Meet the incredible mum who donated 17,500 OUNCES of breast milk to a children’s hospital following the death of her baby boy
Demi Frandsen pledged her mother's milk after the devastating loss of her baby boy
A BRAVE mum made history when she donated more than 17,500 ounces of her own breast milk to a children’s hospital.
Demi Frandsen pledged her mother's milk to the Omaha Children's Hospital and Medical Centre Donation and Outreach Center in Nebraska after the devastating loss of her baby boy.
Demi, 28, and her husband Jeff, 27, faced the heart-breaking loss of their son Leo when he was just 10-months old.
Leo was delivered two-months early via a caesarean, weighing a tiny 2lbs 10oz.
The little boy was diagnosed with a rare birth defect of the abdominal wall called gastroschisis and spent his life being cared for in the NICU of Omaha Children's Hospital and Medical Center.
Tragically, he passed away on October 22, 2015.
Early on, courageous Demi was able to pump so much milk that her lactation consultant, Tammi L. Martin, suggested that milk donation could be a wonderful option – as it could help other sick babies in hospital.
For babies born with gastroschisis, exposed organs can usually be placed back into the belly with surgery.
However, Leo’s small frame and undeveloped lungs meant that his situation was more complicated.
On top of this, little Leo was unable to ingest very much of his mum’s milk, and could only consume light swabs of the liquid.
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