Miracle baby’s story to air this week
Stacy Barnes
Mustang High School graduate Ashley (Taylor) Ball and husband Shane thought they may never have children so it came as a complete surprise when Ashley went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl Sept. 12, 2005. The couple had just relocated from Mustang to Lake Charles in August, shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 29.
Ball went to the local hospital suffering from what she thought was a bladder infection
While in the hospital the staff performed a pregnancy test and told her that she was approximately two to three weeks pregnant and her sent home with some medication for a bladder infection.
“I went back the next day because the pain was so bad,” Ashley said.
When Ashley’s water broke the doctor and nurses told her she had had an accident.
“The doctor did a check and told me my bladder was falling out and he went to call another doctor,” she said.
Just as the doctor left the room, the baby girl was born.
“I delivered her myself,’ Ashley said. “I started screaming and the doctor came back in and told me I had a miscarriage. Then he left and sent the nurse in to clean up.”
As she was doing so, the nurse noticed that the baby was breathing and called the doctor back in. Since she was so tiny and underdeveloped, Ashley said the staff did not want to try to save her daughter, but a call to another hospital changed their minds.
“They didn’t want to help her, but they called another hospital and they told them to get a wheel that they used to determine how old she was and the other doctors said she was far enough along that they had to try,” Ashley said. “She had been lying between my legs for 30 minutes before they did anything.”
So at 24 ½ weeks gestation, Shayla Rain Ball became the youngest baby to survive at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Gauthier Campus. She was only 14 inches long, but luckily a hefty 2lbs 3oz., which doctors say helped save her life.
Just a few days later, Shayla had to be evacuated due to Hurricane Rita. Discovery Health Channel has been following the story from the beginning and will air the segment on a show entitled “Katrina Babies” Thurs., Aug. 24 at 7 and 10 p.m. (CST) and on Sat., Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. Check your local listings.
Stacy Barnes
Mustang High School graduate Ashley (Taylor) Ball and husband Shane thought they may never have children so it came as a complete surprise when Ashley went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl Sept. 12, 2005. The couple had just relocated from Mustang to Lake Charles in August, shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 29.
Ball went to the local hospital suffering from what she thought was a bladder infection
While in the hospital the staff performed a pregnancy test and told her that she was approximately two to three weeks pregnant and her sent home with some medication for a bladder infection.
“I went back the next day because the pain was so bad,” Ashley said.
When Ashley’s water broke the doctor and nurses told her she had had an accident.
“The doctor did a check and told me my bladder was falling out and he went to call another doctor,” she said.
Just as the doctor left the room, the baby girl was born.
“I delivered her myself,’ Ashley said. “I started screaming and the doctor came back in and told me I had a miscarriage. Then he left and sent the nurse in to clean up.”
As she was doing so, the nurse noticed that the baby was breathing and called the doctor back in. Since she was so tiny and underdeveloped, Ashley said the staff did not want to try to save her daughter, but a call to another hospital changed their minds.
“They didn’t want to help her, but they called another hospital and they told them to get a wheel that they used to determine how old she was and the other doctors said she was far enough along that they had to try,” Ashley said. “She had been lying between my legs for 30 minutes before they did anything.”
So at 24 ½ weeks gestation, Shayla Rain Ball became the youngest baby to survive at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Gauthier Campus. She was only 14 inches long, but luckily a hefty 2lbs 3oz., which doctors say helped save her life.
Just a few days later, Shayla had to be evacuated due to Hurricane Rita. Discovery Health Channel has been following the story from the beginning and will air the segment on a show entitled “Katrina Babies” Thurs., Aug. 24 at 7 and 10 p.m. (CST) and on Sat., Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. Check your local listings.
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