We embedded in the jello small grapes,
which was about the size of a fetal
heart and we started practicing using
the needles, pretending that the
thickness of the jelly above is where
you have to go through the mother's
abdomen, into the uterus, into the chest
wall and into the heart.
First of all you
have to identify with the grape is, right,
so you use ultrasound to at least
locate it. From there, you have to make the
measurements of how deep it is and
then get the the needle length and make
sure you get at the right angle to get
to the grapes and practice pushing
through the grapes...
"Into the grape!"
...and getting to the areas that you want
to see and then inflate.
At this point, the balloon is up.
It's a field that I've
always been interested in. Obviously if I
can prevent a progression of a disease
before it happens, that would be ideal,
right, rather than just treat the disease,
if you can prevent the disease or at
least make it better before the baby is
born, that's better for the patient I think.
