Back to her normal body temperature, Mariela was much more active in her crib.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
Soon Ms. Iniguez and Marcelino Lopez, Mariela's father, arrived in the intensive care nursery.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
Once Mariela could demonstrate she could feed successfully, she could be discharged.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
Mariela's post-cooling MRI looked normal, which suggested she wouldn't have any long-term cognitive problems due to the lack of oxygen, according to Ms. Peloquin.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
"Sometimes we look at it like a rebirth, " said Susan Peloquin, a UCSF neonatal intensive care nurse who specializes in hypothermia treatment and helped treat Mariela.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
Except for the tubes that connected her to the monitors, Mariela who was born full term but small at 5 pounds, 10 ounces slept peacefully and remained still.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
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She moved her fingers and squirmed, her mouth opening and her tongue rooting around normal behavior for a newborn and a very good sign of Mariela's prognosis, Ms. Peloquin said.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
They scrubbed their hands and forearms at a sink near Mariela's incubator, well-practiced in the hygiene practices of the unit after arriving from Salinas, where Mariela had been born several days earlier.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
Mariela, who began to wail when the nurse picked her up from her bed, quieted immediately as she snuggled against her mother as Mr. Lopez reached out from his chair to touch her.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
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Mariela Lopez, the newborn who received the treatment in March, slept on the chilled blanket in her open-air incubator in the intensive care nursery wearing a white hat and covered with only a clear plastic sheet.
WSJ: Hypothermia Cure for Babies: Cooling Infants to Battle Brain Damage
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