“The plan from the start was a VBAC.”
In 2012 two positive lines showed up, and the plan from the start was a VBAC. At 15 weeks I miscarried. Dr. George did an ultrasound, he held my hand, but it was gone. Just two months later I was blessed with my rainbow baby. Dr. George worked very close with all my specialists. He fought very hard for making my VBAC a possibility. As the day came closer, we faced many challenges. My health give us a very hard time, my husband left me when I was 12 weeks, I was now adding the stress of being a single mom of five but again in each visit Dr. George cared for us. At 18 weeks he give the most amazing news: “It’s a girl.” “Are you are kidding me?!” I said to him as I almost fell off of the table, and we both giggled and giggled.
“We set a goal for 39 weeks.”
“It was a hard decision.”
The week of thanksgiving I was in so much pain, I called the office and he saw me right way. I was 37 weeks, and my head was swollen. He agreed to move the cesarean to the following Monday, right when I turned 38 weeks. It was a hard decision, but I already had a black spot in my vision and my neurologist was not happy. Dr. George asked me that day what questions or wishes I had for my gentle cesarean. A week earlier I had been researching cord clamping and had
“He respected my wishes.”
cesarean at Cape Coral Hospital. It was just three minutes and the nurses fought him. They were all surprised in the OR. He was a unicorn of a doctor, always going out of his way. He gave me the best gentle cesarean I could imagine. When my daughter’s cord was clear, she was placed on my chest, no delays. She latched right there. He as a doctor respected my wishes, helped me make the decision but ultimately he respected my decisions and made everyone in the hospital follow them, even the specialists who were pushing general anesthesia again. I cry tears of joy for what he gave to us, to this community and hopefully to generations of new doctors like him. They are tears of sadness for a great man, a friend and doctor who left us too soon. 