask the Experienced"
DH: Matt (32)
PIH/PE/Low Amniotic Fluid
Luke 3/17/04--37 weeks after 15 weeks of bedrest

[annegarrett]

Well you will get no argument from me. I can't comment on this particular case--as I don't know what they did and didn't tell her--but I understand she had three doctors and Lupus so was being watched closely. Most of the women I know who have died did have (at least to me) reasonably good prenatal care...I agree--more education--but also--more research until we find a cure...



Anne Garrett
Executive Director
Preeclampsia Foundation

[sharonda]

I almost lost my life. I went almost five days with the symptoms of HELLP and pre-e but I had no idea what was going on. I lost my child's life and almost mine because of the lack of information. The peri barely had enough time to tell me what was happening to me because they had to get me into the operating room. They did not think that I was going to make it.

When I got home from the hospital (2 weeks later), I looked in all three of my books on pregnancy and they only had a small paragraph about pre-e. Nothing about HELLP.

It saddens me that another precious life was lost. My prayers are with this family.



ShaRonda (29)
Amaya - HELLP and severe Pre-E at 21 weeks